Reykjavik's Finest Catch: Guided Sea Angling Tour for All Levels
by vigson ehf · Reykjavík
- Fine on your own
- Luxury
from €150.45 per person
Next departure: Sun 16 May
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Duration
3 hours
Difficulty
Easy
Season
All year
Starts in
Reykjavík
Pickup
Meet at the start point
Starts at
Hlésgata 1, Reykjavík
Guide
Guided in English
Departs
09:00, 13:00, 16:30, 17:00
Minimum age
5
Cancellation
Free until 24 hours before
Our take on this one
Out of Reykjavík on the Jóhanna, a working Icelandic fishing boat with a warm cabin and a lavatory, with coffee and home-made biscuits on the way out and the crew teaching you to fish if you never have. The part that makes it worth €150 is the return leg: the captain and a chef barbecue what you caught and serve it with potato salad, coleslaw and garlic or pepper sauce, on the boat, on the way back in. All the tackle, blankets and fees are included. Three hours, four departures from 09:00, all year, minimum age five. If the weather turns, you get the coffee and the blankets and a look at the coastline — the sea decides how much fishing happens.
- Book it if
- Anyone who would rather eat a fish they caught an hour ago than look at one, complete beginners included.
- Skip it if
- You may catch nothing, and three hours on a small boat in Faxaflói is no place to discover you get seasick.
Written by us, from the operator's own details and what we know of the route. We don't take a fee for a good word.
About this experience
We provide top-quality fishing equipment, a comfortable and typical Icelandic fishing boat, as well as our expertise as long-time fishermen in Iceland.
The crew is there to help you begin with sea angling or improve your skills. Our captain and chef will barbecue your catch and serve it to you on the way back to harbor accompanied with potato salad and garlic sauce
If the Icelandic weather is not on our side, the crew will provide you with coffee as well as warm blankets. Our typical Icelandic fishing boat, Jóhanna, offers a cosy inside space with all facilities, including a restroom.
Pure Icelandic experience guaranteed.
Description from the operator, vigson ehf. Prices and availability in the booking panel are live.
Included
Coffee and/or Tea
Barbecue with your own catch served with potato-salad and coleslaw and garlic- or pepper-sauce.
Warm blankets
Restroom onboard
All Fees and Taxes
Good to know
- Warm waterproof clothes
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not stroller accessible
- Infant seats unavailable
Cancellation for this tour
Free cancellation until 24 hours before departure; no refund after that. If the operator cancels for weather or safety, you get a full refund or a new date.
Sold out on your date?
Seats come back — a cancellation, or the operator adding a vehicle. Tell us the date and we will check once a day and email you if one opens. One email, then we delete the address; nothing else is ever sent to it.
Who this is not for
- Children under 5 cannot join this one.
Read off the operator's own conditions. If none of it applies to you, this is a good one.
Why we list it
vigson ehf is one of 207 operators we work with — chosen for reliability, honest descriptions and how they treat guests when weather changes plans. We don't list everything; we list what we'd book ourselves. The six checks every operator passes →
Read before you book
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Hotels
Where to stay for this tour
From the cheapest to the top end of what is near Reykjavík, from our hotel partners. Rooms are booked on our hotels site.
from 16.181 kr.Lowest price
Guesthouse · Reykjavík
Old Town Reykjavík
under 1 km away · a night for two, indicative
from 40.115 kr.Mid-range
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Black Pearl Reykjavik
under 1 km away · a night for two, indicative
from 60.840 kr.Top end
Hotel · Reykjavik
Hótel Holt
under 1 km away · a night for two, indicative
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