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Tysfjord, south of Narvik
Nardland
Northern Norway
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Type: Safari
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Northern Norway
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Type: Safari
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There are two main places for killer whale safaris in Nordland: Tysfjord, south of Narvik, where you find the narrowest point between the coast of Norway and Sweden (six km/3.6 miles), and Andenes in northern Vesterålen. In Andenes, the season for the whales is summer; in Tysfjord, it’s fall. Tysfjord hasn’t always been a place for whales, but a few decades ago the Gulf Stream became a little warmer, which made the herring change their route into the fjord and, wherever the herring go, the killer whales will follow. Every year some 600 killer whales come to Tysfjord.
The advantage with Tysfjord is that the water is calmer, as opposed to the open sea at Andenes. The downside is that the season is from October to January, which means it’s colder and there are not many hours of daylight. In late December the sun doesn’t even get above the horizon. But if the weather is decent there should be enough time, normally about four or five hours, to complete the safari.
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