Andenes. Easy to find red lighthouse, vawebreakers, Senja ferry and whale safari boat
Andenes from south. Famous for red lightouse and whale safaris. Senja island background

Funny flat mountain south from city
Andenes from north. Camping with beach marked with sparkle.

We easily found camping and build up tent and went to sleep almost 06.00 in the morning.
Woke up thursday 19.06, ate breakfast, took coin shower and went to buy tickets for whale safari, starting 19.00.
Sunshine was perfect for safari and also lot of tickets available.
Before safari we got interesting information about all kind of  whales in whale centre.
Also a big whale skeleton, slide show and seasickness pills were available.
Whales here to see are sperm whales (=kaskelotti in Finnish )
and if you won't see a whale you can come again next day, FREE!!! Good guarantee.

M/S Andfjord, 38.19 meters long, taking 99 persons, but this time only some 50 persons, mainly Spaniards. Price for one student ticket: 85 euros, normal price 100 euros.
Nice cruise on big, swinging boat. Senja background

Sperm whale is the same whale like in Herman Melville's book: The whale or Moby Dick. Never any compatriots here ?
And excellent sunshine, T-shirt was enough

Very nice to look around and take fotos
One hour boating out at sea for whale's eating area

Staff locate sperm whale by hydrofones and if lucky boat can drive just next to the whale
Waiting for whale contact

A sign! Now more close!
There it is!!!

Fluke
Manymany fotos taken

Sperm whale will dive and only then you see the fluke. Whale will appear to surface after some 30 minutes, but maybe kilometres away
Last sight of diving sperm whale

From whalesafari.com website hundreds of flukes are listed
Possible to identify this sperm whale by fluke

Propably took months to take this foto?
This view is just a dream

Propably took months to take this foto?
This close to sperm whale we were also

Normally boat trip lasts about 4-5 hours, this time only some 3 hours
Back home some 2 hours earlier than planned schedule. Andenes background.
Later in autumn whale safaris for orca killer whales ( or killer whales ).

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