Amazing 5.5 Hour Day Tour to Mykines Island

Witness the lovely puffins in Mykines in the most exiting way possible. This tour will make you explore the puffins on Mykines island in depth, with "Close Encounters of the Puffin Kind!"

Be sure to experience all the best sights on Mykines in the company of the Atlantic puffin with their colourful beak. You will spend 4 hours on the puffin island with lots of time to see puffins on the grassy hillsides.

Turn up at the harbour in the village Sørvágur on Vágar Island in the morning and we will take you on an unforgettable tour to the main summer attraction in the Faroe Islands. The boat departs from the Sørvágur harbour at 09:30 am. The ferry will leave Mykines again at 14:15 pm and you will return to Sørvágur at 15:00 pm.

You can add transport from Tórshavn to the ferry and from the ferry back to Tórshavn after the Mykines tour to make this the perfect hassle-free day tour. Simply add this extra service during the booking process. The tour guide will then pick you up at 08:00 in Tórshavn.

You will be secured a ferry ticket when you arrive to the harbour in the morning. Also, local hiking tax is included in the tour as well as a lunch in stunningly beautiful surroundings in Mykines.

You will sail to Mykines in a boat that carries 70 pax. You can sit on the deck while you are approaching Mykines or you can sit in the covered saloon. The crossing time is 45 minutes.

This day tour to Mykines will secure you lots of amazing photo opportunities of puffins and the lush green hillsides. Bringing your camera is simply a must when doing the day tour to Mykines.

The puffin island is the ideal spot to relax, breathe in the fresh air and enjoy the tranquility away from city noise and large crowds. You will stand in the middle of the extraordinary bird life and with puffins in the thousands flying just above your head in all directions. You will be mesmerised by the amount of puffins here and how close you can get to these fascinating creatures.

While you enjoy all the puffins, you will have unbelievable sight of rugged cliffs and the captivating shoreline. The puffins take most of the visitor's attention. That is totally understandable, but there are also other exceptionally bird species here such as the northern gannet and the common murre. You can see these birds on sea stacks and on the steep cliff sides.

When you arrive in Mykines, a local tour guide will greet you. Before you go hiking to see all the puffins, you will have some refreshments. Now, you are ready to hit the path to the puffin heaven. The puffins grasses the island during summer only and this is also the only period when Mykines is open for travellers. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is bookable from May to August.

Now, what are you waiting for? Join this day trip to jaw-dropping landscapes, lots of puffins, and breathtaking sceneries. Check availability by choosing a date.

Additional Information

<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The ferry departs from Sørvágur on Vágar Island. Ferry departure </span><span style="font-weight: 400">at 09:30 am. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Mykines Island has imposed a local tourist tax of 500 DKK per person. This covers the cost of maintaining pathways on the islands, particularly the paths to the puffins. The cost is included. We feel confident that our discerning travellers understand the need to conserve the fragile nature of our beautiful islands and the wildlife habitat so that it is there for present and future generations to enjoy.</span></p> <p><strong>What if the weather does not allow for the Mykines tour to take place?</strong><br /> Your tour guide has extensive experiences in tailor-making alternatives when Mykines is inaccessible due to wind and sea conditions. These last-minute arrangements of an alternative to Mykines are always a great success for travellers.</p> <p><strong>The description says the ferry leaves at 9:30 but the tour begins at 8:00. Please explain.</strong><br /> If you add pick up in Tórshavn to the tour, you will be picked up at 08:00. If you arrive in Sørvágur harbour yourself, the tour starts at 09:30 when the ferry departs.</p> <p><b>Should the ferry be cancelled within the 48 hour cancellation window, is a refund possible?<br /> </b>Yes, the tour is always refundable if not cancelled by traveller after the 48 hour window. The guide will nevertheless always try to make it to another island home to puffins in case the ferry to Mykines Island is cancelled.</p>