Original 1.5 Hour Vestmanna Sea Cliffs Boat Trip

4.9 / 5255 Reviews
Tour Type
Day Tour
Available
April - October
Duration
1.5 hours
Difficulty
Easy
Tour start
Vestmanna
Description
Included
Useful information
Terms of service

Step aboard a quality boat and go on an unforgettable adventure to Vestmanna Sea Cliffs. On this classic Faroe Islands experience you will have the opportunity to see some of the most remarkable coastline in the Faroe Islands.

The trip departs from the harbour in Vestmanna, a village in impressive amphitheatrical settings. Vestmanna is also the tour's meeting point.

You will have the chance to enjoy the café just beside the departure point. Right next to the café, you will see a selection of small fishing boats belonging to the villagers.

After everything is set, you will sail out of the harbour and head straight to the stunning sea cliffs. Sail through breathtaking nature and explore the great wildlife just outside of Vestmanna.

The Vestmanna Sea Cliffs are a natural wonder and a must-see experience while in the Faroe Islands. Sheer mountain sides, towering sea stacks, and rich birdlife is what you will explore on this one and a half hour boat tour.

You will sail near these amazing cliffs and if weather permits, the tour will include sailing through rocky gorges. This scenic attraction will get you near to several bird species that are nesting in the narrow sloping ledges in the cliffs.

From the boat you will see high mountain peaks on Streymoy Island and many caves along the coastline. You will sail only few metres from the highest sea stack in the area Heygadrangur which rises 144 m (472 ft) out of the salty North Atlantic Ocean.

The boat trip along the narrow channel between sea stacks and the coast is a fascinating and unforgettable experience. There are no signs of human construction or development in this area. This adds to the undisturbed and untouched experience when exploring the cliffs north of Vestmanna.    

Explore the breathtaking cliffs of Vestmanna on this boat trip with daily departures in summer. Check availability by choosing a date.

Activities

Bird Watching

Boat Trip

Sightseeing

Attractions

Streymoy Island

Vestmanna Sea Cliffs

255 reviews for Original 1.5 Hour Vestmanna Sea Cliffs Boat Trip

  1. Jeffrey Otto

    We booked this excursion in March for our September trip. When we arrived at the tourist office, they could not find our reservation. I pulled it up on my phone and the attendant called the captain and explained the situation and asked if it would be okay to have us aboard the apparently full boat. He said yes, thankfully.

    The tour was lovely. It appeared that most of our fellow passengers were Danes from a paint company on an organized trip. But there were also an Irish couple and a second American couple. The views were amazing, but the speaker system was not great. Combine that with the captain who spoke very fast and with a challenging accent and we often couldn’t understand what was being said. We did, however, hear that there are 80,000 salmon in one of those aquaculture rings that you pass buy on the way out of the harbor.

    At dinner that night I got a call on my cell phone. It was an international number that I didn’t recognize. The person who called was from Guide to Faroe Islands. He confirmed we had taken the tour earlier in the day. He asked if it was our first time in the Faroes. It was. He said that someone may have used our tickets to take the boat excursion in April. If true, I cannot imagine how that could of been. Our tickets were very clearly for the day we used them and not for sometime in April.

    Anyway, excepting that minor kerfluffle, everything was fine. Our boat turned south where the waters were placid. The turnaround point was the Witch’s Finger, sort of near the airport. The captain, we think, said that the northerly route, which we did not take, had 4-6 meter waves. That sounds wild! Glad he went the southerly way, and that we had a sunny day in late September.

  2. Lukas Hansen

    Despite bad weather conditions, the tour was still pretty awesome. The beginning was a bit wet and boring in September since all the birds including the puffins were already gone, but once we headed into the cliffs, the sun came out and everything just looked absolutely amazing. Still worth it in September!

  3. Ben H

    We knew that we would be too late in the year for Puffins and other birds but nonetheless, it’s always good to get out on the water and it was really interesting to see the land from a different perspective. How we got into some of the coves and on one occasion, a cave with such a large boat was testament to the skipper’s impressive skills. A really good trip on what seemed to be an immaculately kept boat with plenty of deck space and (for the Faroese weather) indoor seating as well.

  4. Anna

    Amazing tour to some absolutely fantastic cliffs near Vestmanna.
    Definitely recommend going!
    We had some pretty rough weather but that just made the experience even better. Just hold on tight to the railings 😉

  5. Emma Stevenson

    This boat trip was a fantastic experience and a great chance to see the beauty of the island/cliffs from the ocean. The company were great and everything ran smoothly from ticket booking to seamless procedures on the boat. I would recommend this to anyone who would like to see the cliffs or admire the beauty of the islands from the water.

  6. Olivier Mira

    Stunning ! More than we expected !

  7. Steve Jones

    Great trip with amazing views of the cliffs. Impressed with the boat captain that got us through some tight passages. Highly recommend!

  8. Javier García Herrero

    One of the best activities in our trip to Faroe islands. The sea cliffs are stunning. You have to come and experience it by yourself. Don’t miss a fish and chips after the journey in the restaurant at the tourist center

  9. Josef Besenbäck

    The trip was breathe-taking – the best boat-trip we´ve ever made. Totally our 3-week stay on Färöer has been our best trip ever. So nice people, that wonderful coastlines, mountains, fjords an valleys, that quietness. Absolute waste-free (and boat-free) beaches: never seen this in the last 20 years – nowhere.

    The weather presented us all colours: we liked the fog, the storm and the sun. Perfect.

    As you can read: we were so happy and I dreamed of Färöer every night in the first two weeks, as we were home again 🙂

  10. Christa Hjerrild

    Wonderfull, just 👌🇫🇴 and in ☀️

  11. Robert Rosenlund

    It was a wonderful informative trip and it all functioned seamlessly!

    Would highly recommend, and thank you for your help in correcting the error with the date!

  12. Lars Carstensen

    Kan anbefales.
    I var tillige flinke med at ombooke tidspunkt.

  13. Peter Blanner

    Absolutely great!

    We had missed the original date on our voucher – but your service reg. changing our trip to another day was perfect.

    The weather was fine – the boat great – and the skipper excellent!

    So thank you for a wonderful experience.

    Peter & Anmari

  14. Nicoline Vagner

    The boattrip we had we you was also one of the highlights. Really pleasant Crew who told u’s everything we needed to know. We were Vero happy with the trip and recommend it to everyone who Will listen 😅😊

  15. David Langer

    The trip was great. It was a little crowded. So, depending on when you got on the boat, that determined where you sat or stood the entire time.

    but still a nice trip.

  16. Simon Mollet

    The Sea Cliffs experience was really nice with good guide – can really recommend.

  17. José Lopez

    Beautiful tour around Vestmanna cliffs. You will see lots of birds and will navigate between giant rocks for a very good price.

  18. Bernd Becker

    The tour was great and we enjoyed it very much.
    It was our second trip to Färöer.

  19. Thomas Laurent

    The see trip was the nicest thing WE have done in the Faroe islands.
    The captain was a true pilot we were amazed.

  20. Stephen Hughes

    It was great!

  21. Christian Wulff Søndergaard

    Vi havde en dejlig tur. Tak for at vores drenge måtte sidde med oppe foran.

  22. Susanne Andersen

    Vi havde en rigtig god sejltur.

  23. Chiu Ling Yin

    The trip was great!! My friend and I both love it very much!

  24. Johanna Schaefer

    It was a really really cool trip, thank you !!!

  25. Jeff Janovici

    Fabulous trip. Smooth ride and I really enjoyed the narration. Great job.

    My only minor complaint is that is was a bit too crowded on the upper deck but tolerable.

    I would recommend the trip to anyone and we hope for a return visit.

  26. Emily Suddes

    It was fantastic thanks. We learnt about the farmers scaling the cliffs to keep sheep on the steep hillside and saw the puffins and guillemots before they migrated. And it was very exciting to go through the caves!

  27. Torsten Due Christensen

    Det var en super-god oplevelse; – jeg havde både min mor samt børn og et
    barnebarn med. Altså 4 generationer – og turen var attraktiv for alle
    aldre, fordi landskaber, grotter, klippeformationer mv. er så
    spektakulære. Endvidere var vejret fantastisk, og jeg synes, det er en
    komfortabel og velegnet båd.

  28. Laurent Isabelle

    Très belle expérience avec une approche spectaculaire auprès des falaises!

  29. Catherine Broadley

    The trip was fantastic.

  30. Solvejg Kolbye Jensen

    Turen var fantastisk og vi nåede også jeres lille museum 😊

  31. Thomas Larsen

    The trip was nice, we enjoyed it!:)

  32. Therese kaarsberg Wiitanen

    Beautiful boat tour around the island. We were very lucky with the weather on our tour. Definitely recommend!

  33. Nicolaj Thorsbro

    En rigtig fin bådtur langs klipperne, hvor der var mulighed for at opleve og tage nogle fantastiske billeder af de flotte landskaber. Turen var lidt længere end de beregnede 1½ time, idet vi sejlede en alternativ rute på grund af vejret.

  34. Ailsa Chiu

    The trip was great and the view is stunning! Especially, when we kind of flying together with birds. The feeling was amazing!

  35. Wilma Lindén

    Views were incredible. Learned alot from the guide. Thanks!

  36. Giovanni Bellisario

    Nice value tour. Big boat bring to the most undiscovered caves. Good prices. Really suggested, even if boat a little bit crowded.

  37. Christian Buecker

    excellent tour, can really recommend it! Amazing sailing through cave! And lots of Puffins!

  38. Wolfgang Behrens

    This is an interesting tour to get a general idea about the beautiful cliffs,
    the landscape and the birdslife. The boat goes even into narrow grottas. The guide /captain gave only some basic information (could be more!). Take some warm cloths and gloves – it will be quite cold and windy.

  39. John Burchardt

    Det var en dejlig tur, men vejret forhindrede at vi kunne sejle nordpå, så vi havde fornemmelsen af, at vi kunne have fået mere med. Guiden, der fortalte under turen var god og oplevelsen var alle pengene værd.
    Kommer i til Færøerne igen vil vi helt sikkert gentage turen med jer.

  40. Richard Heidemann

    Great tour. Excellent view to the tall, vertical, dramatic cliffs. Excellent experience. Sailing through the grotto and the stone arches was magnificent

  41. Timo Wegner

    Great sights, great atmosphere, overall a great tour! It’s definitely worth the price.

  42. Andrea N Ecklein

    A brilliant use of a half-day in Faroe and a fantastic experience I won’t forget. I went late July. Don’t expect to see numerous birds then, as they have mostly left, but the scenery and the boat route through the cliffs and caves are just stunning. Cannot stress this enough: dress extremely warmly in multiple layers of polypro thermals, wool, fleece and down. No cotton. Bring warm hat, scarf, gloves, rainproof and windproof jacket and pants, 2 x socks, etc. You’ll be happy if you do (I did!) and miserable if you don’t.

  43. Rannva Eiriksdóttir Åkerblom

    Vit voru öll bergtikin. Vedrid var vánaligt ut moti Vestmannabjørgunum so skiparin gjørdi rætt og vendi vid og vit foru istadin ut til Trøllkonufingur. Fantastiskt har eisini. Takk fyri eitt gott upplivilsi.

  44. Gaetan Dobjanschi

    It was a nice experience, despite bad luck with the weather. But we didn’t learn much about the birds nesting on the cliffs, which was a little bit disapointing.

  45. Nina Wolf

    Unfortunately it was quite foggy the day we went, but we enjoyed seeing what we could see!

  46. Emma Lærke

    Vi havde en god oplevelse!

  47. Javier Gallego Jiménez

    Everything was really nice, pleasant trip and good experience.

  48. Steve Armstrong

    The tour was impressive. I was shocked by how the boat could squeeze into so many tight spaces to allow us to see the cliffs and arches up close and personal. A wonderful trip!

  49. Klaus Raith

    The boat trip was fantastic, we had wonderful weather and calm sea that day.

  50. Stefan Tausen

    Vi havde en dejlig tur. Fuld valuta for pengene. God fortæller.

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