From Tromso: Whale Watching Tour on Hybrid-Electric Catamaran

There's obviously never any guarantee of what you will and wont see with wildlife involved, but I understand that they have a pretty good hit rate and we were lucky to see many pods of orcas on our day out. Apparently a fin and a humpback whale were also spotted - we didn't see these, but this didn't detract from our experience. There is also such beatiful scenery throughout the trip, regardless of the wales. Really breathtaking. Dacia and Adrian were engaging and entertaining guides (you get told a bit about the area, the arctic, the whales etc. which we found very interesting and was delivered really well) and felt very looked after by the whole crew in general. It was a shame some people talked over them, but I guess there may be a language barrier involved for some. We went in early January and it gets very cold out on deck, to come prepared with your layers (and there's delicious chai for sale to warm you up afterwards). It's worth saying we were worried about being sea sick, but we took medicine (ginger capsules) and were also lucky with the conditions which never got too rough so we got through unscathed.

Every moment was magical in this ship. Warm indooor. Cold outdoors. You have the confidence of warming yourself up immediately once entering the cabin. So you are free to stand outside in the open even with my 7 year old kid i was confident and we had great time outdoors and indoors. WiFi was great (to manage kid specially and for adults by posting in social media) Conor, Olek and Nilma were the host and they were super helpful all throughout. My son fell down on the way out during disembarking Conor was sweet to put in a sticker to cheer him up. Quick, fun talk by Conor. Educational, eye opening talk by Olek and great service by Nilma while checkin and in the counter were great And last but not least. Oh man. What a site of the Orca pods. We travelled with them for 2 hours straight. Could see, hear them breath was so great. The captain was super efficient in tracking their move and staying along with them yet not disturb them out in their habitat was great. Definitely a day not to forget for us in our life

Not the closest although one whale did get withing 30 feet from boat. But not as vivid as promotional videos and photos lead you to believe. Plus having to find a good spot to take photos and videos with the other 150+ people clamoring on the rail. Still worth the approx $150 usd paid. Also I'm def glad I packed my own snacks and drinks as they charge on top of what you already paid to be on excursion.

A breathtaking trip. It's worth it just for the ride alone. We also had fantastic weather. We received some very interesting information during the trip. We saw whales, but only their dorsal fins. There's no guarantee.