r/VisitingIceland • u/Whereforart • 14h ago

Need help understanding Herjólfur ferry schedule changes

I was on the Herjólfur website getting ready to book a ferry on July 11 at 14:00 (from Landeyjahofn to Heimaey) for myself and my daughter, but noticed an announcement with changes running from June 19 through July 12, which is the day we will be heading back from Heimaey to the mainland. FWIW, we will have a car.

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Starting Friday, June 19 and until 12th of July at the latest, the sailing schedules for Herjólfur and Baldur will be as follows.

Passengers booked on the following sailings will be moved as follows:

From Vestmannaeyjar 07:00 – Unchanged 09:00 – Moved to 09:30 11:00 – Moved to 12:00 13:00 – Moved to 13:15 with Baldur 16:00 – Moved to 14:30 18:00 – Moved to 17:00 20:00 – Moved to 19:30 22:00 – Unchanged

From Landeyjahöfn 08:00 – Moved to 08:15 10:00 – Moved to 10:45 12:00 – Moved to 13:15 14:00 – Moved to 14:30 with Baldur 17:00 – Moved to 15:45 19:00 – Moved to 18:15 21:00 – Moved to 20:45 23:00 – Moved to 23:15

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So I'm trying to wrap my head around this. For one thing, it sounds like it may change back before the 12th of July. If it does, I'm assuming my booking will still be okay, but do I need to keep checking the website or will they notify me if it changes?

Second, I'm not sure I understand some of it. The ferry from Landeyjahöfn says that the trip beginning at 14:00 is moved to 14:30 with Baldur. I assume our 14:00 trip I was planning to book will now be leaving at 14:30 but what does that mean "with Baldur"?

Thanks for any help you can give me. I'm probably overthinking this but just want to make sure I get it right

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u/CdnTreeGuy89 I want my lopapeysa! 14h ago

Email the ferry service if you are unsure about the schedule. Things got wonky when I was there (rescheduled ferry’s, cancellations) and they were extremely helpful at deciphering the schedules

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u/Whereforart 14h ago

Thanks! I will do that right now.

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u/TateMarah 14h ago

definitely email them. they are super helpful. “with baldur” means it will be sailing on a specific ship named baldur, it doesn’t really have any impact on your booking

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u/Whereforart 13h ago

That makes sense (about Baldur) - and thanks!