Which tour / location for puffins? (1 Viewer)

[sandrinhalee]

Seeing puffins is a dream of mine (I failed to see any in Scotland and Norway!). I'm hoping to go to Maine in July, but have no idea how to find the best tours / locations. I know the one tour that actually lands on the island and watches them through a blind is already all booked up for 2021. Does anyone else have any other recommendations to see them as closely as possible, and see various behaviors? Further recommendations about accommodations / flights (which airport to fly to?) also welcomed.

Thank you!

 

[etudiant]

It would be simpler going to Iceland, where puffins are plentiful and even on the menu!
There are multiple sites https://www.icelandtravel.is/blog/culture/8-best-spots-to-spot-puffins-in-iceland/
I can recommend Látrabjarg in summer, the puffins are very confiding, the scenery is spectacular and the daylight is almost round the clock.
It is a lot further than Lundey, which is just an excursion from Reykjavik, but you can lie on the grass for hours watching the puffins a few feet away.
Do note the cliffs are sheer, you stroll up a grassy slope to a 150-200 foot drop. Happily the puffins roost at the very top of the cliffs, they need the dirt for their nest burrows.

 

[CJF]

Seeing puffins is a dream of mine (I failed to see any in Scotland and Norway!). I'm hoping to go to Maine in July, but have no idea how to find the best tours / locations. I know the one tour that actually lands on the island and watches them through a blind is already all booked up for 2021. Does anyone else have any other recommendations to see them as closely as possible, and see various behaviors? Further recommendations about accommodations / flights (which airport to fly to?) also welcomed.

Thank you!

Puffin Tours. List several boat tours