Colorful Arctic – GRL226

kr.193.000

Tour type: Self-guided Greenland adventure in guesthouse or hotel accommodation

What’s included: Flight from Reykjavik to Kulusuk and back. A guided hike in Kulusuk village. Helicopter transfer to Tasiilaq and back. Accommodation for two nights in hotel in double occupancy, half board optional. Maps and walking itinerary descriptions.

Departures: June to August 2017.

Duration: 3 days

Meeting point: The tour starts and ends at the domestic airport in Reykjavík.

Language: English

You bring: Bring good hiking shoes and warm clothes.

Note: Bring good hiking shoes and warm clothes.

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Isolated East Greenland 3 Day Self Guided Tour

For a large part of the year, the inhabitants of the Ammassalik area are isolated from the outside world. This requires that residents be dependent on some of the more traditional ways of life. With three days in East Greenland, you will get the chance to see more and add more depth to your experience. During your stay you’ll visit both Kulusuk and Tasiilaq, which is the Ammassalik area’s administrative center, and the biggest settlement in East Greenland with a population of around 2000. In Tasiilaq, the local museum (optional) gives a good overview of the area’s history. You will also have the option of embarking on one of the many hiking trails in the town’s surroundings, or you can set sail on a boat tour (optional). By extending your stay in East Greenland you’ll get to know, or at least see, the tip of the iceberg of a culture that is quite unique.

This is a self guided tour allowing you to enjoy the freedom of travelling on your own while we take care of your hectic travel plans. We arranged transfers and accommodations just for you! Plus, you get a day-to-day itinerary, maps and a detailed road book where we’ll even throw in some great tips that only our certified professional guides know!

Program: Flight from Reykjavík to Kulusuk island, A guided hike in the exciting Village Kulusuk. Helicopter transfer to Tasiilaq, one day of walking to the Sailors mountain or Flower valley. . Explore Tasiilaq town and its interesting museum. Accommodation in Kulusuk and Tasiilaq. Helicopter back to Kulusuk, flight back to Reykjavík.

Included in tour: Flight from Reykjavik to Kulusuk and back. A guided hike in Kulusuk village. Helicopter transfer to Tasiilaq and back. Accommodation for two nights in hotel in double occupancy, half board optional. Maps and walking itinerary descriptions.

Departures: June 29th to August 31st every day.

If you have more questions, please check our FAQs. If you do not find the answer please contact us: booking@greenland.is

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Day 1 Reykjavik – Kulusuk Village
Flight to Kulusuk and arrival in Greenland at the same hour: two hours flight and two hours’ time difference! Start your exciting tour by heading to the village of Kulusuk where your guide will show you around to visit among other the charming church, a tiny family run museum while telling you about the everyday life in a hunters village like Kulusuk. Enjoy the rest of the day exploring this mystically rocky island on your own. Accommodation in a hotel, half board optional.

Day 2 Kulusuk – Charming Tasiilaq and surroundings
In the morning you will take the helicopter for a beautiful 10 minutes flight to Tasiilaq, the main village of East Greenland. You get a great view of the area and the ice-filled fjords. Explore this charming town with all its colorful houses. Visit the museum and enjoy a peaceful stroll along the harbor with a wonderful view to the other side of the fjord. And/or go on a nice and easy hike into the Valley of Flowers – starting in the center of Tasiilaq. Accommodation in hostel or hotel, half board optional.

Day 3 Tasiilaq – Kulusuk – Reykjavik
Enjoy the first part of the day exploring the rest of the largest village of the east coast, Tasiilaq, before boarding the helicopter again to Kulusuk where your flight takes off to Reykjavik.

SUMMER ACTIVITIES IN THE TASIILAQ AREA

Sometimes 3 days is not enough. If you wish to extend your stay, there are plenty of things to explore and experience. Here are a few. Contact us to set it up: booking@greenland.is

KAYAKING

Did you know that kayaking is an Inuit invention? It is! You will see why when you experience the tranquility and closeness to the icebergs when you navigate among the icebergs in the fjord in Tasiilaq. A local guide will teach you the basic paddle techniques and off you go into the Arctic bright night.

Available from Tasiilaq in July and August.

Guided evening paddle (2 hours) 
Price from: 110 Euros per person

Contact us to set it up: booking@greenland.is

 

ICE CAP GLACIER HIKE

One thing is seeing icebergs floating in the waters, or a glacier from a boat. Another would be to hike on it, and feel it, and smell it, and hear it. This full day Ice Cap Hike starts with a 1 hour boat ride to the Ice Cap, and then a hike up to the plateu where the view is just amazing. A certified glacier guide will teach you the does and don’ts of walking on the ice and provide the gear neceissary.

Available from Kulusuk and Tasiilaq, in July and August.

Full day (7-8 hours) hike tour 
Price from: 335 Euros per person

Contact us to set it up: booking@greenland.is

ICE CAVE TOUR

You could get even closer to the glacier than hiking on it or sailing around it. You can go inside it! There is a beautiful and safe ice cave not far from Kulusuk and Tasiilaq. A short boatride to the glacier, and a short hike on the ice will bring you into the heart of the glacier.  A certified glacier guide will teach you the does and don’ts of walking on the ice and provide the gear neceissary.

Available from Kulusuk and Tasiilaq. in July and August.

5-6 hours
Price from: 240 Euros per person

Contact us to set it up: booking@greenland.is

SØMANDSFJELDET HIKE

Mt. Sømandsfjeldet (or the Sea-Man’s mountain) rises 679 m above the village of Tasiilaq. A hike up the steep hils will be rewarded with a magnificent view over the village and the surrounding little islands in Ammassalik.

Available from Tasiilaq, in July and August.

Guided hike (4-5 hours) 
Price from: 110 Euros per person

Contact us to set it up: booking@greenland.is

WHALE SAFARI

August and September is when the whales come to East Greenland. Minkey whales, humbacks and finwhales are just a few of the species you could spot on an evening tour around Tasiilaq. Seeing these magical creatures offers a new scale of size.

Available from Tasiilaq, in August and September.

2-3 hour evening sailing tour
Price from: 110 Euros per person

Contact us to set it up: booking@greenland.is

EXTRA BOAT TOUR

There are so many places to visit and things to see that there is always another boat tour to join. Knud Rasmussen glacier and the US army base in Ikatek, the hunting village Tiniteqilaq and the ice fjord, or Johan Petersen fjord with its spectacular glacier toungs and marine while life.

Available from Tasiilaq, from June to September, depending on ice conditions.

2-3 hour evening sailing tour
Price from: 110 Euros per person

Contact us to set it up: booking@greenland.is

KULUSUK VILLAGE WALK

All tours start and end in Kulusuk, as this is where the airport is. You could therefore always join our daytour there and get a better inisight into the life in a small village, visit a small folk museum and get to see the traditional way of Inuit storytelling.

This tour is run in connection with the flight from Reykjavík so many people just come for the 4 hours. You can see a video from the tour here.

Available from Kulusuk, from June to September.

4 hour walking tour
Price: 105 Euros per person

Contact us to set it up: booking@greenland.is

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