We fly from Copenhagen to Kangerlussuaq. Ahead awaits a 4.5-hour flight and an 8-day winter adventure. Your guide will welcome you upon arrival and assist you with the check-in at the Hotel. From the Hotel, there is a direct view of both airport and maybe a little hare hiding in the gray-brown rocks. The crackling sound in the snow echoes in the silence and automatically makes you forget about everyday life.

At the following information meeting, the guide will give you practical advice about the area, dining, and the excursions ahead. It is now time to experience Kangerlussuaq.

Greenland Ice Sheet :
Powerful four-wheel driven vehicles will take us through an incredibly beautiful landscape, through mountains, plains, and semi-desert valleys. Near the Ice Cap, we will drive through the fantastic moraine landscape.

At the end of the road, we walk to the Ice Cap and onto the vast ice sheet. We spend time exploring this world of ice before returning to our vehicles. There are good chances of spotting reindeer, musk oxen, and, depending on the season, many species of birds and flowers.

Flight: Copenhagen - Kangerlussuaq
Meal: On-flight refreshments

The beautiful hinterland of Kangerlussuaq offers a lot of excursions. Today, you will go on a dog sled trip and a northern lights tour.

Dog-sledding Tour: The dog sled is one of the strongest icons of Greenland. An Inuit tradition, dating back thousands of years! You will not find many other means of transportation, which have survived for so long without any changes.

The basic principle is still the same as in the Viking age; some dogs are tied to simple wooden construction. The experience cannot be explained ? you have to try it. The dog sled driver and his dogs take you across the thick ice on the fjord to give you a truly Greenlandic experience. Do not miss this great ride!


Ice-Fishing: During the frozen winter months, Greenlandic fjord fishermen return to the age-old techniques developed centuries ago by their Inuit ancestors. On this ice fishing excursion, you too can try your hand at these traditional fishing methods and learn how locals have adapted to life in the Arctic winter.

Every winter when the fjord freezes, sailors return to shore as their boats are pulled from the unnavigable waters. These seemingly lifeless waters are a sure signal that winter has taken hold! However, even in these frigid temperatures, life buzzes both above and below the surface with local residents and visitors enjoying popular winter activities, such as sledding, snowmobiling, and ice fishing.

On our ice fishing excursion, we will venture onto the frozen fjord in search of our perfect fishing spot. Arriving well-prepared with our ice drill, we will bore our way through the thick surface and drop our hooked fishing line in hopes of a great catch. There are usually many fish, primarily cod bites, but it is important to remain both patient and vigilant, giving the line a gentle pull once in a while.

While you are testing your luck at ice fishing, the excursion guide will serve up hot drinks along with a fishing story or two. The weather is typically calm, but the conditions are cold, so it is necessary to outfit yourself with the appropriate outwear to fully enjoy nature, and fresh polar air, and relax.


Northern Light Tour: On evenings with a clear sky, the beautiful northern lights (also known as Aurora Borealis) are likely to appear. On this excursion, we head out into the landscape where artificial light does not prevent us from seeing the spectacular northern lights.

Afterward, the guide will tell us more about the phenomenon of northern lights and the myths it has created throughout time. Also, our guide shows us how to make northern lights while preparing the incredibly tasty Greenlandic coffee for us to enjoy.

Accommodation: 3-star hotel
Meal: Breakfast

We now head towards Ilulissat. It is a beautiful 45-minute flight giving you a perfect chance of really enjoy the beautiful icy landscape, the desolate expanse, and the grandeur. During the approach to Ilulissat, the town seemingly pops up in the middle of nowhere.

The colored houses vie for attention among the snow-covered peaks and you can look forward to the next few days full of ice, winter, and dogsleds ? combined with cultural highlights from a very traditional Greenlandic town.

We check in at the beautifully situated 4-star hotel, and at the following information meeting, we get to hear more about the town and the many excursions scheduled in the coming few days. The first excursion is a guided tour of the town.


Guided tour of the town: Ilulissat was founded in 1741 and, today, it is the third largest town in Greenland with more than 4,500 inhabitants. The guide will tell you about the history of the town, and you will experience the town is many exciting facets. Seeing and especially hearing some of the many thousands of sled dogs is unavoidable.

Most of them live on the outskirts of the town in large dog spaces ? unchained puppies play under supervision by their mother, while the rest of the pack cannot wait to take you on a sled trip. We will visit the fishermen at the harbor and the hunters at their trading post ?Br?ttet.? We will show you the church and the birthplace of the famous Polar explorer Knud Rasmussen.

Flight: Kangerlussuaq - Copenhagen
Accommodation: 4-star hotel
Meal: Breakfast, Welcome Dinner

Ilulissat and the surrounding area offer numerous excursion possibilities. Today, we will go for two authentic experiences!

Sailing among icebergs in Disko Bay
Almost every visitor in Ilulissat goes on the boat tour among the icebergs at least once. Every day, more than 40 million ton of ice flow out into the fjord. The icebergs are gigantic, sometimes measuring more than 100 meters wide ? and with a height of more than 60 meters above the water surface as well. These giants gather at the end of the fjord, providing you with a great opportunity to sail among them. This is really a once-for-a-life experience that could not be forgotten.

*Remember to bring warm clothes.

Accommodation: 4-star hotel
Meal: Breakfast

On days 5-6, you can experience a real igloo where you will spend the night and, from here, go on some unique excursions.

Today, you will go to the hinterland of the Arctic. You will be taken on a snowmobile into the wonderful winter landscape. The trip to Igloo Lodge itself is an adventure! You are driven on snowmobiles for about an hour into the Ilulissat hinterland with amazing views along the way. You will be met at the cabin with coffee and lunch. Afterward, you will go on the excursion.

Snowshoe Hiking & Snowmobile Ride
The excursion is a snowshoe trip where we head to a vantage point, overlooking the Kangia Icefjord. The second is a snowmobile ride to the huts overlooking the winter fishing spots at Aattartoq in the Ilulissat hinterland.

After the excursions, we will have an afternoon coffee with cake, dinner, and evening coffee followed by a look outside to see if the northern lights are out. We hope to see the northern lights dance in the sky in the evening.

Then you will stay overnight in an ice igloo (with the possibility of staying in a heated cabin). Igloo Lodge consists of five spacious igloos, each of which accommodates two people. Reindeer pelts and warm winter sleeping bags are covering the beds.

There are also candles on the bedside table, which means that the temperature is around the freezing point inside the igloo. It is comparatively warm compared to the minus 20 degrees Celcius outside. The wooden cabin by the lodge is where we will eat our meals. In the wooden cabin, there is also an outhouse type restroom.

Northern lights: When the sky is clear on winter nights, you can see the most beautiful northern lights over Ilulissat. Aurora Borealis is, without a doubt, the night sky is the most spectacular phenomenon. After dinner, the darkness is at its most intense. The guide will tell us all about the causes of the phenomenon.

You will also get tips and tricks to enable you to take the best pictures of the colored lights as they flicker across the night sky. According to local legend, the northern lights come from the dead playing ball with a walrus skull. However, the scientific explanation is less dramatic.

Accommodation: Ice Igloo (or heated hut)
Meal: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

In the morning, breakfast is served and, finally, there is the snowmobile trip back to civilization.

Ilulissat Icefjord Center: In the afternoon, we will visit the newly opened Ilulissat Icefjord center, which is the largest of its kind in the Arctic. Ilulissat Glacier is one of the most active glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere. Since 1850, people began to systematically observe the changes of the Ilulissat Icefjord, and provided valuable information for scientists to study global climate change.

In June 2021, the Ilulissat Glacier Centre is completed and opened to the public. The Glacier Center locates in the magnificent surrounding natural landscape. The center displays the story of glaciers and the history of Greenland. The exhibition area and cinema in the center display valuable films and materials on the impact of climate change on glaciers.

Accommodation: 4-star Hotel
Meal: Breakfast

Use the final days to experience the atmosphere and life in the town, go back in time, and feel a sense of history at the cozy museum established in Knud Rasmussen is the birthplace.

The fishermen at Br?ttet the local marketplace, provide you with an impression of the interesting food products of Greenland. They do not come any fresher than this.

When you have satisfied your appetite for visual experiences, it is time to treat your palate and fill your stomach. The restaurants in Ilulissat invite you on a journey through local specialties such as Greenlandic sushi,

deep-fried ammassats (small fish), whale and seal - and in the caf?s, freshly-baked cakes will tempt everyone with a sweet tooth. This is indeed a journey that will put all your senses to work.

And gazing at the Ice Fjord will never get tiresome, by the way.

Accommodation: 4-Star Hotel
Meal: Breakfast

After an intense holiday, it is time to say your goodbyes to Ilulissat. Greenland is likely to have made quite an impression on you that will spark a special feeling and flash a series of indelible mental images whenever you hear the word Greenland mentioned in the future.

You will depart from Ilulissat via Kangerlussuaq, arriving in Copenhagen by evening.

Meal: Breakfast, Refreshment on the flight