Best Of Ilulissat | 5 days | Disko Bay

Today your adventure begins! Check-in at Reykjavik domestic airport for the flight to Ilulissat is at least 1 hr prior to departure. You will depart from Reykjavik in the evening, here a 3 hours flight awaits you. You will be traveling high above the icecap of Greenland and the sky-high Greenlandic mountain tins, on your journey to Ilulissat.

You will have late evening light 21:30-00:00.

After arrival, you will be transferred to your hotel accommodation where you will stay all 4 nights. 

We will start our day with guided city walk. With the culture-historical walk, you will get an enhanced understanding of the Greenlandic culture and history. The guide will tell you about the history of the city, the Greenlandic culture and the modern life 300 km north of the Arctic Circle. Included in the guided city walk, is a visit to the local museum and church. The museum is located in the house, once owned by the polar explorer Knud Rasmussen and the church will enchant you with its beautiful interior.

For your evening adventure – you will be sailing in the orange rays of midnight sun in the UNESCO World heritage, Ilulissat ice fjord. This an exceptional experience you do not want to miss out while visiting Ilulissat. During the year, more than 46 km3 of ice flows into the fiord. The result is gigantic icebergs, which can be more than 100 metres on each side and with a height on more than 100 metres above the water surface. These giants strand at the end of the fiord, and that gives a good opportunity to sail among them. This boat trip at bright night is definitely an extraordinary experience!

We will finish the day with 2 course dinner at the hotel! Please note drinks are not included.

You wont find a place as beautiful as Ilulissat. Wonders of the arctic, such as Ilulissat icefjord is not the only to be found. Your adventure of the day, takes you to the Glacier, Eqi.

From the morning You will be traveling in a modern and convenient tourist boat, with a heated salon and an outdoor deck.

 Your journey will take you through the west Greenlandic nature, in the presence of icebergs making their way into the Atlantic ocean! Be on the watch for the Great Greenland whale, playing hide and seek between the waves. When nearing the glacier, lunch will be served with a nice view overlooking the glacier from a distance.

You will be staying in front of the glacier for 2 hours so you will have a great chance to see the glacier calving! It is a "MUST DO" tour while you are visiting Ilulissat in the summer.

Depending on the boat that will be used today it will be 6-8 hours tour. You will come back full of amazing memories and pictures!

Today you are going to explore the inuit lands of Sermermiut valley. Sermermiut have been inhabited by different inuit cultures for 4000 years, and today you can still find artefacts of the vanished ages. You will on first hand witness the presence of their existence! Hear the story about the life and the customs of the Greenlanders before the Europeans´ arrival; see the ruins, the kitchen mitten, and feel the permafrost with your own hands. It is possible to do the hike yourself, as Sermermiut valley is located 1 ½ kilometres outside Ilulissat City – but we prefer to guide you safely to the area. Your guide will brief you about the safety precautions, that apply hiking the Greenlandic tundra. When returning to Ilulissat, we will make a stop at ‘’Kællingekløften’’, which is a large, cliff diving into the icy ocean. The cliff holds ancient stories, as the cliff was used by the inuits for survival. The elders would sacrifice themselves, by jumping into the ocean.

In the evening you will be transferred from your hotel to the airport for your night flight to Iceland.