Choose your own Winter Adventure | Ilulissat | 4 Days

Your 4-day experience begins at the Domestic Airport in downtown Reykajvik. Try to score a window seat for some of the best views you will ever see from a plane (weather cooperating), as you wing all the way across the great Greenland Icesheet to land in Ilulissat ~3 hours later.

There you will be met and transported to your hotel to settle in. You will have the rest of the day to relax or head out on your own to explore the city. We recommend booking a City Walk as a great introduction to Ilulissat, or check out the other day-tour options here on Guide to Greenland. Don’t forget that your exploration of Ilulissat doesn’t have to finish with the setting Sun. Book for a Northern Lights tour in the evening to ensure you get the best view of one of nature’s most spectacular light shows (weather and solar activity cooperating).

We recommend that you read our Ultimate Guide to Ilulissat for a complete look at all there is to see and do in the city.

Today you will experience one of the traditional (and still used) methods of transportation in Greenland - the dog sledge.

It is important to remember that Greenlandic sled dogs are working dogs and should never be approached on your own (even in town). Your dog sled driver (musher) will introduce you to the dogs and indicate which ones are safe to pet. They will also provide instruction on how to sit on the sledge and what to do and look out for while sledding.

Once the team is hitched, you will head out into the stunning back-country around Ilulissat with the destination of Nalluarsuk - a small fjord next to the Ilulissat Icefjord. From this viewpoint, the sight of the massive icebergs, frozen in place, is simply stunning! Your return to Ilulissat will be partly over the sea-ice (ice conditions permitting). It is a different experience to dogsled over land vs over the frozen sea, and weaving between the icebergs behind a pack of dogs is something you will never forget!

Please note: dogsledding is a cold experience and we encourage you to rent appropriate jacket, trousers and boots for this excursion. It is also quite a physical activity, so please make sure you have no injuries and do not suffer from excessive back or or other pain.

As this is a flexible 4-day tour to Ilulissat, Day 3 is reserved for you to use as you wish.

Have a look at all the options available in the Ultimate Guide to Ilulissat, or book your day tour here on Guide to Greenland. If ice conditions are appropriate, one recommendation is to sail amongst the enormous icebergs in Disko Bay. A more active option is to book a snowshoeing or snowmobiling excursion around Ilulissat. And as always - don’t forget the possibility of seeing the amazing Northern Lights once it gets dark! Book a tour to ensure you have the best views from the darkest places around Ilulissat.

There are a few hours this morning for you to take one last look around the city and perhaps buy some souvenirs at one of the stores in town. At a pre-arranged time, you will be transferred from the Hotel to the airport for your flight back to Iceland.

Although it is goodbye for now, we hope to see you back in Greenland in the near future!