Nuuk Icefjord Hike | West Greenland
Witness Greenland’s beauty at its most unique by joining this full-day tour to Nuuk Icefjord. This tour is perfect for you who are eager to discover the natural marvels of Greenland’s capital area.
This excursion starts by sailing you through one of the country’s most incredible natural marvels, Nuuk Fjord. While sailing through the fjord, you can take pleasure in the unspoiled scenery of mountains, waterfalls, and wildlife such as whales, seals, and eagles.
After 2,5 hours of sailing, you arrive in Kapisillit Kangerlua, a fjord branch of Nuuk Fjord, where your captain will anchor the boat. From here you will set out on a 45-minute hike on the Arctic tundra lands to reach the Icefjord. The hike is medium difficulty, due to the untrailed and rugged terrain, it is necessary that you are equipped with a pair of hiking boots.
Arriving on-site, you will be rewarded with stunning panoramic views of the Icefjord and its circumscribing mountain ranges. The icebergs originate from three different glacier branches of the Greenland Ice Sheet, which are not visible from where we will be standing. While gazing over the contrasting scenery of white icebergs and dark nuanced mountains.
After having explored one of the Greenlandic capital’s most sought-after attractions, you return to the boat and sail back to Nuuk. Throughout your tour experience, you will be accompanied by an experienced and knowledgeable Arctic guide, who is eager to share their knowledge with you.
To experience Nuuk Icefjord on this full-day excursion, choose your travel date and press Book Now above.
Activities
Boat Tour
Glacier Views
Hiking
Iceberg Views
Icecap & Glacier hiking
Attractions
Nuuk Fjord
Karina (verified owner) –
Ord bliver fattige, når denne fantastiske udflugt skal beskrives!
De to skønneste guider, massevis af isskosser og isbjerge … Isfjorden og vandringen derhen… En uforglemmelig dag … Tak!
Shou Wee, Tok (verified owner) –
We had a really experienced and awesome boat captain. While heading towards our landing point, we met lots of ice a d icebergs. The captain slowed down and navigated safely through them. We have lots of respect for her.
As for the hike, we were unable to reach our end point. Partly, there was some delay in getting here due to the icebergs we met along the way. Partly, the guide is new to this and does not know the trail. So, we ended up walking through some marsh. The guide was able to guide us safely around with her knowledge of the wilderness in general, but our progress was slow. Hence,we could not get to the end point to view the Icefjord at the other side. But we got to pick blue berries, black berries, and Labrador tea, and saw some grouses that are in the process of donning their white winter coat. All in all, it was quite enjoyable.
On the way back, our captain and guide netted a piece of black ice and we had nice cold drinks from the 6000-thousand year old ice. This was awesome.