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Easy hike 8 days |
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trip includes all the highlights for a hiker in the Narsarsuaq
area. Furthermore, you get a close experience of the daily life
of the Greenlanders, who live at isolated farms and settlements
in South Greenland. In a week, you visit and stay at sheep farms
and in two different villages. From these places, there are
an infinite number of hiking trips, with stunning views of ice-filled
fjords. |
Arrivals/departures
From Reykjavik as well as from Copenhagen.
Note! Flights are not included.
Accommodation
Accommodation is at farm and hostels. You should bring
your own sleeping bag. Rental of sleeping bag with sheet one
week: EUR 28 / DKK 200. There are double rooms all places except
in Narsarsuaq, where there are 4-bed rooms. Here you can upgrade
to a double room.
Meals
No meals included except breakfast at day 6 (Inneruulalik farm)
At each place there are cooking facilities available. There
are grocery stores in Narsarsuaq, Qassiarsuk and Igaliku. In
Igaliku you can order dinner at the Country Hotel and in Narsarsuaq
there is a restaurant and a cafeteria at the hotel. Dinner at
Inneruulalik Sheep Farm should be ordered in advance.
Difficulty
The hikes between the hostels are easy, and follow
gravel roads. The longest is about 9 km, and your luggage is
transported by car. The optional day hikes at each place varies.
Some are easy, some are more demanding, some routes are marked,
and some are not.
Guide
No guide. There will be an info meeting when arriving
in Narsarsuaq and you will be able to contact Blue Ice from
all places of accommodation. Hiking maps are for sell at Blue
Ice Café in Narsarsuaq.
Itinerary
Day 1
Arrival Narsarsuaq. Info meeting at our office at Blue
Ice Café. In the afternoon you can make the small hike
to the viewpoint "Signalhøjen" (about one hour).
From the top you have an impressive view of the glacier.
Accommodation at Narsarsuaq Hostel for two nights.
Day 2
Day hike to Narsarsuaq Glacier a part of the ice cap only 8
km from Narsarsuaq. The hike goes through the Flower Valley
before a 300 m ascend to a plateau gives you a magnificent view
of the glacier. From here follows ½ hour walk down to
touch the ice! The hike goes the same way back.
Day 3
Boat transfer to Qassiarsuk. Qassiarsuk is also known as Brattahlid,
the place where Erik the Red settled in year 982. The ruins
from the Norse period are well preserved, and the museum of
a long house and little church can be visited (not included).
Today, the 50 residents are mainly sheep farmers, but the village
also has a school, a church and a shop.
Accommodation in hostel for two nights.
Day 4
You can make a day hike to the sheep farm Tasiusaq located at
the Sermilik fjord. It is a relative easy hike by a tractor
road through an impressive landscape spotted with small, blue
lakes. There are good chances to see the White-tailed Eagle
hover above your head. From Tasiusaq you can take the sheep
track leading to the neighbour farm Nunataaq. It is a stunning
hike along the innermost part of a fjord, which is often filled
with small ice bergs. From Nunataaq you can take another tractor
road leading back to Qassiarsuk. The round trip is about 20
km in total.
Day 5
Hike to the sheep farm Inneruulalik, located south of Qassiarsuk
just in front of the ice fjord. The hike is on a tractor road
(about 9 km) and your luggage will be transported by car/boat.
Inneruulalik is a perfect idyll combined with overwhelming nature
and added hospitality from a Greenlandic family. Staying one
night at the farm gives you an experience which you will never
forget.
Accommodation at Inneruulalik farm for one night. It is possible
to buy a local dinner at the farm (not included).
Day 6
Boat transfer from Inneruulalik to Itilleq, the disembarking
point for the village Igaliku. You walk the 4 km at the "Kings
Road" (named after the Danish King Frederik 9th's visit
in 1952) to Igaliku. Igaliku is one of the most beautiful villages
in Greenland! The colourful houses are situated in a green bay
with luscious grassland. On the other side of the fjord towers
the landmark Illerfissalik (Burfjeld) in a rough and desolate
landscape.
Accommodation at Gardar Hostel for two nights.
Day 7
We recommend a day hike along the river to Lake 90, and further
on up to the plateau. From here, there is a superb view of the
Qooroq Ice fjord, the stranded ice bergs on the moraine and
the enormous glacier at the head of the fjord. It is the perfect
place for picnic! On the way back, you can be lucky to find
minerals and stones, for instance the shining "moon stone"
(Labradorit). If you want to climb a top instead, Nuuluk (823
m) is waiting for you south of Igaliku!
Day 8
Boat transfer from Itilleq to Narsarsuaq. Departure
to Reykjavik or Copenhagen (check in one hour before).
Price includes
2 nights at Narsarsuaq Hostel (4-bed room)
2 nights in Qassiarsuk (double room)
1 night at Inneruulalik farm (double room)
2 nights at Gardar Hostel (double room)
Boat transfer Narsarsuaq – Qassiarsuk
Inneruulalik – Itilleq
Itilleq – Narsarsuaq
Transport of luggage
Price
EUR 448 / DKK 3.250 per person
Upgrading to double room in Narsarsuaq
Extra EUR 72 / DKK 520 per person
Booking
Book here
Payment by bank transfer |
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