 |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Easy hike 8 days |
|
Map |
This
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. Finally, you have
a day in Narsarsuaq for making a hike to the ice cap. |
Arrivals/departures
From Reykjavik as well as from Copenhagen
Accommodation
Accommodation is at hostels with shared facilities.
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.
Eating
At each place there are cooking facilities available.
It is possible to buy food in the shops in Narsarsuaq, Qassiarsuk
and Igaliku. Dinner at Inneruulalik Sheep Farm should be ordered
in advance. In Igaliku you can have dinner at the Country Hotel
and in Narsarsuaq there is a restaurant and a cafeteria at the
hotel.
Difficulty
The hikes between the hostels are easy, and follow
gravel roads. The longest is about 9 km, and your lugage 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
The package is self-guided and made for individuals.
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, and 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.
Today, the 50 residents are mainly sheep farmers, but the village
also has a school, a church and a shop.
Accommodation in private house for two nights.
Day 2
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 3
In the morning there will be a guided visit at Brattahlid,
the Norse reconstructions of Erik the Red's
farm and Tjodhilde's Church. Next, you make the day 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. 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 4
Around noon a boat take you from Inneruulalik to Itilleq, the
disembarking point for the village Igaliku. You walk the 3 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 and very fertile bay with luscious grassland. On
the other side of the fjord towers Illerfissalik (1752 m) in
a rough and desolate landscape.
Accommodation at Gardar Hostel for two nights.
Day 5
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 in the bottom of the fjord. You can be
lucky to find minerals and stones on the way, 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 6
You have most of the day for another hike, which could be a
hike towards the waterfalls; a long series of waterfalls which
falls from the lakes at Igaliku Peninsula and down towards Tunulliarfik
Fjord. Late afternoon the boat leaves from Itilleq and brings
you to Narsarsuaq.
Accommodation at Narsarsuaq Hostel for two nights.
Day 7
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
over the glacier. From here follows ½ hour walk down
to touch the ice! The hike goes the same way back.
Day 8
You can spend the last time at the museum in Narsarsuaq and
at the Blue Ice Café.
Departure to Reykjavik or Copenhagen (check in one hour before)
Price includes
Accommodation:
2 nights at private house in Qassiarsuk (double room)
1 night at Inneruulalik Sheep Farm (double room)
2 nights at Gardar Hostel (double room)
2 nights at Narsarsuaq Hostel (4-bed room)
Boat transfer Narsarsuaq – Qassiarsuk
Inneruulalik – Itilleq
Itilleq – Narsarsuaq
Transport of lugage
Entrance and guide at Brattahlid (Norse reconstructions)
Price
EUR 410 / DKK 2.975 per person. Minimum 2 persons
Upgrading to double room with shared facilities in Narsarsuaq
Extra EUR 76 / DKK 550 per person
Booking
Book here
Payment by bank transfer |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
