Glacial Adventures: A Journey Through Greenland

Breakfast in the morning and when everyone is finished and ready to go, we all drive with the buggy to the hosts’ farm Inneruulalik to meet the horses. After an introduction of the horses the guides will match you with a horse. The ride will be from Inneruulalik to Qassiarsuk that is about 7km on mountains. Lunch will be served at the hostel and after lunch you are free to do what you want to. Dinner will be served between 6 and 7pm.

Included: Horse riding and full board at the hostel.

Breakfast in the morning and everybody makes a lunch pack to bring for the ride. When everyone is ready, we go to the horses and ride along the coast to the innermost of Erics Fjord, where we will see icebergs in the sea and ride by two farms called Qorlortoq and Qinngua. We ride a bit further inland following the river, and right at the foot of the mountain we will leave the horses in a fenced area. The entire ride will be about 17km. We drive the buggy back to the hostel. Dinner will be served between 6 and 7pm.

Included: Horse riding, lunch in the mountains, breakfast and dinner at the hostel.

Breakfast in the morning and everybody makes a lunch pack to bring for the ride. When everyone is ready, we drive the buggy back to the horses and start the ride going up the mountain following the river of Qinngua the first 5km. The river is known for its strong waterfalls. We ride down towards the glacier Qajiitaq, through a valley with 1000m mountains on both sides. The ride ends by Qajiitaq with a view to the glacier. There is 2km between the camp and the glacier. We make the tents ready and start to cook. It is in the middle of August, so there is a change of seeing northern lights at night time. The entire ride will be about 17km. Dinner will be served between 6 and 7pm.

Included: Horse riding, lunch in the mountains, breakfast and dinner at the hostel.

Breakfast in the morning and everybody makes a lunch pack to bring for the ride. We ride to touch the glacier and afterwards we ride back the same way as in day 3, and we leave the horses the same place in a fenced area by the foot of the mountain. The entire ride will be about 21km. We drive the buggy back to the hostel. Dinner is served between 6 and 7pm.

Included: Horse riding, lunch in the mountains, breakfast and dinner at the hostel.

Breakfast in the morning and everybody makes a lunch pack to bring for the ride. When everyone is ready, we drive the buggy back to the horses and start the ride to plantation of trees called Qanassiassat. At Qanassiassat we have our lunch pack and afterwards we ride back to the hostel in Qassiarsuk along the coast. The entire ride will be about 20km. Dinner will be served between 6 and 7pm.

Included: Horse riding, lunch in the mountains, breakfast and dinner at the hostel.

Breakfast in the morning and when everyone is finished and ready to go, we walk to the harbor and get onboard a boat that will sail us to the nearby glacier Qooqqut. Many icebergs run aground by Qooqqut, so we need to weave our way among the pieces of ice until we reach the fjord. We will make a stop and turn off the engine so it is quiet. We will sit in a few moments enjoying the view of the glacier, the many icebergs around us and the mountains that are on both sides of the fjord. The glacier calves about 200.000 tons of ice a day into the fjord. 

After the boat trip we sail back to Qassiarsuk and have lunch at the hostel and afterwards we take a guided tour by the Norse ruins. The rest of the day you are free to do what you want to. Dinner will be served between 6 and 7pm at the hostel and you will have dinner together with the hosts, who will also show you the Greenlandic national costume.

Included: Boat trip, a guided tour by the Norse ruins, showing of a national costume and full board at the hostel.

Breakfast in the morning and the guides will give information to the guests of the time when they will take the boat back to Narsarsuaq. You will be driven to the Airport as well.

Included: Transport, breakfast and lunch at the hostel.