Greenland Northern Lights Adventure

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Greenland Northern Lights Adventure

duration: 8 days

difficulty: Easy

group size: 12

experience: Beginner

Overview

Highlights:

- Navigate in a sea filled with icebergs, travelling around the glaciers in adventurous

RIB boats, observe the blue-tinged ice and admire the beauty of Inlandsis or

Greenland's Polar Ice Cap.

- Witnessing northern lights, the “Dance of the Sky”, from one of the world’s most

special areas, from mid August.

- Visiting of some Greenlandic settlements, such as Qassiarsuk, Igaliku and Narsaq

- A unique excursion with crampons, guided through labyrinthine crevasses and

drains in one of the oldest ice fields in the planet. A truly exclusive trip in Greenland,

only comparable to that in Patagonia’s Perito Moreno.

- Overnight in the Qaleraliq Glacier Camp, a tent camp located in the most magical

spot in south Greenland, here you will see the best Northern lights as the camp has

total absence of light pollution. A sandy beach situated in front of the ice cap. A truly

unique experience.

- Sighting of local fauna such as eagles, caribou, foxes and arctic hares, or maybe

whales and seals when the journey takes us to the sea.

- Having first-hand experience of the dramatic progress of climate change in

Southern Greenland, an area which offers a rare glimpse of the effects of global

warming: glacier withdrawal, increase in the amount of ice that has broken of the

glaciers, forest and new vegetation sprouting in terrain which for centuries could not

sustain plant life...

- Visiting the Viking ruins of Gardar and Brattahlid, the most important

archaeological treasures in South Greenland part of the Unesco World Heritage

since 2017

- Opportunity to enjoy an impressive kayak excursion, surrounded by icebergs

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Itinerary

Day 1: Viking Greenland

Flight Keflavik (International Airport ) – Narsarsuaq.

Reception in the airport and transfer in RIB boat through Tunulliarfik Fjord, usually covered by icebergs, to Qassiarsuk. Walk through the village of about 50 inhabitants, mostly farmers, comprising the old Brattahlid, capital of Viking Greenland.

Cultural visit: Brattahlid reconstructions. Guided visit to the original ruins from Erik the Red, and a replica of the original chapel and longhouse. This Norse and Greenlandic core farming area were in 2017 inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List under the title

Kujataa Greenland: A Norse and Inuit farming landscape on the Edge of the Ice Cap.

Meals- Dinner

Day 2: Narsaq and Qaleraliq Glacier Camp

Day 3: Ice Cap View

Day 4: Glacier fronts and excursion on ice.

Day 5: Igaliku and Qooroq Ice Fjord

Day 6: Tasiusaq, the “Iceberg’s Bay”

Day 7: Flower Valley and Glacier

Day 8: Departure Day to Keflavik

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Accommodations

On day 1, for 2 days

You will be staying 2 nights at the Hostel. It is a cozy hostel, with a spacious terrace overlooking the fjord, different rooms, with shared toilets and showers. You will use sleeping bags at night.

On day 3, for 2 days

On day 5, for 3 days

Pricing

Included:

Transfers

Accommodation

Admission fees

Guide fees

Luggage transfers

Airport transfer

Local guide

Some meals

Excluded:

Alcoholic beverages

Gratuities

Flights

Visas

Travel insurance

Personal gear

International flights

Do not forget to arrange for the requisite passport, visa and travel insurance, if you are booking an international trip.

We try our best to ensure accurate and up-to-date guide information, but in some cases this may change due to emergencies or other unforeseen guide scheduling challenges. In any case, another highly-rated, certified guide with similar experience would lead your trip and you will be kept informed of any such case.

Cancellation Policy

8 weeks prior to departure: Expedition until 8 weeks prior to departure, are charged cost of non – refundable flight tickets + cost of other non – refundable expenses.

8 – 4 weeks prior to departure , 60% of the land arrangement + cost of non – refundable flight tickets + cost of other non – refundable expenses.

4 – 2 weeks prior to departure charged 85% of the land arrangement + cost of non – refundable flight tickets + cost of other non – refundable expenses.

2 weeks prior to departure: Non refundable