Ilulissat - The Town of Icebergs

Ilulissat - The Town of Icebergs

Giant icebergs, calving glaciers, baying sled dogs and magnificent wild life, including seals musk oxen and eagles, make Greenland quite unique. Get up close and personal with reindeer and the arctic fox; walk up on the inland Ice Cap and fly up across the Arctic Circle to Disko Bay to see the glaciers continuously dropping ice chunks into the turquoise blue water with a thunderous clap.

DAY 1: UK-REYKJAVIK

Scheduled Icelandair return flight to Reykjavik. Overnight at Hotel Metropolitan.

DAY 2: REYKJAVIK – ILULISSAT

Breakfast and transfer to airport for Air Iceland flight to Ilulissat. Transfer to hotel, check in and briefing meeting explaining the optional excursions available during your stay.

DAY 3, 4&5: ILULISSAT

Optional excursions of your choice.

DAY 6: ILULISSAT-REYKJAVIK

Breakfast and transfer to the airport and Air Iceland flight to Reykjavik. Self transfer to and overnight at Hotel Leifur Eriksson or Hotel Metropolitan.

DAY 7: REYKJAVIK-UK

Late morning transfer to airport for scheduled Icelandair flight to UK.

Whale Safari

Cruise out into Disko Bay which in the summer is a capelin filled feeding ground for the Humpback. 5 hours inc. lunch.

£110 pp
Ilimanaq

Trip by boat to a hunter’s settlement at Ilimanaq with a tiny population of 80 or so fishermen and hunters’ families. Tour of the settlement and lunch with a local family. £125.00 per person. Similar trip to Ilimanaq at night £157.00 per person

£125/157 pp
The Icebergs of Sermermiut

Sermermiut is a fertile valley next to the Ice Fjord where you can enjoy flowers and fantastic ice bergs at the same time. 4 hours, refreshments included.

£40 pp
Midnight Cruise to the Ice Fjord

Cruise between the icebergs in the midnight sun and enjoy a Martini on the ‘real rocks’. 3 hours.

£65 pp
Eqip – The Calving Glacier

Cruise in front of Ilulissat’s only calving glacier and enjoy lunch whilst anticipating a unique ‘delivery’. 8 hours including lunch.

£200 pp