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NEW for 2017! Qaqortoq is the ideal base for exploring everything Greenland has to offer; azure blue fjords with sculptural icebergs, nearby glaciers and Viking ruins. The town itself has a growing cultural scene which you will have time to explore.

South Greenland

South Greenland is the often overlooked by visitors travelling to Greenland - and it is a real shame. The area has so many Arctic experiences to offer: From iceberg-filled fjords to dramatic glaciers, not to mention archaeological remains from the Inuit and Viking settlers.

Qaqortoq

Qaqortoq is the biggest town in South Greenland with approx. 3200 inhabitants. The area around Qaqortoq has been inhabited since prehistoric times, but the present-day town was only founded in 1774 and christened Julianehaab after the Danish queen Juliane Marie. The town became a major center for the saddle-back seal trade and today remains the home of the Great Greenland sealskin tannery.

Qaqortoq is the ideal base for exploring everything Greenland has to offer; the town itself has a thriving cultural scene, first made popular by the local artist Aka Hoegh who in the 1990s led the Stone & Man project, designed to transform the town into an open air art gallery. Eighteen artists from all over Scandinavia carved 24 sculptures into the rock faces and boulders in the town. Today there are over 40 sculptures in the town, all part of the Stone & Man exhibit.

Other cultural highlights include the original blacksmith’s shop, built in 1804 which is now the town’s museum and the oldest standing building at the historical colonial harbour which was shipped to Greenland as a flat pack in 1797 and then reassembled where it stands today.

Qaqortoq offers a choice of daily excursions to points of interest in the local area including Viking ruins such as Hvalsey Church ruin, which is mentioned in the Icelandic Sagas. Explore the natural wonder that is the hot springs of Unartoq not to mention the amazing icebergs and glaciers found nearby

Itinerary

Evening flight with Air Iceland from Keflavik to Narsarsuaq Airport.

Transfer from the airport to the pier and by boat through Eric's Fjord to Qaqortoq where your Arctic Adventure guide will be waiting on the harbor. After check-in dinner will be served followed by an information meeting.

Breakfast at the hotel. Guided walk around Qaqortoq in the morning so you can get your bearings. There will be several optional excursions available during your stay.

Day free for optional excursions:

* Hike around Storesoen

* Hvalsey Church Ruin

* Hot Springs of Uunartoq

* Boat excursion to the inland ice cap

* Coffee Mik, coffee with a family

Breakfast at the hotel. Day at leisure. Your Arctic Adventure guide will be able to recommend excursions in the area.

Tonight you celebrate your last night in Greenland with dinner at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. Tonight you will fly back to Keflavik - but first you will travel to Narsarsuaq Airport by helicopter! Flying in low altitude over the magnificent Arctic landscape, this is a memorable way to end your trip!

Depending on the time of your helicopter transfer - there may be time to join a short excursion from Narsarsuaq to the Qoroq Glacier or the remains of Eric the Red's Farm. Please check with your Arctic Adventure guide if this is possible.