Take advantage of the wait in the Kangerlussuaq Airport

Waiting in Kangerlussuaq is never a waste of time.

Waiting in Kangerlussuaq is a superb chance to experience one of Greenland’s greatest areas of adventure. Choose between musk oxen, air safari and the Ice Sheet.Kangerlussuaq is Greenland’s main airport and a nerve centre for much of the country’s airline traffic, whether domestic or international.

"Choose between musk oxen, air safari and the Ice Sheet."

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Air safari: Why not take advantage of the fact that Kangerlussuaq is an airport and take a flight on which you’ll be able to see many of the best things that Kangerlussuaq has to offer.

In small, fast and comfortable aircraft you can see the entire landscape from above. Exploit the speed of the plane to see musk oxen and the Ice Sheet if time is short. (season: summer).

2 HOURS

Musk ox safari: Make sure you don’t miss out on a musk ox safari if you’re in Kangerlussuaq. The trip enables you to see some of the landscape around Kangerlussuaq, and is of course a chance to see Greenland’s primitive animal, the musk ox, or indeed some of the other wildlife in the region – e.g. reindeer, birds of prey, arctic foxes and alpine hares. (season: all year round).

Two flightseeing planes from Air Zafari over the hills around Kangerlussuaq in Greenland. Photo by Mads Pihl

Flightseeing with Air Zafari near Iluliartoq in Kangerlussuaq in Greenland

A group glacier walking on the Greenland Ice Sheet near Kangerlussuaq. Photo by Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland

Glacier walking on the Greenland Ice Sheet near Kangerlussuaq. Photo by Mads Pihl

People are easily dwarfed by the size of the Russell Glacier wall near Kangerlussuaq in Greenland. Photo by Mads Pihl

5 HOURS

Up on the Ice Sheet: The Ice Sheet is perhaps the most important landscape feature in Greenland and a world-class attraction. Kangerlussuaq is a good starting point from which to experience the ice due to the fact that, unusually for Greenland, a road leads directly from Kangerlussuaq to the edge of the ice. Enjoy a trip that enables you to hike on the Ice Sheet itself. (season: all year round).

By Tanny Por

As Content Manager, Tanny curates and tells stories about living, travelling (and sometimes surviving!) in Greenland. She also supports and develops Visit Greenland's strategic initiatives across its different media and social platforms.

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