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Icelandic Mountain guides: Unplugged Wilderness

A 12 day boat assisted trek in East Greenland. Trekking in dramatic alpine landscape with stunning views of icebergs and glaciers.

Icelandic Mountain guides: From Sun Gate to Icefjord

This trip will instill peace and quiet in you as you take in the Greenland ice cap, a massive ice field, ancient and still.

Icelandic Mountain guides: Icefjord and remote villages

Dive back into time, learn about the culture of Inuit, how they have survived for generations despite being so isolated.

Icelandic Mountain Guides - Greenland Highlights

This tour will introduce you to the Greenland Highlights; Ice and Icefjords, impressive glaciers, an insight in the Inuit way of life.

Providers

Testing kayaking skills at the museum in Tasiilaq in East Greenland

Ammassalik Museum

December 8, 2016

Ammassalik Museum in Tasiilaq in East Greenland can be found in the town's first church, which lies close to the harbour.

Arctic Dream - Travellodge Greenland

December 12, 2016

Arctic Dream Travellodge Greenland specialises in dog sleds, hunting, boat tours, kayaking, fishing and climbing based in Tasiilaq in East Greenland.

Arctic Wonderland Tours

December 12, 2016

Arctic Wonderland Tours is one of Greenland's most experienced tour operators. They run hotels in Tasiilaq and Kulusuk, tour services and tour boats.

The Green House in Tasiilaq

December 15, 2016

The Green House accommodation in Tasiilaq is a delightful gem of a wooden house with 50 m2 of floor space situated in the heart of the old town.

Tiny dog sleds in the huge East Greenland landscapes between Tasiilaq and Sermilik

Dines Tours

December 15, 2016

Dines Tours is a small adventure travel tour provider based in Tasiilaq and the company organises dogsled trips, hiking, kayaking, animal safaris, and more.

Morning light over Tasiilaq in East Greenland covered in deep snow

Discovery Mountain Lodge

December 15, 2016

Discovery Mountain Lodge is a refurbished and well equipped 70 m2 rental house situated in the old part of Tasiilaq in East Greenland.

Hotel Angmagssalik

December 19, 2016

Hotel Angmagssalik is an established hotel with sweeping views over Tasiilaq in East Greenland. The hotel is run Arctic Wonderland Tours.

Hotel Kulusuk

December 20, 2016

Hotel Kulusuk is situated on the coast of Greenland's eastern-most point just down the road from Kulusuk Airport and connections to Reykjavik and Nuuk.

Ittoqqortoormiit Guesthouse

December 22, 2016

Ittoqqortoormiit Guesthouse is a cosy little guesthouse offering a selection of single or double rooms, a little kitchen, living room and outhouse.

Ittoqqortoormiit Museum

December 22, 2016

The museum also has historic photographs, paintings and costumes.

Kulusuk Hostel

December 26, 2016

Kulusuk Hostel is run by Icelandic Mountain Guides, an adventure tour operator in both Iceland and Greenland.

Kulusuk Museum

December 26, 2016

Kulusuk Museum is a privately owned and run by Justine Boassen, born and raised in Kulusuk.

Nanu Travel

January 4, 2017

Nanu Travel is a locally based tour and outdoor pursuits company in East Greenland.

Pirhuk - Greenland Expedition Specialists

January 5, 2017

From our base & home in Kulusuk, East Greenland, surrounded by one of the greatest wilderness areas on earth, we specialize in.

The Red House

January 11, 2017

The hotel is situated on a hill just to the south of Tasiilaq and enjoys stunning views of the King Oscar Fjord and the surrounding mountains and glaciers.

Siggi Tours

January 16, 2017

Siggi Tours has a boat called Uiloq, which sails in the area around Ammassalik. The company also organises a whole range of tours, including dog sledding trips in the winter.

Robert’s Hotel Apartments are just 300 metres from the town’s heliport, surrounded by the natural beauty of eastern Greenland. Choose between the green and the blue rooms – both are equipped with everything you need.

Quark Expeditions

January 17, 2017

For 25 years, Quark Expeditions® has been the definitive leader in polar adventures.

Tasiilaq Tours

March 17, 2017

Greenland Vacation offers different tours and experiences in and around Tasiilaq City as well as logistically help.

Icelandic Mountain Guides

November 3, 2017

From their expedition & ski lodge in East Greenland, Greenland Mountain Guides specialises in Greenland ski touring and mountaineering expeditions, icecap crossings, wilderness treks and traditional dogsled trips.

A home and graveyard on Kulusuk, Northwest Side Of Kulusuk island. By Chris Brinlee Jr

Greenlandic Indigenous Guides

November 16, 2017

Guide To Greenland

June 20, 2019

Guide to Greenland is the largest market place in the Greenlandic travel industry. Gathering small and big local operators all in one place. Guide to Greenland team helps travellers to easily find and book their adventures in all of Greenland. Select your favourite activity and destination and let Guide to Greenland inspire you!

About Greenland

The axe of Leif Erikson - the statue overlooking Qassiarsuk in South Greenland, by Mads Pihl

The Viking period of Greenland

May 29, 2017

The Vikings settled in southern and western Greenland about 1,000 years ago. Brattahlid is the best preserved of Old Norse settlements.

Dwellings of the Inuit culture

June 8, 2017

Find out how the hunter's life in unit culture affected their houses, dwellings and architecture as can be experienced in Greenland.

Things To Do

Sled dogs speeding over sea ice near Oqaatsut and Ilulissat in North Greenland

Dog sledding

October 18, 2016

Arctic temperatures and several meters of snow are no match for the natural impressions and cultural twist that will warm your soul while dog sledding in Greenland.

Ski Touring

October 19, 2016

Ski touring in Greenland is an active backcountry experience dominated by silence, grandeur, and first runs from peak to beach.

Ice climbing near Ilulissat in North Greenland

Climbing and Mountaineering

October 19, 2016

Glaciers have carved fresh cuts right through the bedrock, and left a myriad of peaks often rising thousands of feet all along the coastline.

Skiing among remote peaks in East Greenland near Kulusuk

Heliskiing

October 19, 2016

Greenland is the spiritual home of heliskiing. Mountain upon mountain offers first descents in a landscape where glaciers often flow straight from the ice cap to the coast.

Two Air Zafari planes heading towards the Greenland Ice Sheet near Kangerlussuaq Airport

Flightseeing

October 24, 2016

Experiencing Greenland from the air provides a new perspective of the enormous size of the country, and the conditions for life in the Arctic.

The midnight sun

October 24, 2016

Turn your sights northward to the Arctic Circle in Greenland to find relaxation and new energy in the land of the midnight sun.

A collection of reindeer antlers outside a house in Qeqertarsuatsiaat south of Nuuk in Greenland. By Mads Pihl

Trophy Hunting

October 24, 2016

Greenland is the place where even the most seasoned trophy hunters will experience a challenge to their hunting instinct and ingenuity.

Diving

January 18, 2017

Take an adventure and dive among whales and icebergs in the glow of the midnight sun. Read about the unique diving experiences Greenland has to offer.

Articles

Dog sledding in the north east of Greenland. Photo by Magnus Elander

The 5 most remote places in Greenland

March 7, 2017

Remote Greenland: the magic of ‘one-option-only’, plus how to find alternatives after all: UNPLUGGING IN GREENLAND - part II

A sunset snowball fight in Kulusuk in East Greenland. Photo by Mads Pihl

Via Kulusuk

March 7, 2017

Start your East Greenland adventure at Kulusuk airport, one of the world’s smallest international hubs.

Digging a house out of the deep snow in Kuummiut in East Greenland. Photo by Mads Pihl

Kuummiut: Small village - big snow

March 8, 2017

Visit Greenland went on a photo tour to this snowy small village. See some scenes from Kuummiut in East Greenland.

Winter waterways in East Greenland with Siggi Tours

March 8, 2017

Check out some of the scenes from life in Siggi’s universe, and make sure to run into him if you visit Kuummiut in East Greenland.

A midwinter portrait near the Ilulissat Ice Fjord in Greenland with the sun setting in the background

The teacher, the dog and the ptarmigan

March 9, 2017

Once upon a time just before Christmas, a thin long-haired Viking moved to Tasiilaq in search for adventure. This is his Christmas story.

An aerial of Sermiligaaq seen from an air zafari flight. By Mads Pihl

Flightseeing With Air Zafari In East Greenland

March 29, 2017

Once you experience the country from above you will be thinking that planes and helicopters might have been created so people could go flightseeing.

The football field in Tasiilaq in East Greenland. Photo by Mads Pihl

Football championship in East Greenland

March 29, 2017

Every year many greenlanders travel to Tasiilaq for one of the largest football events in Greenland, friends compete and communities unite over the summer.

Midnight Sun - Two hikers enjoying the sunset near Qenertivartivit in Ammassalik Fjord near Kulusuk in East Greenland

Hiking between icebergs in East Greenland

April 3, 2017

Find the beautiful traits of hiking in East Greenland where all main roads are waterways through fjords and sounds, in zig zags between icebergs.

A hut for accommodation at Tasiusaq sheep farm in South Greenland. By Mads Pihl

9 Unique places you can overnight in Greenland

January 12, 2018

Pitch a tent in the Arctic tundra or hide away in huts overlooking calving glaciers - the choice is yours!

What really happened to Greenland's vikings?

April 25, 2019

One of Greenland’s greatest mysteries explained.

Snowmobile ride to the airport. Photo by Syazwani Baumgartner

5 Reasons It's Worth It To Visit The Most Isolated Town In Greenland

May 24, 2019

I was fortunate enough to be the 13th person in 2017 to visit Ittoqqortoormiit in East Greenland. Known as the most remote inhabited community in the western hemisphere with only 373 inhabitants, Ittoqqortoormiit is located above the Arctic circle at the mouth of the largest fjord system in the world.