West Greenland along the coast 2026

Ice and wind determine the daily routines of the expedition in these latitudes. The procedures described here are therefore exemplary.

DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN NUUK
Your Greenland trip starts with the journey to Nuuk. You will fly from your home airport to Copenhagen or Keflavík (Iceland), where you will spend the night.

DAY 2: NUUK
Today you fly to Nuuk. Reception at the airport and transfer to your hotel.

DAY 3: EMBARKATION IN NUUK
Embarkation on board the “Cape Race” in the harbor of Nuuk begins in the afternoon. There is always a lot of fishing and freight transportation activity here.

DAY 4 – 9: SAILING ALONG THE WEST COAST OF GREENLAND HEADING NORTH
During the journey north, the swell and weather will determine which fjord you visit or which settlement you call at each day. Fortunately, the nature on this coast is so diverse that there are countless possibilities. For example, we try to drive as deep as possible through the fjord ice into the Nigerdlikasik fjord in order to watch (and hear!) the calving of the glacier from a safe distance at the end of the fjord. Or we visit such small and remote Inuit settlements as the 300-strong village of Kangaamiut, which can only be reached by boat, which comes by once a week. Behind Kangaamiut, the legendary Eternity Fjord penetrates deep inland between high mountains. Perhaps we will manage to penetrate deep enough into the fjord to reach the glacier. Diligent spotting may be rewarded with sightings of humpback whales, seals or sea eagles.

DAY 8 – 9: THE “ICE GIANTS” OF DISCO BAY
After lonely fjords, where only the crunching of broken glacial ice from the moving glaciers can be heard, the legendary Disko Bay now opens up and you will experience the incomparable parade of icebergs in all shades of color from light green to deep blue, calving from the Jakobshavn Glacier. The mighty ice producer spews out more than 35 million tons of ice every day, creating an incredible natural spectacle. We may collect a very small piece of it with the Zodiac, only to have splinters of it melt in our midnight drink back on board. In addition to ice, there is also a variety of other things to see in Disko Bay, such as an idyllic little Inuit village on the tiny Dog Islands or a hike in a bay with a possible view of the distant ice sheet and then a waterfall that almost crashes onto the bow of the ship next to a bird cliff.

DAY 10: RETURN FLIGHT FROM ILULISSAT TO COPENHAGEN OR ICELAND
Disembarkation on the “Cape Race” and return flight to Copenhagen or Iceland. Overnight stay in Copenhagen or Keflavík at the airport.

DAY 11: RETURN FLIGHT TO YOUR HOME TOWN OR EXTENSION
Today you can take the return flight to your home airport. Alternatively, you can extend your program individually – we will be happy to advise you.