If you have purchased the excursion package, you can look forward to today's 2-hour dog sled ride:
Dog sled ride (optional)
The estuary of the Ice Fjord is an impressive sight – be it summer or winter. The trip will take you through a rolling mountain terrain and you get to experience the dogs both in front of and behind the sled where they work as a brake when riding down a steep slope. The dog sled is one the strongest icons of Greenland and a thousand-year old tradition for the Inuit. Not that many means of transportation have functioned for a period this long without changing appearance or technology: Apack of happy dogs in harnesses tied to a simple wood sled. The experience cannot be explained – you have to try it for yourself.
Igloo Lodge (optional)
On days 3-4, you can experience a real igloo where you will spend the night and, from here, go on some unique excursions.
Our subsidiary in Ilulissat, World of Greenland has been very successful with their summer lodges at the Eqi Glacier and in the settlement of Ilimanaq. Now, they also offer winter lodges in the shape of igloos. You will be taken on a snowmobile to the wonderful winter landscape where we hope to see the northern lights dance in the sky in the evening.
Here, at the foot of the mountains, you will spend the night in an igloo (with the possibility of staying in a heated cabin). Igloo Lodge consists of five spacious igloos, each of which accommodates two people. Reindeer pelts and warm winter sleeping bags are covering the beds. There is also a petroleum lamp on the bedside table, which means that the temperature is around the freezing point inside the cab. It is in stark contrast to the down to minus 20 degrees Celcius/Fahrenheit outside.
The wooden cabin by the lodge is where we will eat our meals. In the wooden cabin, there is also an outhouse type restroom.
While staying at the Igloo Lodge, you are going on two excursions. The first excursion is a snowshoe trip where we head to a vantage point, overlooking the Kangia Icefjord. The second excursion is a snowmobile ride to the huts overlooking the winter fishing spots at Aattartoq in the Ilulissat hinterland.
The trip to Igloo Lodge itself is also exciting. You are driven on snowmobiles for about an hour into the Ilulissat hinterland with amazing views along the way. You will be met at the cabin with coffee and lunch. Afterwards, you will go on the above-mentioned excursions, have afternoon coffee with cake, dinner, and evening coffee followed by a look outside to see if the northern lights are out. Then you will stay overnight in an igloo, and, in the morning, breakfast is served and, finally, there’s the snowmobile trip back to civilization.
NB: If you are interested in our outdoor package, please contact us by phone or email, so we can check if there is space at the time you want to go. As mentioned, the other excursions are also included in the outdoor package. However, if you choose the outdoor package, some of these other excursions will be moved to other days than mentioned in this day-to-day program.