Day trips with Blue Ice Explorer
Our day trips can all be booked online here.
You can read about the different tours below.
Days trips from Narsarsuaq | Day trips from Narsaq | Day trips from Qaqortoq
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Day trips from Qaqortoq
Hvalsey Church
Hvalsey Church ruin is located in the inner part of Hvalsey Fjord, on a lush green meadow, only 30 minutes by boat from Qaqortoq. According to the sagas, it was Eric the Red’s cousin Thorkell Farserk who took possession of the land at Hvalsey. Thorkell was one of the men who came with Eric to Greenland in the year 985 and he probably died as a heathen himself. However, Christianity arrived in Greenland around the year 1000 and soon thereafter the Norse started to build churches at many locations throughout South Greenland. The present church ruin at Hvalsey dates from a later period and is thought to have been built during the 14th century. It is one of the most well-preserved medieval ruins in South Greenland, with thick walls up to 6 m high.
On the tour, you will have plenty of time to walk around the historic site and explore the ruins and the peaceful countryside before returning to the bustling town Qaqortoq.
Duration: About 2½ hours
Requirements of participants: There are no special requirements to join this trip
Group size: Min. 2 participants
Price includes: Boat transfer and about 1 hour on shore. Leaflet with a map
Price per person: EUR 124
Boat trip to the ice cap (Qalerallit Glacier)
We cross the wide Ikerssuaq Fjord and make our way among drifting icebergs to reach what the locals call Qalerallit Glacier (Greenlandic for halibut). This is an amazing spot where we can sail up close to the hundreds of meters wide glacier front. We will cruise slowly in front of the glacier front, giving you the opportunity to get some impressive photos. It is a beautiful place, and you feel particularly small sailing next to this giant mass of ice! The boat tour into the small side-fiord to the location of the glacier is also a very beautiful tour.
Duration: About 4½-5 hours. Depending on ice conditions
Requirements of participants: There are no special requirements to join this trip
Group size: Min. 4 participants
Price includes: Boat tour and photo cruise in front of the glacier.
Price per person: EUR 262
Day trips from Narsaq
Boat trip to the ice cap (Qalerallit Glacier)
We cross the wide Ikerssuaq Fjord and make our way among drifting icebergs to reach what the locals call Qalerallit Glacier (Greenlandic for halibut). This is an amazing spot where we can sail up close to the hundreds of meters wide glacier front. We will cruise slowly in front of the glacier front, giving you the opportunity to get some impressive photos. It is a beautiful place, and you feel particularly small sailing next to this giant mass of ice! The boat tour into the small side-fiord to the location of the glacier is also a very beautiful tour.
Duration: About 4½-5 hours. Depending on ice conditions
Requirements of participants: There are no special requirements to join this trip
Group size: Min. 4 participants
Price includes: Boat tour and photo cruise in front of the glacier.
Price per person: EUR 193
Iceberg safari
Narsaq is the perfect setting for iceberg safaris. Two extremely active glaciers in Sermilik Fjord send countless icebergs on a journey toward the sea, and many of them pass by Narsaq. The trip is a photo opp where you get every opportunity to get up close and personal with the icebergs: see, hear, feel and taste them!
Duration: About 1 hour
Requirements of participants: There are no special requirements to join this trip
Group size: Min. 2 participants
Price includes: Sailing
Price per person: EUR 97
Day trips from Narsarsuaq
Boat trip to the Qooroq Ice Fjord
We sail from Narsarsuaq to the underwater moraine at the mouth of the Qooroq Ice Fjord. Many icebergs run aground here, forcing us to weave our way among these colossal pieces of ice until we reach the fjord, where we are rewarded with a breathtaking view of thousands of icebergs, sheer cliff faces and an enormous glacier. The glacier calves about 200,000 tons of ice at day into the fjord. Many of these icebergs have a rich turquoise colour. In the fjord, we have time to enjoy the panorama, turn off the engine and drift quietly with the current. The absolute silence is only interrupted by the sound of the distant icebergs as they break free from the glacier front and come crashing down into the fjord. On the trip, we gather ice for our cocktails and listen to the popping sounds as countless, tiny thousand-year-old compressed air bubbles escape from the ice cubes in our glasses.
Duration: 1½ hours
Requirements of participants: There are no special requirements to join this trip
Price includes: Sailing and refreshment with ice – more than 1000 years old!
Price per person: EUR 117
Qassiarsuk (Brattahlid)
The village of Qassiarsuk is situated across the fjord, 15 minutes by boat from Narsarsuaq. Today, sheep farmers cultivate exactly the same land that the Viking Eric the Red chose for his settlement more than 1,000 years ago. Take a stroll through the village, which beautifully combines ancient history and modern living, and visit the Brattahlid open-air museum, which consists of the replicas of Tjodhilde’s Church and a Norse longhouse (admission fee is not included).
You can also hike on your own from Qassiarsuk along the gravel road towards Sermilik Fjord. Halfway there, weather permitting, you will enjoy an amazing view of both fjords; Sermilik is usually filled with ice floes and the scenic landscape is dotted with small, blue lakes. If you follow the road all the way, it ends up at the Tasiusaq sheep farm (16 km return).
Duration: From 3 hours to one day
Requirements of participants: There are no special requirements to join this trip
Price includes: Boat transfer Narsarsuaq – Qassiarsuk (return).
Price per person: EUR 79
Igaliku (Gardar)
The trip goes through Erik’s Fjord to Itilleq – the harbour that serves the settlement of Igaliku. You now have a short walk (4 km) on the King’s Road (named after the Danish King’s visit in 1952) to the small historic settlement of Igaliku, which is one of the most beautiful villages in Greenland. From the highest point on the road, you overlook the colourful houses, the green hills and the milky-blue fjord. On the other side of the fjord towers Illerfissalik Mountain with its snow-covered peak piercing the clear blue sky. Igaliku was the Episcopal seat during the Norse period and the ruins from that time are very impressive. Today the town thrives from sheep farming. There is a school, a church and a shop.
You can enjoy lunch made with local products at the café in the Country Hotel. The return journey is by boat to Narsarsuaq in the late afternoon/evening.
Duration: 1 day
Requirements of participants: There are no special requirements to join this trip. Bring good walking shoes.
Price includes: Boat transfer Narsarsuaq – Itilleq (return). Walk from Itilleq to Igaliku. Supplement for car transfer. Leaflet with a map.
Price per person: EUR 41
Transfer by car Itilleq – Igaliku (per tour)(1-4 persons): EUR 55