Equipment

If you go on a hiking trip in Greenland, your camping equipment should be of good quality. Tunnel and dome tents are the most stable in high winds, and you will need a 3-season sleeping bag and a thick, insulating mattress on camping trips. If you are only sleeping indoors at hostels, you do not need to bring a mattress and a summer sleeping bag is fine.

You can camp for free anywhere in Greenland outside settlements and away from cultivated fields and sheep farms. The fields are often surrounded by a fence. You can rent a tent, sleeping bag, mattress and Trangia (camping stove) at the Blue Ice Café in Narsarsuaq.

You will find basic cooking facilities at all the hostels/farm accommodations. If you bring you own stove, remember that you are not allowed to take any kind of fuel or gas on the plane. We sell a wide range of fuels and gas cartridges at the Blue Ice Café. In the grocery stores you can purchase soups, rice and pasta and other staples, and we sell a selection of freeze-dried food at the Blue Ice Café. Drinking water needs no special treatment and you can drink directly from every running stream or river.

If you are planning a longer trip into remote areas, you should consider bringing along a satellite phone. Mobile phones only work in towns and settlements, and as soon as you leave these populated areas, the mobile signal disappears. You can rent a satellite phone from the Blue Ice Café, but you should book it in advance, as we only have a limited number of phones. We also rent out emergency flares, which you should have with you if you are going on an extended hiking or kayaking trip.