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Kajak- och vandringsresa med
engelskspråkig guide,
15 dagar (2050)
160 km of navigation, among icebergs and
glaciers in complete autonomy. Visit of different glacier
fronts, ascent to the Inland Glacier, polar fauna, Northern
Lights.
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Using soundless kayaks and in total freedom,
we will travel across part of the
Arctic, surrounded by a spectacular setting of icebergs and
glaciers.
A genuine expedition, in kayak and on foot,
without a support boat to disturb the
harmony of the trip, in total contact with the magical
environment of one of our planet’s
last frontiers: the largest island in the world, Greenland.
On our trip, we will combine travelling the
fjords on kayak with hiking on foot, which
will allow us to cross the tundra and approach
the icecap, Greenland's great inland
glacier.
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Program
 Day
1:
Reykjavik-Narsarsuaq. Arrival in Greenland, reception in the
airport. Transfer to Narsaq by Zodiac; with about 1,700
inhabitants, it is one of southern Greenland's biggest cities.
Introduction and preparation of equipment. If the conditions are
right, the first tests of navigation will be carried
out. Night in hostel-home.
Days 2 to 13
Tugtutoq Island
After leaving the Narsaq peninsula behind, we will
travel through a setting of low-slung islands, with
waterfalls and alongside leafy tundra which contrasts with
the blue and white of the icebergs. During our trip, we will
trek to nearby slopes and visit the hut belonging to Ujaraq,
the solitary old fisherman, and we will gather mussels for
the group to eat. Nights spent in a tent. Opportunity to
observe the Northern Lights in the peacefulness of the
night.
Qaleraliq Fjord
We will begin crossing the Ikerssuaq Fjord, the area's
largest, and where the chances of seeing whales are greatest.
Navigation through the Qaleraliq Fjord. The Qaleraliq
glacier, with its three
glacier tongues nearly 10 km wide, is the most spectacular
in all of southern Greenland. We will take our time in order
to make a detailed visit of the area, and go on excursions
with impressive
views of the icecap, discovering lakes hidden in the tundra,
observing the caribou feeding on salts from the fjord, and
at night, enjoying the thundering sound of the seracs
breaking away in the area's magical silence. If ice
conditions are right, we will go into the glacier to cover
just a small part of its immensity, among the rimes (crevasses),
large cracks and drains.
Fjords and Glaciers
After leaving Qaleraliq, we will travel into a labyrinthine
system of islands and outcroppings of land. We will visit
several glaciers, some of which can be reached on foot, and
others which we will need the kayak to reach. We will have
the opportunity to trek through unique and wild areas, as
beautiful as they are inaccessible, unknown places that we
will have the exclusive privilege of exploring. Fishing for
Arctic salmon, gathering of mushrooms and cranberries.
Return to Narsaq
We will finish off the return trip to Narsaq travelling
through an area full of ringed seals. In this area, there is
usually a greater density of ice, slowing down the kayak and
sometimes even
blocking access at certain locations. Visit to the Eskimo
ruins of Manitsuarsuq. Arrival in kayak to Narsaq in the
afternoon. Gathering of materials. Night in hostel-home.
Day 14
Stay in Narsaq. Free time to visit the city, inuit market,
hunters' port, church, leather shop, museum, etc. Option of
a small trek to nearby mountains. Farewell dinner, sampling
of different products typical of Greenland (optional). Night
in hostel-home.
Day 15
Transfer Narsaq - Narsarsuaq on a speed boat. Free time to
visit Narsarsuaq. Flight Narsarsuaq - Reykjavik
NOTE:
This trip is done in a true expedition style, with a spirit
of discovery and adventure. The rhythm is relaxed, but
continuous, and the options surrounding us many and varied.
The route can be done as it is explained above or in reverse
order. The order of the activities may not be exactly as
planned in this outline. Greenland is the wildest country in
the northern hemisphere,
infrastructures are almost non-existent and logistics pose
enormous challenges. For this reason, we may not follow this
daily itinerary exactly as planned. It is subject to change
in order to adapt the journey to the weather conditions, sea
conditions, or technical and organisational difficulties,
and it therefore requires flexibility in the traveller.
Mushroom gathering can usually be done in the second half of
July and the first half of August, and cranberries in August.
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Physical condition
This trip has been planned so that anyone in reasonably good
physical condition can participate; it is recommended that
exercises for strengthening arms and building endurance be
done for at least a month before the trip. The stages
include 3 to 5 hours of rowing (15 to 20 km a day) with
frequent stops and rest periods.
In the two-person kayaks, those in better
shape will be paired with those who are a little less fit,
so that the group can be balanced. The trip is not
recommended only for those with serious back problems, due
to the difficulties that can result from carrying the kayaks
from the beach to the water and back.
We recommend that those who are in doubt
about their physical abilities take a weekend kayak trip.
Difficulty
It is not absolutely necessary to have had prior experience
in a kayak in order to participate in our trip, because the
kayaks are stable, wide and safe, although if you haven't
got any experience, we do recommend that you take a course
and practise all you can before the trip. Travelling in
these kayaks is not technically difficult, and travel is
only done when conditions are favourable. Those participants
with prior experience in kayaking may choose to do the trip
in an individual
kayak (ask Grönlandsresor before the trip).
The expedition is carried out in direct contact with Nature,
without any contact with civilisation from the time we leave
Narsaq until our return to this settlement.
Guide: Tasermiut, South Greenland
Expeditions
The trip will be accompanied by a veteran kayak guide, who
has got several years' experience guiding kayak expeditions
in hazardous environments. The Guide’s job is to point the
group in the right direction, to ensure all travellers’
safety and to
solve any possible problems that may arise along the
itinerary, making changes or adjustments if necessary.
Activities such as setting up the tents in the camp or
taking them down, making lunch or other shared activities
will be everybody’s responsibility, including the guide’s.
Hostel - homes
Accommodation in hostel-homes will be made in a regular
house, temporarily prepared to be used as hostels, with
similar services, exclusively for the members of the group.
We will use sleeping bags at night. Overnight stays at
Hostel - Homes may be substituted by overnight stays at
another local hostel.
Communication and Safety
Main mobile telephone networks can be reached in the
cities and in some parts on the coast. The guide will carry
a satellite phone throughout the entire trip. At the start
of the trip, the guide will share some basic tips on
behaviour, safety and kayak selfrescue. While travelling in
the kayak, each participant will wear a special suit and a
life jacket. The expedition is carried out in an area of
fjords where there are hardly any waves, and the winds are
usually very light. Travelling in the kayak is only done
when the conditions are optimum, and with few exceptions,
along the coast.
If there is an emergency, the guide will
call a rescue boat, which will arrive within 2 to 3 hours –
conditions permitting – to any point of the excursion and
carry out an evacuation to the hostel or hospital in Narsaq
if necessary.
Food
Throughout the route, we will be sampling a glance of the
Eskimo diet. During the day trips we will follow a more
practical diet:
Breakfast: Coffee, tea, infusions, cocoa, powdered
milk, biscuits, bread, jam, muesli and cereals.
Packed lunch: Bread, cheese, chorizo, salami, ham,
foie-gras, chocolate, nuts, biscuits, soup, hot tea…
Dinner: Meals cooked at the camp. Rice, pasta, fish,
mashed potatoes and meat, sausages, bacon, chorizo, tuna,
squid…
Northern Lights
The northern lights are one of the most wonderful of
nature’s phenomena on our planet, a beautiful, delightful
display of movement and light against the dark polar skies
on clear, calm
nights.
It is usually possible to witness the aurora in winter. Late
summer, however, especially in September, is the best time
of the year to watch it in Southern Greenland, which is
famous for
offering some of the best places to view this spectacular
natural display. In July, there is more sunlight and
therefore it is not so easy to see it, but in August it can
be seen more often, and from September onwards, the aurora
can be seen almost every day when the skies are clear.
Fishing and Fruit picking
All along the trip we will visit some very good areas to
go fishing, especially for arctic salmon and cod. We do not
provide fishing equipment. We therefore recommend you take
it from your country or buy it at Narsaq.
Mushroom (Boletus Edulis) and blueberry picking is season
dependent, although August is the best month. Mussel
collecting will be easy near some of the camps and Ujarak’s
hut, where there are plenty during the summer months.
Maps: We will use topographic maps
1:250.000
Weather
Weather in Greenland is very changeable. It is usually
pleasant, but it is essential that you bring appropriate
clothes for rainy weather. Temperatures are often more than
15ºC in July and
between 5 º C and 10 º C in August. Mid-August nights are
sometimes very cold. In September, temperatures are usually
between 5ºC to 8ºC during the day and may reach minus 5ºC at
night.
Ice conditions
Eastern Greenland draughts bring great amounts of ice from
the Arctic Ocean, which, sometimes, block Southern Greenland
from May to mid-June. We may also come across ice that makes
navigation difficult in July, but it is rare. If this
happens we would take an alternative route instead. In
August, the icefield poses no special problems and the sea
in the region is full of icebergs.
Currency
DKK: Danish crown. Aprox. €1 = DKK 7,46 and 1 DKK = SEK 1,32
(in both Greenland and Denmark)
Pocket money
Greenland is one of the most expensive countries in the
world. We recommend travellers bring approximately 450 -
1.000 crowns (50 - 130 Euros). You can purchase gifts and
handicrafts at our Narsarsuaq office in Euros (It is not
necessary to get extra crowns)
Passport and visa regulations
You must have a valid passport which expires no less than
three months after your stay in Greenland. A visa is not
necessary unless you come from a country where a visa is
required to
enter Denmark.
Vaccine
You do not need to have any injections for Greenland.
Language
Kalaallisut, the Western Greenlandic language, is the main
language in Greenland. It is spoken by 40.000 people, which
makes it the most important Inuit language in the world.
Inuhumiutut is also spoken in the North, and Tunumiutut in
the West Coast. Most people in Greenland speak some Danish,
which is the second official language. Many speak English
too,
with various levels of fluency, especially young people.
Greenlandic has an agglutinating structure. It belongs to
the Inuit-Aleut family of languages, and it is spoken by
people in different areas, from the Aleutian Islands up to
the west coast in
Greenland. It is of Asian origin, as is the Inuit race.
The country
Greenland is one of the most singular countries in the
world: A huge island that holds a glacier measuring two
million square kilometres in size, surrounded by a coastal
mountainous belt,
bathed by a sea which due to its Arctic climate remains
frozen most of the year. Some 57.000 inhabitants, mostly
Inuit depending on fishing, hunting and farming, live on the
coast. Greenland is now semi-independent from Denmark, the
colonising country. The most populated area is the west
coast, where Nuuk – the capital of the country, with 15.000
inhabitants
– is located. Northern and Eastern Greenland are almost
uninhabited.
Transport
Roads are almost non-existent, except in towns. The most
common means of transport are therefore boats, planes,
helicopters and dog sledges..
GROUP EQUIPMENT
SUPPLIED BY SOUTH GREENLAND EXPEDITIONS FOR THE GROUP
CAMPING EQUIPMENT
* Tents
* Camping stoves and cooking accessories, kitchen utensils,…
* First-aid kit
COMMUNICATION
* The boats will be equipped with a radio to be used at
sea.
* Mobile phone
* Iridium phone (Global signal)
ORIENTATION AND
WEATHER CONDITIONS
• GPS
• Compasses
• Maps
TRAVELLING
MATERIALS
* Very stable single and double kayaks
* 2 replacement paddlest
PERSONAL EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED BY SOUTH GREENLAND
EXPEDITIONS
KAYAKING CLOTHING
• Semi-dry raincoat
• Semi-dry cordura trouser with latex closures
• Spray skirts
• Life jacket
• Paddling gloves
TRAVELLING
MATERIALS
• 2 dry bags
• Paddle
• 1 bilge pump (per kayak)
RECOMMENDED PERSONAL EQUIPMENT NOT SUPPLIED BY SOUTH GREENLAND
EXPEDITIONS
HEAD
• Fleece hat (or wollen)
• Sunglasses
• Sun cream (we recommend strong protection against UVA
rays)
• Lip balm (with sun block)
• Mosquito head net (recommended if you come before mid
August. It may be possible to
purchase it at Narsarsuaq. Please confirm first with
Tasermiut).
• Peak cap (to use with the mosquito net)
BODY
• Waterproof jacket
• A pair of light waterproof trousers.
• Fleece jacket
• Fleece vest
• 2 long sleeve thermal shirts (one summer style and one
winter style)
• 1 short sleeve thermal shirt
• 2 Thermal leggings (one summer style and one winter style)
• Comfortable trousers (to wear during the treks)
HANDS
• Neoprene gloves (recommended from mid August)
• Fleece gloves
FEET
• Waterproof trekking boots
• Rain boots
• 4 pairs of socks
• Flip-flops or similar footwear (useful at the hostel, but
not essential)
CAMPING EQUIPMENT
• Sleeping bag (if possible, synthetic and suitable for
-10ºC). You may rent one at Narsarsuaq. Please contact
Grönlandsresor first to confirm.
• Mattress pad. You may rent one at Narsarsuaq. Please
contact Grönlandsreso first to confirm.
• Torch (if possible, head torch). If you come in August and
onwards.
• Plate
• Cup
• Cutlery set
• Bottle
• Toilet bag and accessories (please bring biodegradable
products)
BAGS
• Backpack, suitcase or big kit bag.
• Small bag (for one-day trips)
OTHERS
• Rod and fishing tackle. You can buy them at Narsaq
when you arrive. (Only if you want to go fishing)
Note:
This is not an exhaustive list. Please add toiletries,
towel, travelling clothes, personal medication, and any
other item you may need. When packing, please be aware of
the limitations as far as space on boats is concerned, and
keep in mind your own comfort. Try to carry as less weight
as possible in a bag as small as possible. We will emphasize
recommendations for luggage at the beginning of the journey.
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