From kayaking across vast, petrol-blue fjords to tasting locally foraged delicacies, these seven South Greenland adventures reveal a country ripe for adventure.
Nature pulls out all the stops in South Greenland. Glaciers crash into fjords where whales often feed, icebergs tower like the ruins of fairytale castles and remote sheep farms nod to a rich Norse and Inuit history. On the fringes of the second-largest body of ice in the world, the Greenland ice sheet, this fjord-woven region will blow you away with raw beauty, heritage and season-led cuisine using ingredients from land and sea.
Cruise ships only give you a taste of what’s out there. To properly venture into the wilds and get a feel for the Arctic, fly in and stay a while. You need time, peace and space to find your own adventure — whether hiking, kayaking, exploring Norse ruins or bathing in hot springs. With luck, you’ll have the Northern Lights for company already in late summer and early autumn.
Suikkassuaq mountain powerfully overlooks the silky waters of Tasermiut Fjord. The large granite mountain range rewards climbers with incredible panoramic views once they reach the summit.For millennia, humans have eked out a living on the edge of the ice cap.
Grazing sheep on Greenland's pastures has been a tradition for Norse settlers dating back a thousand years, and one for Inuit farmers over the last century.You’ll find hot springs bubbling up all over the Arctic, but there’s something special about Uunartoq’s. This uninhabited island, a breezy boat ride away from Qaqortoq, Nanortalik or Alluitsup Paa, is a vivid green speck of land, ringed by mountains and petrol-blue waters glinting with icebergs.
The tiny settlement of Qassiarsuk is the heart of South Greenland’s UNESCO World Heritage Site, with 10th-century Norse ruins and a robust network of present-day inuit sheep farms.It’s oh so quiet in Igaliku, an isolated Inuit settlement of just over 30 people sitting on on a thin 2.5-mile wide isthmus, tucked between two fjords.
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