Albatros Arctic Circle - Greenland Brochure
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AUTHENTIC<br />
SETTLEMENT<br />
EXPERIENCE<br />
Establish a connection with the Inuit culture<br />
and the <strong>Arctic</strong> environment.<br />
DURATION: 3 DAYS<br />
SEASON: FEBRUARY TO APRIL<br />
This is a journey to the heart of <strong>Greenland</strong>, where<br />
winter is cold but the hearts of people are warm.<br />
Riding a snowmobile to the settlement, walking over<br />
the sea ice to see northern lights, eating local food,<br />
meeting and spending time with the local families<br />
of the settlement… And the highlight of the trip, a<br />
dogsled journey with a local from the settlement<br />
and his dogs.<br />
The snowmobile has become a very frequent mean<br />
of transport in <strong>Arctic</strong> countries, because it adapts<br />
to a wide variety of terrains and allows quick access<br />
to the remotest places. This is why we are using this<br />
mean of transport to travel from Ilulissat to the<br />
settlement of Oqaatsut. The scenery of this journey<br />
is beautiful and varied, with snowy valleys and<br />
mountains, small huts of hunters, lakes with black<br />
ice and a big bay that freezes over with icebergs<br />
stuck in the midst of the sea ice.<br />
In Oqaatsut you will be accommodated in a local<br />
house that has been converted into a B&B, with<br />
private rooms for 1 or 2 people and a big living room<br />
where we will eat breakfast and enjoy spare time,<br />
with views of the frozen sea and the mountains in<br />
the back. The meals will be cooked by local families<br />
with local ingredients and our guide will be your<br />
interpreter to talk with them in <strong>Greenland</strong>ic.<br />
One of the night activities will be walking from the<br />
settlement over the frozen sea, to find the best spot<br />
to see our shades under the full moon or the natural<br />
phenomena of the Northern Lights. The other night<br />
activity will be indoors, a warm evening with locals.<br />
The second day, our full day of in the settlement, we<br />
will do something unique: dogsledding. A local musher<br />
will take you with his dogs to do an unforgettable<br />
journey through the untouched surroundings<br />
of Oqaatsut.<br />
Travel back in time and get away from everything<br />
you know. Far away from your everyday lifestyle,<br />
discover a new, real world where nature is the<br />
one setting the pace.<br />
The last day is when we depart from Oqaatsut,<br />
saying goodbye to these cold and beautiful surroundings<br />
and its warm and welcoming inhabitants.<br />
We will ride back with our snowmobiles to Ilulissat,<br />
a journey with great scenery, ideal as a farewell for<br />
these three authentic days in the settlement.<br />
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