Greenland Inuit Experience Experience life in Arctic Greenland
BOOK TOUR NOWTour Itinerary
DAY 1Arrival at Constable Point
DAY 2Dom Brava
DAY 3Dom Brava
DAY 4Jamesonland - Kap Stewart
DAY 5Jamesonland
DAY 6Coast Jamesonland
DAY 7Sea Ice
DAY 8Kap Hope
DAY 9Kap Tobin
DAY 10Kap Tobin-Ittoqortoormitt
DAY 11Ittoqortoormitt
DAY 12Constable Point then departure
*Meals provided: B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner
Enjoy an immersive cultural experience in the truly awesome landscape of Eastern Greenland.
Whilst living with the Inuit, we will be taught their age-old methods of hunting and fishing, travel by dogsled, eat traditional food (seal, halibut, cod, etc.), build snow igloos and enjoy traditional music and dance. We will stay in tents, snow igloos and hunting cabins, whilst enjoying spectacular views of fjords, glaciers and icebergs. We can expect to see seals, polar bears, walruses, muskoxen and the majestic Northern Lights.
The Ammassalimmiut of the east coast of Greenland were the last Inuit group to come into contact with the white man, when Danish explorer Gustav Holm located them in 1884, and are the last direct descendants of the Arctic Dorset and Thule cultures
Their relative isolation and strong links with the past have meant their cultural and survival traditions have remained largely unchanged – even their dialect is archaic compared to most of Greenland’s population. We will aim to become immersed in their unique Inuit culture; learning from their expertise and witnessing their techniques at first-hand.
Possible Activities:
Inuit traditional games
Dog-sledding
Learning to ride the tupeq (a tent installed on the sled)
How to build a snow igloo or other traditional houses
Fishing on sea ice
Ski pulka techniques
Safety on sea ice and Arctic camps
Hear about Inuit history and culture from the people themselves and from our Arctic anthropologist specializing in Inuit culture, Francesc Bailon
Arctic navigation and reading the signs of nature
Learn to prepare and cook local produce
Full programme available on request.