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Time for improvisation
With a bit of time, sense of adventure and a rucksack, the Arctic Circle Region is a hiker’s paradise. The landscape lies open right from the sea to the ice cap and you can sleep overnight in a tent or a cabin, along organized routes or along unplanned improvised routes between valleys and mountain tops, over rivers, and along lakes and fjords.
For the very reason that the entire region is open to improvisation we’ll content ourselves here just to point out three possible routes, of which, one is a three-day hike from fjord to town, coupled with a splendid boat trip on the outward or return leg.
The second option is a single overnight stop with a fabulous view out onto the fjord from a UFO-shaped cabin – and the third is the hiking classic, the Arctic Circle Trail, between Kangerlussuaq and Sisimiut.
Getting deeper into the landscape
If your thing’s long hikes into unspoilt mountain regions, then you probably already know that it requires decided self-determination and good training to undertake medium-long and long hiking trips in hilly terrain, changeable weather and over challenging surfaces.
But maybe you didn’t know that an experienced guide can make something totally special out of your hiking experience in the Arctic Circle Region?
Whether you’re on a simple home-and-back overnight stay in a cabin or out for 10-12 days in the wilderness, professional guides, thanks to their local knowledge, can turn a hiking trip into a discovery of the landscape’s history, cultural importance and flora and fauna.
Before any hike in the region you’ll benefit from buying and studying the three hiking maps published by Greenland Tourism for the Arctic Circle Trail. Besides this you should observe the mountain hiking guidelines, which you can read by clicking here.
Hiking trip operators
If you’d like to read more about the select overnight trips, click on the headings below.
World of Greenland - Arctic Circle
Narralak