Tourism in Greenland - Vacation in Greenland

This is Greenland. A fantastic world of unbelievably breathtaking beauty and strength on the top of our planet. Here you can find some basic information about Greenland and its great landscape and nature.  In the recent years, the number of tourists has severely accelerated on an annual basis - from 5,000 in 1993 to around 32.000 in 2002 (Source greenland.com).

Greenland has such magnificent natural scenery, clean environment, original culture and such potential for activity that Greenland will be an attractive travel destination in the years to come. The possibilities for package tours, e.g. hiking trips, sailing along the west coast, hunting and fishing expeditions, dog-sled riding, summer skiing and guided round trips are nearly endless. Various travel agencies organize tours to Greenland.

General Information about Greenland

• Air Iceland
  Air Iceland offers flights to Kulusuuk in Greenland from 26 March to 30 September every year.

• Artic Cruice, Tourist services.
  Founded in 1993, the company has two passenger boats, the Sapangaq and the Tikeraq, with capacities of 22 and 36 passengers respectively.

• Eagle air - Flights to Greenland
  Day Trips by flight to the town of Kulusuk in Greenland. Eagle Air has specialized in business trips for executives and others who require first-class service when traveling Iceland or Greenland.

• Greenland Travel.
  Greenland Travel was established in 1985 and has over the last decade established itself as the leading travel agency and tour operator in Greenland. The head office is located in the capital, Nuuk.

• Greenland's Cultural Centre - Katuaq.
  Greenland's Cultural Centre, Katuaq, is the cultural centre of Greenland. But not only new possibilities for a different and unforgettable conference venue in the heart of the fantastic world of the Arctic

Looking for hotels in Greenland

• Historic sites and ruins in the Nanortalik District.
  In practically every creek and headland in the Nanortalik District, and large areas inland, there are traces of human activity from ages past.

• Hotel Angmagssalik - Greenland - BOOK HERE for Hotel Angmagssalik
  Hotel Angmagssalik, Greenland´s most established tourist hotel is renowned for its magnificent location, overlooking a picturesque town, sheltered fjord and majestic mountains.The hotel is fully modernised, yet retains its friendly, informal style.

• Hotel Arctic, Ilulissat.
  Ilulissat (Jakobshavn) forms the heart of Disko Bay, situated by the extensive ice fjord and one of the world's most productive icebergs, which calves to produce 25 billion tones of ice a year.

• Hotel Kulusuk - Greenland - BOOK HER for Hotel Kulusuk
  Hotel Kulusuk scenically located on the shore of Greenland's eastern extremity - Kulusuk (Kap Dan). The hotel is within a few minutes drive from the gate to East Greenland, Kulusuk Airport which has been recently modernised and offers Tax-Free Sales.

• Kangerlussuaq, Hotel and Conference Center.
  Kangerlussuaq Airport is situated about 50 km north of the Arctic Circle, approx. 4,000 km from Northern Europe. Its position is 67° 00' N and 50° 45' W. It lies at the end of 180-km-long Kangerlussuaq, which means "The Great Fjord".

• Nanortalik Tomrer & Snedkerforretning, Sight seeing services.
  During recent years the tourist industry has grown considerably in the Nanortalik region and town, and Mr. Hansen has taken an active part in this development. He has operated various sight-seeing services in the area from the start.

• Sisimiut District.
  The Sisimiut District (Sisimiut Kommune) lies on the west coast of Greenland, north of the Arctic Circle.

• Tourist Nature, Ilulissat.
  Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), the centre of Disko Bay, is the third largest city in Greenland. There are more than 4,200 inhabitants living in the city and over 400 living in small villages in the region.