Ilulissat & Disko Bay
The most productive glacier outside Antarctica, a UNESCO icefjord, and settlements with no roads between them.
Ice on a scale that resets expectations
The Sermeq Kujalleq glacier at Ilulissat calves more ice than any other glacier outside Antarctica, and the icefjord it fills is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Icebergs the size of buildings ground on the shallows at the fjord mouth before drifting out into Disko Bay.
Greenland has almost no roads between settlements, so a programme here is built from flights, helicopters and boats. Weather buffers are not optional here — we plan itineraries with slack built in, and say so plainly to clients.
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Stay, experience, dine, arrive
Town hotels and settlement stays
A small selection of hotels in Ilulissat and simpler guesthouse stays in the surrounding settlements.
Boats, ice and Inuit culture
Icefjord boat trips, kayaking among bergs, glacier flightseeing and time with Greenlandic hosts.
Arctic and local
Halibut, snow crab and musk ox — a short larder, handled straightforwardly and often better than expected.
Air access only
Flights via Nuuk or Kangerlussuaq, with helicopter and boat links onward. Schedules move with the weather.
What clients come here for
Icefjord by Boat
Eqi Glacier Front
Frozen Sea
Arctic Wildlife
Ilulissat & Disko Bay by season
Frozen Sea
Sea ice in the bay, dog sledding as working transport and a long aurora window. Cold, and a long way from anywhere.
Break-Up
The ice releases, boat access returns and the light stretches to midnight. Icebergs at their most dramatic.
Open Water
Full boat and kayak access, mildest weather and the reliable window for glacier and settlement travel.
Ways to shape this journey
Starting points, not packages. Every programme is rebuilt around the client in front of you.
Icefjord Essentials
Ilulissat based, with icefjord boat time, a glacier day and a settlement visit — buffer built in for weather.
Design this journey →Disko Bay in Depth
Ilulissat, the Eqi glacier and Disko Island, moving by boat and helicopter with realistic contingency days.
Design this journey →Regions that combine well
Reykjavík & the South Coast
Glacier lagoons, black-sand coast and geothermal country — the most concentrated landscape drive in the North Atlantic.
Tromsø & Senja
The only Arctic city with the infrastructure for a multi-night programme. Aurora above the Lyngen Alps, winter whales in the fjords, and Senja two and a half hours south.
Swedish Lapland
Ice architecture, treetop rooms and Europe’s last great wilderness — the most design-literate Arctic there is.
Send us a brief for Ilulissat & Disko Bay — we'll do the rest
Tell us about your client — who they are, what moves them, and how they like to travel. A senior specialist responds personally.