South Greenland
Green valleys, sheep farms and Norse ruins — the mild, farmed south that surprises everyone.
The Greenland nobody expects
South Greenland is agricultural. Sheep farms run up the valleys, birch and willow grow above head height, and the summer is mild enough that Erik the Red settled here in 985. The Norse ruins at Hvalsey and Igaliku are UNESCO listed and still standing.
It is also the part of Greenland where hiking is straightforward instead of expeditionary, and where farm stays give a kind of access the north cannot. Icebergs still drift down the fjords from the east coast current, so the Arctic never quite leaves the frame.
All of Greenland →Stay, experience, dine, arrive
Farm stays and small hotels
Working sheep farms taking guests, plus simple hotels in Narsaq and Qaqortoq.
Norse ruins and valley walks
The UNESCO Norse sites, hot springs at Uunartoq, valley hiking and boat travel between settlements.
Farmed and foraged
Greenlandic lamb, which is excellent, with local fish and summer garden produce.
Narsarsuaq and boats
Flights via Copenhagen or Nuuk into Narsarsuaq, then boat between the fjord settlements.
What clients come here for
Valley Hiking
Arctic Wildlife
Ice Sheet Access
South Greenland by season
Early Summer
Lambing done, valleys green and the light stretching to midnight. Icebergs at their thickest in the fjords.
High Summer
Warmest weather in Greenland, every boat running and the hot springs at their best.
Autumn
Colour on the tundra, aurora returning and the last reliable boat schedules of the year.
Ways to shape this journey
Starting points, not packages. Every programme is rebuilt around the client in front of you.
Norse South
Farm and settlement stays with the UNESCO ruins, the hot springs and boat travel between fjords.
Design this journey →South and the Icefjord
The farmed south paired with Ilulissat in the north — the two extremes of Greenland, buffer days included.
Design this journey →Regions that combine well
Nuuk
The smallest capital in the world, at the mouth of a fjord system larger than some countries.
Ilulissat & Disko Bay
The most productive glacier outside Antarctica, a UNESCO icefjord, and settlements with no roads between them.
Tasiilaq & East Greenland
Mountain fjords on the wild side of the ice sheet — the most remote place we operate, and the best ski touring in the Arctic.
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