Day 1: Arrive Ilulissat — Premium Welcome
Private transfer from Ilulissat Airport to Hotel Arctic. Welcome to your Premium suite with panoramic views of the UNESCO Icefjord. Champagne reception on the terrace overlooking icebergs. Private orientation briefing. Gourmet welcome dinner at Hotel Arctic’s renowned Ulo Restaurant, featuring Greenlandic tasting menu: snow crab, musk ox tartare, and Arctic char.
Day 2: Helicopter Icefjord Flightseeing
Morning: your private helicopter takes off for a 90-minute flight over the Ilulissat Icefjord — the most spectacular way to grasp the scale of Sermeq Kujalleq, the world’s fastest-moving glacier, producing 20 billion tons of ice annually. Land on a remote nunatak with champagne. Afternoon private guided hike through Sermermiut Valley. Evening at leisure at the hotel spa.
Day 3: Journey to Eqi Glacier Lodge
Private boat transfer 80km north through Disko Bay to Eqi Glacier Lodge — one of the world’s most exclusive wilderness accommodations. Your cabin faces the 5km-wide glacier front. Afternoon at leisure on your private deck watching icebergs calve. Sunset gourmet dinner in the lodge’s glass-walled restaurant — every table has glacier views. Fall asleep to the sound of cracking ice.
Day 4: Eqi Glacier Immersion
Full day at Eqi Glacier. Morning: private guided glacier hike on the nearby ice cap. Afternoon: private zodiac excursion along the full glacier front — navigate among brash ice to within safe viewing distance of the calving face. Photographer’s dream. Evening: Arctic gourmet dinner featuring Skagen fish soup, reindeer filet, and cloudberry dessert.
Day 5: Disko Island — Volcanic Arctic
Private boat to Qeqertarsuaq on Disko Island. Unlike the rest of Greenland’s ice-carved landscape, Disko is volcanic — basalt columns, black sand beaches, and geothermal hot springs. Private guided hike to Lyngmarksbræen glacier. Visit the Arctic Station (University of Copenhagen’s research facility since 1906). Lunch at a local restaurant. Return to Ilulissat and Hotel Arctic Premium.
Day 6: Settlement Immersion & Gourmet Tasting
Private boat to Ilimanaq — stay at the architecturally acclaimed Ilimanaq Lodge, 15 designer cabins on the edge of the wilderness. Private meeting with Ilimanaq residents over kaffemik (traditional Greenlandic coffee gathering). Afternoon: private fishing excursion for Arctic char, prepared by your guide on a beach fire. Evening back at Hotel Arctic.
Day 7: Private Iceberg Cruise & Farewell
Private sunset iceberg cruise aboard a vintage wooden schooner — champagne and canapés among the giants of Disko Bay. Afternoon visit to the Royal Greenland processing plant to understand Greenland’s fishing industry. Farewell dinner at Restaurant Icefjord — an 8-course Greenlandic degustation menu paired with wines.
Day 8: Departure
Final dawn on the Icefjord. Helicopter transfer (weather permitting) or private vehicle to Ilulissat Airport. Premium departure experience.
