Upon arrival at Keflavik, you will transfer to your accommodation closeby for the night.
Today you will fly from Reykjavik to Kangerlussuaq in Greenland where you will visit the ice cap for the first time! Tonight you will spend your last night in a hotel before the trek.
You will start the day by getting a helicopter transfer to the start point of the trek on a sandy beach on Lake Kangerluatsiarsuaq.
Today will be a 22km trek up and into the rugged mountains of Ikkaridttooq, passing many small lakes with beautiful views back over Lake Tasersuaq, with the route climbing to 450m before descending to the Itinneq valley.
In the afternoon you will prepare your first night at camp at Eqalugaarniarfik by the entrance to a rugged mountain pass. You will have charming evening views over Maligiaq fjord.
You will be responsible for helping to put up your tents and preparing camp each night. For those that want to and have any energy left, you can help get dinner ready. Overnight in camp.
Today you will trek 20kms through the Iluliumanersuup Portornga uplands and passing scenic interconnected lakes. Overnight at camp at Innajuattoq with views to the surrounding snow topped peaks over 1000m.
Food and fuel will have been dropped at camp by a helicopter in advance of the challenge, but you'll have to carry your own gear and tents between you!
Each morning you will help break camp, take down the tents and pack your bags. Today you will trek 18kms of mainly gentle downhills from a high point of 475m passing the mountain ranges of Innajuattoq and Taseqqat Saqqaa. You'll take lunch en-route at a scenic spot.
Overnight at our camp at the west end of the Nerumaq valley at around 150m (500ft).
Your penultimate trek is 18km along the low level valley walk to Kangerluarsuk with river crossings and a bouldery gorge. The day finishes along the sand and gravel beaches of a small lake.
Enjoy your last night in the tent with your tent mates beside Kangerluarsuk Tulleq fjord.
This is your last day trekking which will be an emotional one, where you reflect on all that you have done. It will be 22kms over the remarkably scenic highlands of Gerrortusup Majoriaa, after a traverse above the fjord, up to 400m. You will be awed by spectacular mountain scenery before descending to the finish point at Sisimiut.
Here you have options to ascend the highest mountain of Nasaasaaq (at 784m) or the lower Atangorsuaq (at 411m) befrore a tansfer to hotel in Sisimiut where you will have your celebratory meal to toast your epic achievement.
Enjoy a final team breakfast at the hotel before saying farewell to Greenland and getting your flight back to Keflavik in Iceland. Here you can catch a homeward bound flight, or perhaps extend a few days to see some of what makes Iceland one of the must see locations of 2018!
BELIEVE >> ACHIEVE >> INSPIRE
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