KAYAKING GREENLAND - ILULISSAT 69°13N

History indicate that kayaks are at least 4000 years old. The eskimos and the population living in the arctic regions developed kayak to hunt on lakes and sea.  The inuit word for kayak is qajaq. Originally it was made of a wooden frame and covered by stretched seal skin. Today the inuit are not using kayaks for hunting anymore but kayaks are still a traditional and culture object in Greenland. 

Kayaking along the coast of the disko bay area among the icebergs is still an adventure that many people every summer want to experience. 

Ilulissat Tourist Nature can arrange this adventure holiday for you. At the Smilla Holiday Centre in Ataa (an old inuit settlement 65km north of Ilulissat) Ilulissat Tourist Nature have for rent 11 sea kayak (6 single and 5 double).

In the summer months the calm waters of the Ataa sund (the sea area in between the main land and Arve-princens island) are perfect  kayaking. 

Our expert staff in Ilulissat or Ataa can help you organising your kayak tour on the cristal water of the Tasersuaq lake (10 km long, 3 wide and 96 metres deep) or at sea among the icebergs. The famous Eqi Sermia glacier is only 25 km away from Ataa. 

You just need to bring your tent , sleeping bag and food and leave for as many days as you want. 

Click here to see a map of the area with the kayak routes,distances and areas where there is the possibility of taking the kayaks in land.

	Renting prices per day	Dkk	Euro
	Prijon Kodjack single	375,-	51
	Hasle Explorer single	375,-	51
	Prijon Odissey double	475,-	65
	Canoe	250,-	35

The prices include:
- Neoprene wesuit;
- Neoprene gloves and shoes;
- Lifevest;
- Paddles,

- Water pump;
- Compass;

- Security devices.

Notes:

- The prices do no include the trasport costs from Ilulissat to Ataa and return. Please visit the Ataa websitepages for more information about trasfers and accomodation in Ataa.

- Ilulissat Tourist Nature do not arrange kayaking courses and we do not provide guides for kayaking tours.