Tourist Places to Visit in Ilulissat, Greenland, America

Tourist Places to Visit in Ilulissat, Greenland, America

Ilulissat is a town in Qaasuitsup municipality in Queensland is located towards the western part of the Greenland and previously known as Jakobshavn. Ilulissat is the 3^rd largest populated town in Greenland and tourism industry is the prominent in the town and economy of the Ilulissat depends on tourism. Ilulissat is declared as the World Heritage site by UNESCO. Coordinates of Ilulissat is 69.2167° N, 51.1000° W.

History of Ilulissat:

In the year 1741, Ilulissat was recognized as the trading town by Jacob Severin’s and in the 18^th century, Zion church was built and it is the biggest church in Greenland. In the year 2008, town hosted the Arctic Ocean Conference by Per Stig Moller, Jans Enoksen, Prime Minister of Greenland and Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs and joint meeting held between Canada, United States, Norway, Russia and Denmark and meeting was held to converse issues like territorial claims and climate change.

Tourism in Ilulissat:

Ilulissat is one of the prominent tourism destinations in Greenland located in Disko Bay is identified for its stunning Icebergs and Icefjord was declared as the World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in the year 2004 and these Icefjord move about 30 to 40 meters per day and some of the Icefjord are so huge (nearly kilometer) and sometimes struck on the bottom of the Icefjord for years.

Places to Visit in Ilulissat:

Ilulissat Icefjord:

Ilulissat Icefjord is one of the spectacular scenery to get on the polar icecap and entry is free and tourists can view the glacier travel more than 100 feet per day is visited by number of tourists.

Eqip Sermia Glacier:

Eqip Sermia Glacier gives the tourists the best experience of the life and fantastic view of huge numbers of icebergs and glaciers and before visiting the Eqip Sermia Glacier it is advised to check with the weather condition.

Ilulissat Museum:

Ilulissat Museum illustrates some of the several settlements over the years and hoe people survived in the harsh weather conditions and display the information about the glacier and can also see the paintings, woven fabrics and carving.

Things to do in Ilulissat:

AirZafari Day Tours
Hiking
City Tours
Boat Trip
Dog sled Tour
Cultural Tours
Helicopter Tour
Kayaking

Weather in Ilulissat:

Ilulissat has Polar Tundra climate and average temperature in Ilulissat varies from -17°C to 13°C and best time to visit Ilulissat is from May to October.

How to Reach Ilulissat?

Ilulissat is served by Ilulissat Airport, located at the distance of 4 kilometers from the town and airport was constructed in the year 1983 and serves with domestic flights to all the major cities and towns in Greenland and international flights to Iceland.

Ilulissat is linked by ferries to Sisimiut, Nuuk and other towns and cities on southwestern and western coast of Greenland and ferries are operated by Arctic Umiaq ferry.

Ilulissat has well developed roads and transportation like bus, car and taxis are available to get around the town.

Where to Stay in Ilulissat?

Ilulissat offers some of the best hotels in Greenland and there are individual hotel rooms for privacy and freedom and to prepare own cuisine and there are types of hotels offering single and double mini apartments with living room, TV, furnished kitchen, bedroom and private bathroom and cost from 600 DKK to 1,000 DKK and above per day. Hotels in Ilulissat cost from 1,200 DKK to 2,000 DDK and above per day with good hospitality. Some of the hotels in Ilulissat are listed here below: