Greenland national dress, Greenland National MuseumVisiting Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, was made all the more engaging with our bright and spunky guide Vivi, who led our group on a walking tour of the city’s waterfront. Vivi, a resident of Nuuk who had also cruised with us on the Ocean Endeavour prior to our landing in her home city, had a great sense of storytelling and lent a personal perspective to the places we were visiting by sharing anecdotes from her childhood. We learned the Greenland legend behind the sculpture of the Mother of the Sea, the sculpture itself a part of the tides of Nuuk’s bay. The legend, a tale told to teach the responsibility the Greenland people have to nature, was only one of many examples we would find demonstrating the importance of Inuit connection to their lands and its species.
We wandered farther into Nuuk’s Old Harbour, visiting some of the historic buildings, Lutheran church, and checking out the excellent Greenland National Museum. The museum told the story of the native peoples inhabiting Greenland, as well as the history of Greenland as a Danish colony and later an autonomous province of Denmark. A haunting exhibit also houses the world-famous 500-year-old Qilakitsoq mummies, discovered by hunters in the 1970s and remarkably preserved by nature, frozen in time.
Our exploration of Nuuk ended at the local grocery, where Dad and I picked up some Danish treats (butter cookies!!), and the post office, to send my mom a Greenland postcard. Our expedition leader marveled at the bitterly cold, but sunny day—according to Jason, he had experienced sunshine in Nuuk on only one other visit! We returned to the Ocean Endeavour feeling that we had really lucked out, and left sparkling Nuuk, along with Greenland, full of its stories.
Excellent travel advice and service
This is my second experience working with Adventure Life. I’m sold. Jess Heuermann is an experienced traveler and provides a lot of useful information when planning a trip. These are the questions I like to ask at the outset - What’s it like to go here, there, what would you suggest, what do people report, can we add any additional side trips? Jess took the time to answer my questions and seek additional information to share with me. Petchie Colina is outstanding in helping with travel logistics and final preparations. Adventure Life has excellent guides and offers private guides and small group adventures. We enjoyed the opportunity to talk with the guides and drivers to learn more about their countries, cultures and histories. A highlight was having the guides pick local restaurants where we could share meals together. Highly recommend.
Claire Cordon
2 days ago
Our six-day tour in Iceland went smoothly with one exception. We had asked for two rooms each night. Somehow we were booked with one room with three beds. It could not be fixed at the first hotel in Reykjavik because the hotel was fully booked. Once informed of the problem, however, Adventure Life rebooked for two rooms for the remainder of the trip. As an 85-year-old traveler, I appreciated that one could participate at different physical levels at many of the stops. Iceland is a great place to visit but on the expensive side.
Mary Warren
3 days ago
Jess was very easy going and answered all our questions. It’s not easy dealing with 6 people at once but she did an outstanding job!
Diane Foster
5 days ago
Kassandra and the Adventure Life team have been incredible! Kassandra was very knowledgeable and attentive to our asks while making sure we kept within our budget. This was our first experience with a travel agent and we were blown away by the booking/initial exploration service. We will use Adventure Life again.