Red route: Qassiarsuk – Tasiusaq – Nunataaq – Qassiarsuk

Self-guided tour

On this tour you will experience a lush, green landscape dotted with small lakes and the ice-filled Sermilik Fjord. You pass by two idyllically located sheep farms and, with a bit of luck, you may see some white-tailed eagles flying overhead. Aside from the ruins in Qassiarsuk, you can see vestiges of Norse farms at Tasiusaq and Nunataaq.

SELFGUIDED TOUR

DISTANCE: About 20 km. 6–7 hours. Max elevation 266 m.

MAP: Arctic Sun. Narsarsuaq (Qassiarsuk – Igaliku) 1:50,000

ORIENTATION/DIFFICULTY: Marked. Easy hiking. Gravel road and paths.

ACCOMMODATION: The hike is a day trip. You can sleep in Qassiarsuk, Tasiusaq and Nunataaq.

Follow the gravel road that passes by the church in Qassiarsuk:

The road continues west out of the village and begins to climb. There is a fine view over both Sermilik and Tunulliarfik Fjord from the top of the pass (approx. 4 km).
Then you gradually descend all the way to the Tasiusaq sheep farm (4 km), which marks the end of the road.
Here you take a marked trail along the fjord to the Nunataaq sheep farm (about 3 km).
From Nunataaq follow the gravel road back to Qassiarsuk (approx. 9 km). The road is a slightly longer and steeper route than between Qassiarsuk and Tasiusaq.
A few kilometres before Qassiarsuk a road branches off to the right and leads to the Inneruulalik, Issormiut and Sillisit sheep farms. However, you continue straight ahead and descend to Qassiarsuk.