Ilimanaq Lodge
Ilimanaq settlement, Disko Bay, Greenland
Location
Ilimanaq, on Disko Bay
The lodge sits in the historic Ilimanaq settlement on Disko Bay, cliff-side over the water, with the UNESCO Ilulissat Icefjord drifting past. There is no road in; access is by boat from Ilulissat.
Transfer
A boat through the Icefjord
Guests reach Ilimanaq on a roughly 30-minute scenic boat transfer from Ilulissat, weaving through the icebergs of the UNESCO Icefjord.
Villas
Fifteen design cabins
Fifteen architect-designed cabins of around 40 square metres, two-storey A-frames with the living space and bath below and a loft bedroom above, wall-sized panorama windows over both floors, and a private terrace.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples and design-minded travellers who want a remote, off-grid, gourmet stay with front-row icebergs, and who value place and food over hotel facilities.
Board Basis
Bed and breakfast
Bed and breakfast in the black loghouse, with gourmet dinners at Restaurant Egede; usually sold as a multi-night gourmet-and-nature stay.
About the Resort
Greenland's standout design lodge, on the icefjord
Ilimanaq Lodge is Greenland's standout design lodge: fifteen architect-designed, two-storey cabins set cliff-side in the historic Ilimanaq settlement on Disko Bay, reached only by a 30-minute boat transfer from Ilulissat through the UNESCO Icefjord. Each cabin of around 40 square metres has a wall-sized panorama window framing drifting icebergs and breaching whales from the bed or the private terrace. Dinner is gourmet, served at Restaurant Egede in a restored 1751 colonial building, and the whole lodge is solar-powered and off-grid. Remote, design-led and gastronomic, on the edge of the ice.
Accommodation
The design cabins
Fifteen architect-designed, two-storey cabins of around 40 square metres.
The cabin
Lodge Cabin
Sleeps two. An architect-designed cabin of around 40 square metres, a two-storey A-frame with the living space and bath below and a loft bedroom above, a wall-sized panorama window over the icefjord and a private terrace.
Around 40 square metresIcefjord panorama
Food & Drink
Dining
Gourmet dining at Restaurant Egede, breakfast in the loghouse.
Signature
Restaurant Egede
Gourmet game and seafood in a restored 1751 colonial building.
Breakfast
The black loghouse
Breakfast over the bay.
Setting
On the icefjord
Dining with drifting icebergs beyond the glass.
Wellbeing
Spa & Wellness
Details to follow.
Spa treatments
Details to follow.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
Icebergs, whales and the UNESCO Icefjord.
The UNESCO Icefjord
Boat trips among the icebergs of Ilulissat.
Whale watching
Humpbacks and fin whales on Disko Bay.
Settlement life
The historic Ilimanaq community.
Midnight sun and aurora
The light of the high Arctic.
Gourmet dining
At Restaurant Egede.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By boat
Ilulissat to Ilimanaq
Around 30 minutes through the Icefjord.
By air
To Ilulissat
Flights into Ilulissat for Disko Bay.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
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★★★★★
“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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★★★★★
“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Ilimanaq Lodge. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Boat-only access
- No road in; reached by boat from Ilulissat.
Off-grid
- Solar-powered, with limited connectivity.
Bed and breakfast
- With gourmet dinners at Restaurant Egede.
Getting there
- Via Ilulissat, on Disko Bay.
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