Costs and permits

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Costs and Permits

There are currently no permits or costs associated with hiking the Arctic Circle Trail.

However, we ask that you to support the trail’s maintenance through a donation – either before or after your hike. There is no budget allocated to maintaining the trail at present, and all donations will be used only for the purposes of improving the experience along the trail.

Support the Arctic Circle Trail
Sign pointing to the Itinneq bridge on the Arctic Circle Trail
Photo: Aningaaq Rosing Carlsen – Visit Greenland

Register your trip (required)

We require EVERY ACT user (including those walking in a group) to register their trip plan. This helps us understand how many people are using the trail and when.

Please only do this once you have fully committed and booked your tickets so that we can collect accurate data.

Please note: Registering your trip does NOT mean we are tracking your location or will come looking for you if something goes wrong. You are fully responsible for your own safety, navigation, and emergency planning.

This information will be used in our efforts to:

  1. secure funding to help maintain the trail and improve the user experience
  2. protect the environment by monitoring numbers of users
  3. identify how people are using the trail

All information is kept private within Arctic Circle Business and aggregated before it is used for reports, funding requests, and other planning purposes.

Register your hike

Note: this replaces the previous paper-based system we had set up in the canoe centre.

Fishing

For those who wish to fish along the trek, you do need to purchase a fishing license. These can be obtained at the Post Office (Tusass) in any town in Greenland including Kangerlussuaq and Sisimiut. More information can be found on the Municipality website (Danish only. Right-click on the page and choose “Translate to …”).