Old Camp
Location: B 1640, Box 1009, Kangerlussuaq, 3910, Kangerlussuaq, GL
Star Rating: 2 Stars
Property Type: Guest houses
About this Property
Recreation Opportunities and Scenic Views
Take advantage of the bicycles for rent and enjoy the views from the terrace and garden. Stay active and soak in the beauty of the surroundings at the Old Camp guesthouse.
Complimentary Amenities and Services
Enjoy complimentary wireless internet access, tour/ticket assistance, and relax at the picnic area. Start your day right with a daily continental breakfast served fresh during your stay.
Comfortable Guestrooms and Convenient Facilities
Feel at home in one of the 39 guestrooms with complimentary wireless internet, and functional amenities like desks. Benefit from housekeeping services and the convenience of a limited-hour front desk.
Explore the beauty of Kangerlussuaq with ease and comfort at Old Camp. Book now to experience a delightful stay at our guesthouse.
Important Information
- No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
- Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions.
- Contactless check-in and contactless check-out are available.
Policies
Check-in: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Check-out: 09:00 AM
Instructions: Guests must transfer via required shuttle to the property. Guests must contact the property at least 48 hours before travel, using the contact information on the confirmation received after booking. This property offers transfers from the airport. Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The front desk is open daily from 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM. The front desk is staffed during limited hours.
Amenities & Facilities
- Free breakfast
- Free WiFi
- Terrace
- Garden
- Continental breakfast
- Wheelchair accessible
- Picnic area
- Free airport transportation
- Free breakfast
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Smoke-free property
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free self parking
- Free continental breakfast
- Well-lit path to entrance
Rooms Available
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Double or Twin Room, Shared Bathroom
2 Twin Beds OR 1 Twin Bed
86-sq-foot room with garden views
Internet - Free WiFi 25+ Mbps
Bathroom - Shared bathroom and towels
Practical - Desk
Need to Know - Limited housekeeping, no cribs (infant beds) available, bed sheets not available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- No cribs (infant beds)
- Bed sheets not available
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Single Room, Shared Bathroom
1 Twin Bed
86-sq-foot room with garden views
Internet - Free WiFi 25+ Mbps
Bathroom - Shared bathroom and towels
Practical - Desk
Need to Know - Limited housekeeping, no cribs (infant beds) available, bed sheets not available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- No cribs (infant beds)
- Bed sheets not available
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Double Room
1 Twin Bunk Bed
75-sq-foot room with garden views
Internet - Free WiFi 25+ Mbps
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Towels and shower
Practical - Desk
Comfort - Heating
Need to Know - Limited housekeeping, no cribs (infant beds) available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- Desk
- Heating
- Free WiFi
- No cribs (infant beds)
- Bedsheets provided
Guest Reviews
- Aa (10/5): - aaaaaaaaaaaa
- Dortherak (6/5): Men okay - Som par oppe i årene er ikke godt, bør ikke anbefales ed fysiske skavanker. Bygningerne er ret gamle
- Viviane (8/5): - Pratique avec un shuttle et idéal pour échanger avec des personnes pratiquant le hiking. Petit-déjeuner offert. Ne loupez pas surtout pas la pâte à tartiner aux crevettes !
- Barbara (10/5): Einfach und praktisch - Old Camp ist eine praktische Unterkunft für Leute die etwas einfaches suchen.
Das Frühstück steht zuverlässig ab 6.30 h bereit.
Die Zimmer sind zweckmässig. Es hat genügend Badezimmer/WC vorhanden.
- Heida (10/5): - Super helpful and friendly staff, clean, great location.
- Tine Smidt (6/5): - The story of Old Camp is interesting and the area behind is interesting for hiking. It is far from the airport which makes it s little complicated. But we only met nice and helpful people so it was a great experience
- Jozef (8/5): - everythink was ok
- Berthold (8/5): - Die Hütten sind schon etwas in die Jahre gekommen, aber das Personal tut alles, die Unterkünfte in einem sauberen und ordentlichen Zustand zu halten. Das Frühstück ist, die Lage toll aber etwas abgelegen. Es gibt einen kostenlosen Transferservice zum Flughafen
- Ralf (2/5): - Keine Informationen zur Rezeption - die ist im Fughafengebäude!!!! , demzufolge kein Shuttle vorhanden. Zimmer: Bett lässt die Tür nicht öffnen. 3 Lampen mit Stecker, aber keine Steckdose. Suche danach führte uns zu dickem Dreck. Wände sind so dünn, dass jede Regung des Nachbarn zu hören ist. Dusche vorhanden, Wasser läuft nicht ab.
Standard einer sehr schlechten Berghütte. Blick in einen Garten nicht möglich, da nicht vorhanden. Hände weg davon!
- Yona (6/5): - c'est pratique pour l'endroit mais la fenêtre znti moustique est rudimentaire et ne fonctionnait pas bien en + de la chaleur.
Les toilettes sont très basiques et parfois mauvaise odeur dans le couloir
petit déjeuner est bon cependant
- Nina (8/5): - Ganske hyggeligt sted i skønne omgivelser
- Paneeraq (8/5): - Rengørings dame chef er uvenligt.
Receptions dame er ok
Resten er okay og godt for at være slappe af
- marie (4/5): - The building is too old and the key does not close. After all, I stayed without closing the key. Even though the service is poor, the accommodation fee is too high. I think the price of 1/3 is a reasonable price. After breakfast, if I was brought back to the receptionist, I was a very disgusting feeling that the male staff who had been in the breakfast site was evident in an unexpected attitude. I was going to return properly. I am not a thief. It was very disappointing. Breakfast was quite expected, but thanks because it was hungry. The transfer bus was also nice! The vast wilderness was amazing and very uncomfortable!
- Faustin (4/5): - Peu reccommandable
- Sören (6/5): - Simple but perfectly OK. More hostel standard than hotel.
The power sockets in the room were a bit tricky to use.
- Steen (8/5): Old Camp - er gamle militære barakker indrettet til værelser. Det er slidt og gammelt, men personalet både i lejren, i bussen og på turen til Indlandsisen var meget søde og servicemindede.
Fint sted at ha 2 overnatninger når man skal ind til Indlandsisen.
Sjovt at prøve at bo så øde - selvom det kun ligger 2 km fra lufthavnen o Kangerlussuaq.
Kan anbefales - men indstil dig på niveau under "normalt hotel" 🙂
- Pincha (10/5): - It’s located a bit far from the airport but they provide free shuttle service to coordinate with your flights and if you book tours with them, they also offer free pick up so you don’t need to worry about the location being distant. The room is spacious and clean. Shared toilet/shower room is also clean all the time with dry area to hang your clothes and stuffs. They also offer free breakfast which is sufficient to start your day. There is also souvenirs shop at the reception in case you would like to have some gifts. Staffs were helpful and friendly. Bonus point is that this place is perfect for you if you want to see Northern Light because it’s far from town and air pollution. There is no guarantee but for me I would love to have a higher chance. To me this place is perfect for my stay in Kangerlussuaq, definitely will stay here again on my next visit :)
- John (6/5): Dyrt - Bygningerne trænger til en kærlig hånd, højlydt, ingen tv og der er langt til alting. Dog er der shuttle ved ankomst og afrejse.
- rosivena (8/5): - Far away from restaurant
- Verified traveler (8/5): Nemt og bekvemt - Nemt og bekvemt. Dejligt med transfer til og fra lufthavnen. Personalet er meget venlige og serviceminded. Men det der trækker ned er standen på værelserne. Sengene burde have været skiftet ud 3 gange siden disse blev købt og værelserne er bare generelt slidte. Men her er hyggeligt.
- Cristina Andreea (10/5): - Great lay over, clean and nice early breakfast. Good transport to and from the airport
- Cristina (10/5): - Great comunication în regards with change of dates. Good breakfast and transfer to airport
- Hang Kei Simon (10/5): - ......
- Gunhild (10/5): - Der var fryser til min rensdyrsteg, skønt!
- Grace (8/5): - 简单又窄小的双层单人床,幸好有免费早餐,机场接送,免费wifi,住客入住时必须自己动手套床单,退房时一定要取出床套,这点真的有点坑,毕竟房价有点小贵,不过格陵兰真的值得来看看,夏天的ilulissat 真的非常震撼,大家要多留几天在ilulissat, 因为天气因素真的会影响航班,我去程因为雾霾,机长已经调头回去Kangerlussuaq,最后一次尝试突然雾霾不见了,顺利降落,真的是奇迹,否则第一晚的ilulissat 昂贵住宿就泡汤了。
- Nana (8/5): Ein sympathisches Hostel - Die Lage war für uns super, da am Ende (Anfang) des Arctic Circle Trails. Die Menschen dort sind super nett - das gemeinsame Frühstück haben wir sehr genossen. Die unmittelbare Lage am Flughafen stört nicht. Dafür hat man einen tollen Blick über den Fjord. Schade war nur, dass es für uns am Ende einer langen Wanderung keine Möglichkeit zum Wäsche waschen gab.
- jens (10/5): An experience - Soændense
- Johannes (2/5): Gør det selv - Sengetøj skal man selv ordne det ved ankomst og afgang.
- DANIELA FELICITA (2/5): - Struttura veramente indecente.
- Melanie (8/5): - Old Camp is perfect if you just need a place to crash between hiking and excursions or as a base camp before backpacking. Small simple rooms, and it’s a hostel so bathrooms and kitchen space are shared. We rarely had to wait for bathrooms/showers, except one morning when our building ran out of water so we had to go next door while they refilled the tank. Breakfast is simple but reliable. Like most places in Greenland, the host is there during daytime hours only, so if you need things after hours it can be a little tricky, but they have helpful phone numbers listed in the common area.
The person at reception was extremely helpful and accommodating. We had to change plans last minute, and she was able to help with changing both our hostel reservation and our activity reservation with Albatros.
You can easily walk between Old Camp and the airport, though it would be a little challenging with bags. We opted for the city bus which goes to Old Camp once per hour.
- Rene (4/5): Ikke så meget - Én nat er helt okey men det ligner jo da en lejrskole som om man er ude i naturen. Støj ved værelset er alt for tydeligt når de andre mennesker snakker rigtig meget om natten… Ikke min ideal type af overnatning. Godt nok at de inkluderer morgenmad
- Helle (10/5): - Dejlige søde mennesker og god service
- Ellen (6/5): - Transportation is not always available.
- Ellen (6/5): - Needs complete renovation of the entire building.
- Barry (10/5): - Water didn’t work one day…. However fixed fairly quickly
- KATSUYA (2/5): - The water was broken and there was no water. I couldn't use the toilet or shower.It was inconvenient that there was no one at the check-in. I had requested someone to pick me up at the airport, but there was no one there.
- Aletha (8/5): - Hostel with minimal amenities but nothing crucial missing. The only challenge was regulating heat in the room on warmish nights, but we figured out how to block open the window so that it wouldn’t squeak or bang. I would definitely stay there again.
- Kirstine (10/5): - Der var meget varmt på værelset.
- Rasmus (6/5): - Ok sted. Sæde folk. Flot udsigt.
- solveig bente (10/5): - Alt er gammelt, men hyggeligt. Ingen luxus men det man lige har brug for. Trænger til renovering, men ved ikke om de snart lukker Kangerlussuak . Kald stedet Very Old Camp.
- Petr (2/5): - during the night the bunk bed collapsed under me and it was only by sheer luck that my brother and I escaped without serious injury. the hotel is really worn out, better go somewhere else.
- mary-pat (8/5): - Really nice people and clean comfortable rooms
- Jesper (10/5): A foundation for adventures - Kangerlussuaq isn't just an airport.
- Verified traveler (10/5): - Old campe er et perfekt sted hvis man skal mellemlande og har brug for et sted at være, det er en gammel camp og det kan selvfølgelig ses, men det har sin chame, og der var rent og pænt. Morgenmaden var god og transport til og fra luftenhavnen var til tiderne. Ikke sidste gang vi bruger old camp.
- Gitte (2/5): Uhumske forhold - Gamle, slidte barakker med huller i vægge og gulve. Uhumske køkkenfaciliteter og toilet/bad. Meget lydt, så når personalet begynder på morgenmad og rengøring kl. 6.15 kan man ikke sove længere. Meget varmt på de små værelser (5m2), åbner man vinduet holder dieselbusser og biler lige udenfor. Morgenmaden var for gammel, både smør, marmelade, nutella og smøreost var overskredet med flere måneder. Mælk i kander på bordet stod i flere timer.
Kan på ingen måde anbefale overnatninger på dette sted.
- Werner (6/5): - Kleines Zimmer, die Gemeinschafts küche war ok. Die zimmer sind nichtsehr sauber.
Möbel in einem schlechten Zustand. Es wird nichts investiert, alles verlottert
- Tseng (8/5): - 住宿提供機場接送是很棒的服務;提供的早餐有土司與麵包、果醬,咖啡與果汁,還不錯。只是距離機場旁的超市很遠,因此一下飛機有需要購買食物,一定要在車子出發前先到機場外的馬路對面那間超市購買。
- suliang (8/5): 地點可以早餐差 - 住宿房間小早餐差
- Ian (8/5): Good - Only used as a base for stays outside but it served its purpose quite well. Bit far "out of town" but then nothing is really far so that isn't really a problem.
Arguably it is a bit basic here but it does not pretend to be anything other than that and if you come to Greenland expecting different things then you are probably not being realistic.
- Anthony (6/5): - Very clean. Very old. All facilities are very limited but then it doesn't pretend to be otherwise. Front desk staff are great!
- Verified traveler (2/5): - Jeg synes værelset er meget beskidt, især gulvtæppet. Varmt, og man kan ikke justere vindue, plus nettet falder hele tiden, den sad ikke fast, og kan sat den fast med tape som slet ikke holder.
- Isabel (8/5): - Günstige und für eineb kurzen Aufenthalt sehr gute Unterkunft. Frühstück hat gepasst, alles sauber
- Jadwiga (10/5): - Erfüllt den Zweck
- Paul (6/5): Godt ophold i old Camp - Vi boede på enkelt værelse med to senge,
Vi blev kørt til Old Camp i en mini bus,
Og kørt tilbage til transithallen i bus.
Det var god service i den retning, flinke menesker
- Randi (6/5): Fint - I det mindste har jeg et sted at overnatte. Var i Tuukkaq. Ret gammel og lugtet lidt.
Men personalet var meget, meget søde.
- Karen Banke (6/5): - Tak for ophold 😊
Skønt med egen værelse dog meget lyt
- Philip (10/5): - Old Camp is exactly as it describes itself: basic shared facilities in a spectacular setting. The rooms are functional and very clean. The shared areas are useful and comfortable. The staff is outstanding! There is regular transportation to the other end of town, but the walk is easy, peaceful, and lovely. And even though Kangerlussuaq is small, staying in Old Camp feels more like getting out into the country.
- Verified traveler (8/5): - Vriendelijk en behulpzaam personeel, schone kamers, sanitair en linnengoed. Heel basic en wat verouderd maar voldeed prima voor een nacht voor de arctic circle trail.
- valette (4/5): - Le sommier à lattes était cassé et ils n' ont pas pu réparer ni nous changer de chambre.le loueur de vélo ne travaille qu'en juillet et il n' ont pas voulu nous prêter ou nous louer un des dix vélos qu'ils ''utilisent pas.un habitant nous a prêté deux vélos mais dégonflé.lorsque j' ai demandé à l' accueil de nous prêter une pompe,la dame nous a répondu d'en acheter une au marché !
Évidemment le magasin ne vendait pas de pompe.
- Anders (10/5): - Tæt på lufthavnen og i gå afstand.
Man sover godt i sengene og værelserne er pæne og rengjort. Fælles badeværelse også pænt og rent.
Fin morgenmad og kaffen er god.
Personalet venlige.
- André (4/5): - Basically it is far from everything you need The receptionist was very nice and helpful but if you arrive off time after 4 pm. all you get is to retrieve a key in an envelope so forget buying a drink or chocolate bar. You have to walk back to the airport 20 minutes away. They do have bus service when you arrive and leave, but between that, the schedule is irregular. When my flight got in 3 hours late, I was told I would have to wait another hour for service. The rooms with not even a sink, they have 3 toilets and a few showers for 15 rooms. Oh yes, the 8 x 10 rooms can cost close to 200$
Sorry, but at that price you can find way better. Finally, their policy of no cancellation refund when you are traveling in the Arctic with being at the mercy of weather is a little too rigid for my taste.
- André (6/5): - Arrival fine but even with transport it is quite distant from needs
Wi fi very irregular or out
- Vasko (2/5): Simple forhold - Der lugtede indesluttet og af fækalie på gangen, udluften, og vand i vandlåse for bruser & vask hjalp .
Meget slidt barak, og meget lidt støjdæmpning mellem rummene.
Morgenmad med varer der er udløbet på dato, kander med mælk på bordene, som antager stuetemperatur.
Ikke muligt at kommunikerer med morgenpersonalet på dansk eller engelsk.
- Johan (8/5): valgmuligheder findes ikke. - Der var ikke andre muligheder at vælge, og jeg ville have valgt noget "bedre da jeg havde et barn med; heldigvis var der stille og roligt selvom der var mange mennesker. Der er rige muligheder for udeliv for børn og voksne.
- Helmut (4/5): nicht zu Empfehlen - das Hotel ist eine Baracke mit Gemeinschaftsbad.kein Restaurant. das ist am Airport.kein Bus .,man muss 2km gehen.
- Francois (10/5): - Die Unterkunft hat was von einer Expedition ist sauber und mit dem Transferservice gut zu erreichen.
- Peter (6/5): God morgenmad - Vi have kun en overnatning inden vi skulle flyve vider. Det var ok. Super morgenmad.
- Trine (8/5): Hyggeligt og fantastisk service! - Hyggeligt ophold med super service; gratis fragt til både lufthavn og restaurant, fin morgenmad og hyggelig stemning
- Marco (4/5): - Very basic solution, poor breakfast, you must have no expectations. That's right that there is nothing around so it can't be different.
- clare (2/5): Not the best - Nice view of the northern lights if you're lucky. That was the best thing about this place, which is falling apart.
They take very little pride in the facilities, and definitely not the service. The breakfast was limited, they expect you to make/unmake your own bunk beds, which are all broken and shattered. We alerted reception to this issue but they did not care. The cleaners come to your room at 8:50 and demand you clean your room and leave - checkout is at 9AM. Reception is rarely open, making it difficult to resolve issues such as the showers and toilets smelling like sewage.
For 120 Euros, it's extremely overpriced.
- Stasys (10/5): - Viskas gerai. Kaina atitinka kokybę.
- Mette Marie (8/5): Rent men slidt - Det hele bærer præg af at være slidt. Sengene er ok men også slidt. Rengøringen er fin og hæver standarden.
Der er rigtig dårlig Wifi, dette burde være bedre.
- Wibke (8/5): - Free Transport to the Airport, friendly and helpful staff,
rooms and facilities ok, but noisy, you have to make the bed yourself and remove the sheets by check out
- Gry (8/5): - Gammel bygning, ikke koldt, toilet lugter lidt, men alt i alt acceptabel til prisen. God morgenmad.
- Edoardo (6/5): Good for a stopover but pretty basic - Quite far away from the airport, but pretty nice and low light area, good to spot aurora. Rooms and breakfast are basic
- Yvonne (10/5): - Pænt hostel, god betjening og fin morgenmad
- Agathe (8/5): - Godt med lyd
- Flemming (8/5): - Gratis bus transport. Betyder meget. God morgenmad.
- Brigitta (8/5): - Praktische Unterkunft für eine Nacht, funktionierender Transferservice, Frühstück minimalistisch, aber alles vorhanden, was man braucht. Achtung! Überholung der elektrischen Leitungen dringend nötig! Keine Schukostecker (Modell etwa vor 1950). Die Betten sind sehr angenehm. Bettwäsche ist vorhanden und bei Ankunft bezogen. Hüllen sind vor Abreise abzuziehen. Für den Betrieb als Hostel deutlich überhöhter Preis!
- Bjørn Allan (8/5): - Den unikke placering i den grønlandske natur
- Sofie (8/5): - Meget venlige og hjælpsomme transfer personale🙂👍
- Brigitta (10/5): - Adequate room, nice, clean, quiet, in stunning surroundings, absolutely what I expected! Thank you!
- johannes boen (8/5): - The guy cleaning service not frendly
- Inger marie (6/5): Hold nu op så langt ude !!! - Prisen er virkelig tydelig på udbud og efterspørgsel !! Gamle barakker - slidte som slidte. Vægge så tynde som rispapir.
Men et fantastisk venligt personale, der både er hjælpsomme og søde.
- Jeanette Maria (8/5): Godt sted med et minus - Alt var næsten super. Dog var dyne beskidt under sengetøjet. Det er ulækkert at opdage når man har sovet i det.
- Ivana (10/5): - Amazing !
- Brian (2/5): Nul stjerner - Det var ikke muligt at købe noget ordentlig spiseligt i receptionen. Personalet var ikke af egen fri vilje servicevillige, værelset var det kummerligste rum dårligt isoleret så alle udefrakommende samtaler osv. kunne tydelig høres. Toilet og bad på gangen, det var virkeligt ulækkert. Bussen der stod for transport var så grim at det nærmest var grinagtigt . Kan ikke anbefale at nogen bor der pris 711,00 pr. nat er ca. 611 for meget.
- Mariane (10/5): - Vi fik god betjening, da vi fik hjælp til vores frysevarer, så de ikke tø op i løbet af natten.
- Veron (10/5): - We get free upgrade to hotel Kangerlussuaq, just inside the airport, but have to carried luggage up and down for check.in/check-out and to the room. The room is very small but comfortable. We managed to capture northern light just outside the hotel.
- Edda (8/5): - Prompt transfer, helpful reception
- Verified traveler (8/5): Simple place for one night - This hostel is pretty outdated, but you get a fine place for a night or two in Kangerlussuaq. The walls are thin and you can hear everything that goes on in the corridors and in the nearby rooms. The bathrooms are large but I could have wished for a coat rack or shelf to put my towel and personal things on. Everything was very clean.
Breakfast, linens and towels are included.
The hostel is placed about 2 km from the airport and there is shuttleservice in the morning.
- Pia (10/5): Godt sted som udgangspunkt🚶♀️🚶♂️ - Fint lille værelse, god morgenmad, pænt og rent
Stedet bar præg af, det var gammelt, men det blev holdt pænt
- Christian (4/5): - Stedet burde være genstand for en gennemgribende renovering og istandsættelse.
Badefaciliteterne er uhumske og der er tegn på skimmelsvamp. Isolation af vandførende rør er flere steder manglende efter gentagne nødtørftige reparationer. Kommer ikke til at benytte stedet som overnatning mere
- Kirstin (10/5): Perfekt ophold - Super god oplevelse.
Stor gæstfrihed, og et helt igennem hyggeligt ophold.
- Jonas (8/5): - Es erfüllt seinen Zweck zu einem akzeptablen Preis.
- Tom (8/5): - Rigtig god service og flinke folk og super morgenmad men meget slidt bygning og værelser
- Alf (8/5): - Fin seng. Rent. Primitivt
- Matej (10/5): - Perfect stay
- Najarak Karen Josefsen (6/5): - Det er meget gammel bygning.
Radiator larmer.
- William (8/5): - Decently clean dorm room accommodations with basic breakfast and juice. Lots of hot water and good internet. Bud service provided from/to airport. Worst feature is that walls are paper thin.
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