Musk Ox

Greenland is an outdoorsman’s paradise. While it is the largest island, it has a population of just over 50,000 residents! It is home to a variety of wildlife, birdlife, marine life, rocky coastlines, mountains, glaciers, rivers, and streams.

The best-known game of hunting in Greenland is the indigenous Greenland Musk Ox (Ovibos moschatus wardi), sometimes called White-faced Musk Ox or Umingmak by the Inuits, meaning the bearded one. The Musk Ox is closely related to goats but has its own genus, Ovibos (sheep ox in Latin)

These seemingly huge animals with long haired, thick and dark brown to black coats have impressive trophies with a high scarcity value. Hunting this ancient game species in the rough but fascinating landscape of Greenland is an experience that enthuses every hunter.

Mature bulls stand from 110 cm to 150 cm high at the shoulder and weigh between 300 kg and 450 kg. Horns of mature bulls reach lengths of 50 cm to 65 cm. Muskoxen are hard to bring down, and hunters are advised to use calibers from 30-06 and larger with heavy bullets.

The Musk ox hunting area is two hours boat ride from Lax-a Camp and normally the trophy is taken within a day or two. 

The hunting terrain is relatively comfortable with smaller hills and hard ground, flat rocks that makes walking pleasant.

The hunting trip is one week, Tuesday – Tuesday, that is seven nights in Camp, 6 full hunting days. Flying directly from Keflavik, Iceland to Qaqartoq, Greenland. From there it’s a about two hours to Lax-a camp.

We offer combo hunts for Musk ox and Caribou as well.

Once you have finished your hunt there are so many things to do. We have seven pristine sea run arctic char rivers where you can fish whenever you want. All tackle is available in camp. Together with the river fishing you can also go saltwater fishing for various species of fish. You can walk up artic hares and ptarmigan on the hills. This is very season depending, sometimes they are there and sometimes not. Seal hunting can also be arranged together with the local guides.

The picture above is so typical for our hunting terrain.

In the summer of 2012, Lax-á erected the first proper hunting- and fishing camp on the Southwest Coast of Greenland. The camp was and still is the first ever permanent  hunting-and fishing camp in Greenland.

A total of twelve sleeping cabins (twin bed) built around a dining lodge with plenty of room for bigger groups. Booking are based on shared cabins, there is a single cabin supplement.

Meals are prepared by the camp chef – most of the menu originates in area (caribou, musk ox, lamb, arctic char and fish from the sea).

The camp has running water, WC, showers, sauna, and a fully equipped kitchen.  All this and still a wilderness camp – equates to a really unique experience.

The Lax-á camp is located on the coast of Southwest Greenland which is the most accessible and most traveled to point in Greenland. 

There is no better place on the planet to be connected with nature than Greenland.