INDONESIA WEST SUMATERA

INDONESIA WEST SUMATERA

Tired of the hectic and rustic life? Take a break and retreat to the middle of Sumatera Island, to a place called West Sumatera. A place that offers various beautiful sceneries from white sandy beaches to lush green tropical rain forest  where the rain and the earth smell sweet, a piece of heaven.

Minangkabau which is known as West Sumatera today is one of Indonesian province.It lies along the west coast of Sumatera Island with some small islands in its off shore such as Mentawai Island. The total area of this province is 42.397.39 square kilometres, which shares its boundaries with other 4 provinces: North Sumatera, Jambi, Riau and Bengkulu.

Famous for its people’ penchant for delicious food, when you visit this province you will find only 2 categories of food: delicious or superb .Culinary adventure is something that should not be forgotten when visiting to this nirvana. Rendang as one of this area’s famous food has been acknowledged as one of the most delicious food has been acknowledged as one of the most delicious food in the world by CNN online polling 2011 and the latest information that “Nasi Kapau” is also chosen as one of the best “Street Food “in the world.

With its unique topography and contour, this province offers a lot of things from its coast to its mountains and volcanoes. There are lakes or springs , nature reserve, cave or underground tunnels that will satisfy  nature adventures and lovers. The coast along West Sumatera province offers amazing beaches, crystal clear water and soft waves. Don’t forget to visit Mentawai Island as one of the place that has 49 world class surfing area in the world, or Lawang Park ass one of the best paragliding take off location in Southeast Asia.

West Sumatera is also known for its unique combination cultures between Minangkabau ethnic with its mothers line life system, sharp-roof traditional house, dynamic dance and songs, colorful and exotic traditional events and activities, combine with Mentawai ethnic with its oldest tattoos in the world, “cawat”cloth, magic medicine and its wild life.

Tourism in West Sumatera is supported by various events and attractions such as Minang Food Festovals, Duck Race and Cow Race as our famous traditional events enjoyed by all foreign tourists  that have been visiting West Sumatera so far.

West Sumatera is a complete landscape region for having volcanoes mountains, lakes, beaches , canyons  and world class surfing sports in Mentawai island and so on as well as the best culinary in the world. This land is also has unique culture known as matrilineal systems.