Category: Tourism Attraction
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Travel to Bukittinggi City (Part 2) – Tracing the Dark History of Japanese Colonialism in Bukittinggi
Japanese Tunnel was built based on the instructions of General Watanabe, Commander of the Japanese Army Defense in Sumatra, based in Bukittinggi City. The Japanese Tunnel is located in Bukittinggi Panorama Park to the right of the entrance. The location of Panorama Park is right across from the Tri Daya Eka Darma Struggle Museum in…
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Hiking: Mount Singgalang
West Sumatra is one of the provinces that has a diverse landscape. Here we can find beautiful beaches, cool highlands, lined hills, and towering mountains. One of them is Mount Singgalang which is located in Agam Regency, about 18 km away. from the city of Bukittinggi. Mount Singgalang has a height of 2877 meters above…
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The Big Clock (Jam Gadang)
Jam Gadang (Minangkabau for “Big Clock”) is a clock tower, major landmark, and tourist attraction in the city of Bukittinggi, West Suamatra, Indonesia. It is in the centre of the city, near the main market, Pasar Ateh. It has large clocks on each face. Jam Gadang is located in central Bukittinggi, a city in the Minangkabau Highlands of West Sumatra. It sits in the middle of the Sabai Nan…
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White Rafting: Batang Anai River
White water rafting is one of the branches of special interest tourism that aims at education, sports, adventure, and recreation. White water rafting can make individuals have a love for the universe and can preserve the environment and natural beauty. The Batang Anai River is one of the destinations for rafting lovers. This river is…
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Travel to Bukittinggi City (Part 1) – Fort de Kock and Kinantan Cultural and Wildlife Park
The city of Bukittinggi in the Dutch colonial era was called Fort de Kock and was also known as Parijs van Sumatra. In this city, there is a Dutch heritage fort called Fort de Kock. It was founded around 1826 by a captain named Johan Heinrich Conrad Bauer. At that time he was the leader…
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Tourism in Sitiung: The First Transmigration Location in Indonesia
Sitiung regency is one of the transmigration areas located in the Dharmasraya district, an area that was originally a wilderness. Around 1976 the government relocated residents from Wonogiri Regency, Central Java Province to Sitiung Sub-district. This is due to the construction of the Gajah Mungkur reservoir. Gajah Mungkur Reservoir is 3 km away in the…
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Pariangan Old Tourist Village
The Tambo of Minangkabau mentions that the ancestors of the Minangkabau people came from the descendants of King Alexander The Great (Iskandar Zulkarnain) from Macedonia. He had three children and they sailed to mainland China due to the great flood that hit the earth. The three children have different characters and then fight for the…
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Pagaruyung Palace
Pagaruyung Palace (Minangkabau: Istana Basa Pagaruyuang) is the Istana (royal palace) of the former Pagaruyung Kingdom, located in Tanjung Emas subdistrict near Batusangkar town, Tanah Datar Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia. It was built in the traditional Minangkabau Rumah Gadang vernacular architectural style but had several atypical elements including a three-story structure and a larger dimension in comparison to common Rumah Gadang. Since the Pagaruyung Kingdom was disbanded in 1833,…
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Hiking: Mount Talang
Mount Talang (Salasi) is located in the Solok district about 9 km from Arosuka, the capital city of Solok, and about 40 km from Padang, the capital city of West Sumatra. According to the Meteorology and Geophysics Office, Mount Talang is classified as a volcanic mountain as high as 2,597 meters above sea level. On…
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Traveling: Solok City
The lyrics of the song “Bareh Solok” by Nuskan Syarief which was popularized by the legendary Minangkabau singer Elly Kasim in the 1960s contain praise for Solok rice. Solok is an area in the land of Minangkabau which is famous for its premium quality rice. Many people from overseas order this rice for daily consumption.…
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