Unfamamiliar name of Mentawai Island is located in West Sumatera Indonesia. For local people Mentawai need some time to go to the main land. The approximately distances are 150 km (93 Miles) off the West Sumatera coast straight into Mentawai straits (round-trip). The astonishing island become the favorite destinaton for everybody around the world. Many resorts, villas, and beaches are waiting for you to explore Mentawai more adventurous and perfect run away. There are some activities you can do and grab them to feel of the nature waves and adorable white sand infront of your eyes. There are some activities in Mentawai island with luxury moment for the rest of your life.
Nature Destination
This is a new detination for surfing lover. Many tourist around the world is needing new place to sail their surf with perfect waves. The correct answer is Mentawai island. Before touch down the location you can anchor the boat at nearly beautiful white sand spread on the island beach. If you have any oppourtunity to rent beautiful boat. Some people can say on their experience after visited Mentawai Islands are dubbed as the unbelieveable place for surfing in the world.
So many amazing spots here in Mentawai. Almost 400 surf spots and around 13 of them support the international wave scale with amazing six meter highs. The favorite spots are Karang Majat, Nyang Nyang, Karoni, Katiet Island, and Mainux. Based of Mentawai Tourism Agency, almost 85% of visitors come to Mentawai island are the international surf mindset.
Passed 5 years ago, more than 4,000 peoples around the world stay in short term. Favorite time is around two weeks until six months. The surfers are foreigner, they are coming from USA, Australia, Austria, and United Kingdom. Just a few of them are local people from Indonesia. They want to explore Mentawai spots to enjoy luxurious waves with extraordinary highs.
Mentawai goverment website explained on their blog, the nature tourism is another way to enjoy Mentawai. So many spots for your destination are waiting for you. They have the detais:
1. Air Terjun (water falls) Simtamtaman. The located is Monganpoula Village, north Siberut Subdistrics.
2. Air Terjun (water falls) Sirilanggai. The located is Sirilogui Village, north Siberut subdistrics.
3. Air Terjun (water falls) Kulukubuk. The located is Madobak Village, south Siberut subdistrics.
4. Air Terjun (water falls) Cimpungan. The located is Cimpungan, center of Siberut.
5. Gojib lake at Simalegi Village, west Siberut sibdistrics.
6. Siberut National Park at Siberut Island.
7. Primate endemik of Mentawai at Siberut Island.
So rarely flora and fauna species and definitely authenticity of the Mentawai region is becoming the reason to anchor your holiday to explore more and more. You will never forget for the rest of your life to do here in Mentawai island become your luxuruious destination for surfing traveller, even the situation is so traditional.
Cultural Tourism
According to Mentawai goverment website, the cultural tourism is located at Madobag, Ugai, Butui, Matotonan, Lita, Sagulube', and Taileleu. All places are the perfect place to know more local family tribe in daily activities. The scientist really aware of the circumtances of local community cultures and making new platform to know more deeply. All activities have been researched by Reimar Schefold. He is an anthropology at Leiden University.
The multicultural Sabulungan* architecture in Mentawai is containing the Indonesia's existing ancient architecture during the Neolithic era. The basic architecture itself so natural surroundings the location. The Ornament materials are generally made of animal's leather or wood boards as a walls with a roof of palm leaves webbing, as material is widely available in the Mentawai Islands. You can do to practice to make it. Really amazing and incredible moment.
Sabulungan*
Sabulungan designation of culture identified a number of original Mentawai scientists as one of the oldest cultures in Indonesia. The words are standing for Sa and Bulungan. Sa is a "set" of means and Bulung is a "leaf". The definition for understanding of Sebalungan is a set of leaves which have supernatural powers (magical) known appellation kere or ketsat. The Leafs has been included in the ketsat of kere to transfer in to katsila (sphere) is made from palm leaves wickers, and katsila undeclared of three spirits; Tai Kabagat Koat, Ti Ka Leleu and Tai Ka Manua.
The uniqueness of local community culture is still maintained all rest of inland area. All perfect planned as become an ancient cultural villages with astonishing an ethic culture. Perfect destination to visit Mentawai island that reflected as a indigenous local culture and learn of their traditional everyday life. This is the magnet for the tourist to know more Mentawai. Another attraction is the place of local living, the great house called Uma residence. The place for local community of Mentawai and also for indigenous cultural center. Traditional dance of Turuk Laggai is uniqueness movement that related of great value of life stories of Mentawai, to celebrate of the important ceremonies the dance will showed as Turuk Mayana Laggai (eagle) and bilou (Monkey). The beautiful meaning in peace to all of tribes and others communities.
Do you like tatoo?. In Mentawai is the tattoo charisma attraction for everybody in the world that could be enjoy in hinterland of local villages. The place is ussually for tourist and traveller to see the beautiful oldest types tatoo in the world such as Matotonan village and Madobak (located in South Siberut subdistrict), and also Taileleu Village (located in Siberut Southwest).
Maritime Tourism
Mentawai islands are consisted mainland and ocean. The combintations are perfect to support holiday more amazing. The cluster of Mentawai is 100 island, standing for 1 big island and 99 small islands that streching from north to south. There are four inhabited island, they are Siberut Island, Sipora, North Pagai, and South Pagai.
Mentawai island is becoming an international tourist destination, but do not much facilities. It's all about will be ignore. Because it's bring you more powerful when interact by surfing area at International venue.
The astonishing place to play with amazing waves, Mentawai island become the same place for surfing as well as in Hawaii. But not all of the same but really near. But remember, all waves become your friends but sometimes they will be your enemies. Need to familiar with weather, winds, and near by places to make your surfing become unforgettable moment. For surferer accross the regions saw that the beauty of Mentawai waves integrated in to 70 surfing points. Most of them are foreign countries. There are 42 an exclusively surf spots become the place with the world of attitude average waves, 3-6 meters high. To catch real waves correlate with your freaks of natural inside of your soul. The phenomenon of waves become tools for surferer to drive of the surf itself in ordinary way but with extraordinary powers.
Not only for surfing, the other destination that associate for all travellers is seeing the naturallity richness of the sea, the unbeliveable coral reefs with extraordinary variation of marine life. Due to the location of Mentawai island sea straight into the Indian ocean makes a magnet to all tourists for snorkelling, diving in to the deep sea level. Perfect location spread away in to 33 potentials spots with local guide tour will guidance you totally. But, you can fishing with abundant fish resources, and beautiful varieties of large fish.
To support of Mentawai island as a perfect destination for surfer, divers, or run away for some time, the local goverment and private company to provide good well of amenities such as resort, villas, and hotels.
Tips how to explore Mentawai Island with perfect time and place.
1. Prepare your time for holidays here in Mentawai island. This is the start to begin all the way travelling.
2. Check airline tickets, reservations, and local transportation to support your holiday more comfort and amazing. All prepares in begining is the best.
3. Important documents such as passport, maps, or even your tour guide phone number to assist you while here in West Sumatera.
4. Read carefully the condition of the destination you could be to stay. The geographic and what exactly to do in there.
5. Always update the condition of the weather. Search it in to internet the additional information from authority agency or goverment. Or the resort will give you an extra info for waves, and other important things
6. If you have any imformation from books you can purchase it and read it completely. To increase the knowledge of your next destination, the manual books from the author will give you another information to guide you more safety.
7. You have make it plan in to you holiday schedule. The details of itinerary will schedule all your routine day.
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