natural wonder
Ngarai Sianok
A 100-metre-deep canyon cut by the Sianok River along the Great Sumatran Fault at the edge of Bukittinggi, with a viewpoint walk from the town park. Buffalo graze the valley floor below.
18 km · about 20 min drive
West Sumatra, Indonesia · Asia
Padangpanjang is worth a stop: 25 minutes from Kotatua, 18km from Ngarai Sianok.
Padangpanjang is a town located in West Sumatra, Indonesia. With a population of 58,627, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Padangpanjang sits in Indonesia, where you drive on the left. It's in the Asia/Jakarta time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Padangpanjang to your route.
Padang Panjang (sometimes written as Padangpanjang, and spelt as Padang Pandjang in the Dutch East Indies era, lit. 'long field', Jawi: ڤادڠ ڤنجڠ) is a city located at 0°27′S 100°25′E in the highlands of West Sumatra, around 70 km inland from the provincial capital Padang. It sits on a plateau beneath the volcanoesRead more
Mount Marapi and Mount Singgalang, thus creating cooler temperatures. It was a popular tourist destination during Dutch rule in Indonesia, and it later became one of the centres of Islamic education in Sumatra.
Home to a famous performing arts conservatorium, Institut Seni Indonesia Padang Panjang (Indonesian Art Institute Padang Panjang), the town stretches up the hill from the marketplace and central mosque to the soccer field and bus terminal up to ISI. The main road through Padang Panjang links coastal Padang and the highland capital, Bukittinggi. The city is also home to the Minangkabau Cultural Documentation and Information Center (Indonesian: Pusat Dokumentasi dan Informasi Kebudayaan Minangkabau or PDIKM).
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Padangpanjang is located in West Sumatra, Indonesia, Asia. The coordinates are -0.4560 latitude, 100.4052 longitude.
Padangpanjang has a population of approximately 58,627 people, making it a town in Indonesia.
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natural wonder
A 100-metre-deep canyon cut by the Sianok River along the Great Sumatran Fault at the edge of Bukittinggi, with a viewpoint walk from the town park. Buffalo graze the valley floor below.
18 km · about 20 min drive
castle
A reconstructed Minangkabau royal palace with sweeping buffalo-horn roofs and carved timber walls, rebuilt after a 2007 lightning fire. Three storeys of interiors are open to visitors.
24 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A flat rice-farming floor hemmed by 100-metre granite cliffs with waterfalls dropping straight off the rim, on the road east from Payakumbuh. A nature reserve since Dutch colonial times.
49 km · about 55 min drive
bridge
Spectacular stacked flyover in West Sumatra that spirals a highway up a jungle gorge, replacing the old nine hairpin bends: Indonesia's most photographed piece of road engineering.
55 km · about 65 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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