Mentawai Archipelago

Mentawai Islands is famous for its beautiful beaches. High waves can be used for surfing activities (surfing). Surfing the Mentawai islands are an icon that has been known throughout the world. Several times the international surfing competitions have been held here. No less than 400 "Surfing Spot" (surf spot) that can be used as a surfing location.

Surfing activity can be done at several beaches located in the Mentawai islands. The beaches are: Beaches Nyangnyang, Coral Coast Bajat, Karoniki Beach, and Beach Pananggelat Mainuk which are all located in the District of South Siberut. In addition to the District of South Siberut, in District Sipora there are also several beaches like Katiet Bosua Coast and the South Coast. While in the District of North Pagai there is the West Coast.

Mentawai sea, ranging from the surf to the seabed has a fantastic wealth and potential. The high waves that some of them into the category of extreme, making the Mentawai as one of the popular tourist attraction in the world surfing.


Surf sports usually conducted in April to October. Given that, in these months the waves in the Mentawai islands reached its zenith and the surfers can use it for surfing. Meanwhile, in November to March, the waves in the Mentawai islands are not so high, so it is not challenging enough for use surfing activities.

Surfing activity is located in three districts, including the District of South Siberut, District and the District of North Pagai Sipora included in the Mentawai Islands regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia.

The indigenous people who live in pockets Mentawai cultural tradition exists only in the interior of Siberut Island Village Madobak, Ugai and Matotonan. To achieve the three villages of the path is usually through the rivers and trails with routes Muara Siberut-Rokdok-Madobak-Ugai-Matotonan with the distance of 5-6 hours.

Tourists can spend the night at Uma while watching the lives of local people who still wear the typical native called Kbabit made ​​of bark, the body is decorated with Ti'ti or tattoos that have meaning and a very high art.

Community life, unique culture, natural scenery, historical relics and the waves the waves are composed of five levels make Mentawai a paradise for surfers. They also enjoy traveling or trekking, take the original tropical forest, enjoying the lifestyle of pristine forest to explore areas not yet equipped with the infrastructure.

Mentawai Islands is an island-Puku original since about five hundred thousand rahun ago. There is no indication as to when people first arrived in Mentawai Islands, but from the language used, the level of cultural and physical features of the Mentawai tribe probably originated from the earliest Homo Sapien who came to Indonesia

Madobak village became one tourist attraction to visit because here people still maintain the culture and traditional life in carrying out his daily life such as hunting, gathering medicine, perform religious ceremonies called punen Puliaijat.Untuk treat sick people then used sikerei way that is calling the spirits.

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