At the southern tip of Sumatra, Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park comprises one of the island’s last stands of lowland forests. For this reason the World Wildlife Fund has ranked it as one of the planet’s most biologically outstanding habitats…
Mentawai Island, Sumatra
The Mentawai Islands are a chain of about seventy islands and islets approximately 150 kilometers (93 miles) off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Take a trip into the wild with an adventure to the Mentawai islands. Be surrounded…
Cubadak Paradiso Village, Sumatra
Cubadak Island located just off the coast of West Sumatra. The history of Sumatra is rich and complex. Archaeological evidence suggests that Sumatra was the gateway for migrating tribes from mainland Southeast Asia, with hunter-gatherers living along the Strait of Melaka some…
Sumatran Tiger Expedition
Stretching across a swathe of land more than twice the size of Bali, Sumatra’s largest national park offers ample adventure for those dreaming to see Indonesia at its wildest. Sumatra is an elongated landmass spanning a diagonal northwest-southeast axis. The…
Pagar Alam Tea Plantation, South Sumatra
Three hundred kilometres away from the capital of South Sumatra, locked in by the Bukit Barisan Mountains, Pagar Alam never loses its enthusiasm for tourists. The area offers archaeological sites, a flower festival, hundreds of hectares of tea plantations and…
Bawomataluo, Nias traditional house
Bawömataluo is the largest and best preserved traditional villages on Nias Island. It is sometimes referred to as the Kings Village. Rather than a king, there was a very powerful tribal chieftain who ruled the surrounding villages from here. Bawomataluo Village…
Surfing in South Sumatra, Krui
The coastline of the Krui region of southern Sumatra rivals any part of Indonesia in terms of consistency and quality of waves. So why haven’t you heard of it? The “downside” for some people is that the major surf zones…
Kandui Villas, Mentawai Island
This is the Mentawais experience, but not as you know it. Kandui Villas provides unparalleled luxury, decadence and extravagance at the world’s premier, remote surfing haven. Kandui Villas is simply the next level of luxury surf travel in one of the most…
Tangkahan Elephant Adventure, North Sumatra
Tangkahan is a small rural settlement on the edge of the Gunung Leuser National Park. It is more isolated than Bukit Lawang and has not been developed to the same extent. Get up close and personal with Sumatra’s largest animal,…
Celebrating the Total Solar Eclipse from Poso in Central Sulawesi & Bangka-Belitung
On 9th March 2016, the spectacular phenomenon of a total solar eclipse will pass across a large part of the Indonesian archipelago, where among places most clearly visible to follow are on the islands of Bangka and Belitung off Sumatra and the town of Poso in…