Jam Gadang, Bukittinggi

The Gadang hour was the high tower building soared in a grand manner, have a roof typical Minangkabau, was located in the middle of the Bukittinggi city. The Gadang hour to landmark and the Bukittinggi coat-of-arms, was built on the hill that was named the Kandang Kerbau Hill in the Government's Dutch time in 1827 by Contraleur (the Secretary of the City) Rook Maker.

From the peak of our tower could enjoy and witnessed how beautiful is nature around the Bukittinggi city that was decorated Mount Merapi, Gunung Singgalang, Gunung Sago and the Sianok Gorge. Moreover, the Gadang Hour also was useful as the guide to the community around to know time. The matter that was unique at the Gadang Hour was the figure 4 that was written by IIII.

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Benteng Fort de Kock, Bukittinggi

This fortress was built in the peak in the Bukittinggi city in 1825 when the people's opposition happening that was led by Mr I Imam the Protruberance and the Nan Salapan Tiger against the Netherlands.

Around this Fortress still could be seen by us the old gun the period of the XIX Masehi age. This wide place was decorated with the garden as the place of the height witnessed, the Sianok Gorge and surrounding hills were gotten the old gun and the fortress building. This was the best place in Bukittinggi witnessed Sunset.

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Panorama Ngarai Sianok, Bukittinggi

The Sianok gorge was located in the Centre of the Bukittinggi city, lie alongside from South Nagari Koto Gadang continue to to the north, Nagari Sianok Enam Suku and ended in Palupuh in a long manner 15 km, the depth 100 metre and wide 200 metre.

The Sianok gorge or this Pendiam Valley was a beautiful, green and fertile valley, was displayed by him flowed a winding tributary investigated gaps tebing that coloured-warni with the Mount Merapi background and Singgalang that menghijau was nature that enchanted. The uniqueness of this Gorge was easy to be achieved, a Gorge in the centre of the city that was not found in other cities in the world. Beauty of the Sianok Gorge of nature that enchanted that always was immortalised by tourists by taking photographs as well as as the imagination for the painters. The trip explored by going through the footpath in the Gorge valley was interesting recreation, when the trip continued across the Gorge in time your 45 minutes will arrive in Nagari Koto Gadang as Nagari from several people of the leader of the Indonesian nation in part: H.Agus Salim and Emil Salim.

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Lembah Anai, Padang Panjang

The Lembah Anai environment very astonishing. The luxuriant tropical forest that impressed and was the protected forest.

Displayed by him flowed the Batang Anai River with his water that was clear and appeared a waterfall be as high as 40 metre very close with the highway.

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Danau Diatas dan Dibawah

The two lakes were known with the Kembar Lake term. The two lakes were located in the Pasar Simpang Village, Kecamatan Lembayang Jaya, Kab. The gift, be at a distance approximately 47 km from the Solok City and 56 km from the Padang City.

The uniqueness from twins's lake was to head the Di Atas Lake, we must go through the road that descended whereas to head the Dibawah Lake, we must go through the climbing road. Around the lake was buried markisa with the sweet feeling, vegetables, and the potato.

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Danau Singkarak (The Singkarak lake)

The Singkarak lake was in two regencies in West Sumatra, Kabupaten Solok and the Tanah Datar Regency. Widely 107.8 km² this lake was the lake was expanded the 2 in the Sumatran Island. This lake was the Ombilin Stick upstream. This lake water was partly channelled beyond the tunnel penetrated the Barisan Hill to the Anai Stick to move the PLTA Singkarak generator near Lubuk Alung, Padang Pariaman

The fish bilih (Mystacoleucus padangensis) was the species of the fish that was estimated by only lives in this lake [1], and to one of the typical food.

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Danau Maninjau (The Maninjau lake)

The Maninjau lake was a lake in the Raya Cape subdistrict, Kabupaten Agam, the West Sumatra province, Indonesia. This lake was located around 140 kilometre next north the Padang City, the West Sumatra capital, 36 kilometre from Bukittinggi, 27 kilometre from Lubuk Basung, the capital of the Agam Regency. Maninjau that was this volcanic lake was in the height 461,50 metre above sea level.

Widely Maninjau around 99.5 km² and had the depth of the maximum 495 metre. His basin was formed because of the eruption of the Mountain that was named Sitinjau (according to the local legend), this could be seen from the form of the hill of lake surrounds that resembled like the wall. According to the legend in Ranah Minang, the existence of the Maninjau Lake was linked was tight to the story nine of the Bachelor. The Maninjau lake was the source of water for the river named the Antokan Stick. In one of the lake parts that was the upstream from the Antokan Stick was gotten by PLTA Maninjau. The peak was highest hills around the Maninjau Lake was known by the name of Puncak Lawang. To be able to reach the Maninjau Lake if from the side of Bukittinggi then will pass the winding road that was known with the Bend 44 along approximately 10 KM starting from when Ambun Pagi arrived at Maninjau. This lake was recorded as the lake was expanded the eleven in Indonesia. Whereas in West Sumatra, Maninjau was the lake was expanded the two after the Singkarak Lake that had the area 129.69 km² that was in two regencies that is the Tanah Datar Regency and the Solok Regency. Around the Maninjau Lake was gotten by tour facilities, like the Hotel (Maninjau Indah Hotel, Pasir Panjang Permai) as well as accommodation and the restaurant.

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Sumatera Barat

West Sumatra was a province that was located in the Sumatran island, Indonesia. This province was the province was expanded the eleven in Indonesia.

West Sumatra was on the west middle the Sumatran island widely 42,297.30 km². This province had the plain in the West Coast, as well as the volcanic plateau that were formed the Barisan Hill that stretched from west sea to south-east. The Mentawai island that was located in the Indian Ocean including in this province. The West Sumatra shoreline completely be touching with the Indian Ocean along 375 km.

The lake that was in West Sumatra was Maninjau (99.5 km²), Singkarak (130.1 km²), above (31.5 km²), was supervised (Dibaruh) (14,0 km²), Talang (5.0 km²)

Several big rivers in the Sumatran island nuclear-warhead in this province, that is the Siak River, Sungai Rokan, Sungai Inderagiri (was acknowledged as the Kuantan Stick in his upstream part), the Kampar River and the Stick of the Day. All these rivers flowed into the east Sumatran coast, into the Riau province and Jambi.

Rivers that had in the West Coast a very short mouth. Several of the him was the Anai Stick, Batang Arau, and the Tarusan Stick.

Mountains in West Sumatra were Marapi (2.891 m.), sago (2.271 m.), Singgalang (2.877 m.), Tandikat (2.438 m.), Talakmau (2.912 m.), Talang (2.572 m.).

In this province could be met by us almost all the kinds of the nature tourist attraction like sea, the coast, the lake, the mountain and the gorge, apart from the cultural tourist attraction. Hotel accommodation has begun many from the jasmine class to the star of four.

And for you pelancomng or tourists who were visiting to Indonesia, don't forget to drop by at West Sumatra, and interesting tourist attractions and often was visited by tourists was:

• Danau Maninjau
• Danau Singkarak
• Danau Diatas dan Dibawah
• Lembah Anai, Padang Panjang
• Panorama Ngarai Sianok, Bukittinggi
• Benteng Fort de Kock, Bukittinggi
• Jam Gadang, Bukittinggi
• Pantai Air Manis, Padang
• Pantai Muaro, Padang
• Pantai Caroline, Padang
• Istana Pagarruyung, Batusangkar
• Harau, Payakumbuh
• Gunuang Merah Putih, Sulit Air

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