Tourist attractions in West Sumatra

Tourist attractions in West Sumatra

Istana Bung Hatta 

Istana Bung Hatta or Gedung Negara Tri Arga is located in the center of Bukittinggi, the Clock Tower in front of the park. In 1946 the building was in use as the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia first Drs. Mohammad Hatta, and In 1947 the building was made as the Central Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia. Now, name the building was replaced with a building of Bung Hatta Palace to commemorate the services of Mohammad Hatta proclaimed Indonesia.

Clock Tower

 

Clock Tower is named for a tower clock located in the heart of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra province. Local communities named "Clock Tower", therefore the clock tower has four clocks with a large size; where "large sieve" in Indonesian language means "great". Clock Tower was built in 1926 by an architect named Yazin and Sutan Dental Ameh. Clock Tower is a gift from the Queen of the Netherlands to the Rook Maker, Controleur or secretary of the town of Bukittinggi in the reign of the Dutch East Indies. Laying the first stone clock tower was conducted by Rook Maker's first son who was then 6 years old. Clock Tower has become the center of everyone's attention. It also resulted in the Clock Tower used as a marker or landmark town of Bukittinggi and also as one of the icons of West Sumatra province. Construction of the Clock Tower building cost about 3,000 Gulden, which costs quite fantastic for the size of the time. But it paid off with the famous Clock Tower as a landmark as well as the iconic town of Bukittinggi. Extensive ground-plan of the Clock Tower is a 13 x 4 meters, with a tower 26 meters high. Meanwhile four hour imported from Rotterdam, Netherlands via the Gulf ports Bayur is mechanically driven by the engine and has a diameter of 80 cm respectively. It is said that the machine at the Clock Tower built only two units in the world; yourself Clock Tower and Big Ben in London, England.

Japan hole Bukittinggi  

Japan hole Bukittinggi is one of the historical attractions in the city of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Japan hole is a tunnel (bunker) the protection of the Japanese occupation forces built around the year 1942 for defense. One of Japan's entrance into the holes in the canyon Sianok
Japan began to run into holes historical attractions in the year 1984, by the town of Bukittinggi. Some of Japan's entrance into these holes are located on Gorges area Sianok, Panorama Park, next to the Bung Hatta Palace and Zoo in Bukittinggi.

Gorges Sianok  

Sianok canyon is a steep valley (ravine) located in the border town of Bukittinggi, the IV Koto district, Agam regency, West Sumatra. The valley is long and winding as the southern border town of Koto Gadang canyon to the village Sianok Anam Tribe, and ended in the district Palupuh. Sianok canyon has very beautiful scenery and also became one of the mainstay of the provincial tourist attraction. Sianok canyon has jurangnya with a depth of about 100 m and stretches along 15 km with a width of about 200 m, and is part of the fault that separates the island of Sumatra in half lengthwise (Semangko fault). This fault forms a steep wall, even perpendicular and form a green valley-the result of movement down the earth's crust (sinklinal)-fed rod Sianok (rod means river, in the Minangkabau language) where the water is clear. In the Dutch colonial era, the gap is referred to as buffalo sanget, because of the many free-living wild buffalo in the bottom of this canyon.

Wildlife Parks and Cultural Kinantan  

Wildlife Parks and Cultural Kinantan or better known by the name of Bukittinggi Zoo is one of the zoo on the island of Sumatra, which lies on top of Mount Cubadak Bungkuak Bukittinggi, West Sumatra province, Indonesia.
Wildlife Parks and Cultural Kinantan is also one of the oldest zoos in Indonesia, and the only one in West Sumatra, with the most complete collection of animals on the island of Sumatra.
The zoo is also a mainstay attraction in the town of Bukittinggi is connected by bridge with attractions Limpapeh Fort de Kock. Is situated not far from downtown, making the zoo's main attraction for the tourists who visit the town of Bukittinggi.

Tri Dharma Eka Power Museum

   
Eka Dharma Tridaya Museum is one museum that is in located in West Sumatra town of Bukittinggi, exactly in the way of Panorama No. 24, Kayo Kubu village, sub-bottom scrapings Long, Bukittinggi. The museum was inaugurated by Mohammad Hatta, on August 16, 1973. Museum which has a collection of hundreds of weapons of war era is open to the general public. A variety of historical objects found at this museum, including a long-barreled rifles, short barreled rifles, cannon, ammunition, grenades, battle armor, radio transmitter, the receiver signal, telephone and also the clothes of the Indonesian army and foreign troops. On the outside of the museum there are also AT-16 Aircraft, Harvard B-419 made in the United States that were once used in crushing the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia in Central Sumatra in 1958, which operated in Solok, Indarung, Bukittinggi and Payakumbuh.

  

Museum Adityawarman  

Adityawarman Museum is one museum in West Sumatra is located in the city of Padang, exactly on Jalan Diponegoro No. 10, West Padang district. The museum was inaugurated on March 16, 1977 by the Education Minister, Prof.. Dr. Sharif Thayeb. The museum is under the authority of the provincial government of West Sumatra. The museum is using the name of one of kings who once ruled the Malayapura Adityawarman to reign between 1347-1375.

Building Cultural Center Sawahlunto  

Sawahlunto House Cultural Center is a building located on Jl. No. Ahmad Yani. 4 cities Sawahlunto, West Sumatra province, Indonesia. This building was built in 1910 under the name "Gluck Auf" and has an area of ​​870 square meters. This building was formerly serves as a meeting hall (Societeit). Where the colonial government mining officials assembled to amuse themselves. In addition, this building is also called the House Ball, because on one side of the building is used as a place to play sports bowling and billiards to the Dutch authorities in Sawahlunto at the time. After Indonesia gained its independence and in line with the end of Dutch colonial rule, the building was used as a Building Society Meeting (GPM).

Island Cubadak

  Cubadak island located in the South Coast district, West Sumatra province. The island is located in the Gulf Mandeh Cubadak, 40 kilometers south of Padang, and 5 km from the coast. The breadth of 40 km ². Cubadak can be reached by boat from the village Carocok. Cubadak consists of forest where various kinds of animal life. The island is only inhabited by several families of fishermen and surrounded by rocks. In Cubadak contained diving activities.

Lake Maninjau  

Maninjau Lake is a lake in the district of Tanjung Kingdom, Agam regency, West Sumatra province, Indonesia. The lake is located about 140 kilometers north of Padang, West Sumatra's capital, 36 kilometers from Bukittinggi, 27 kilometers from Lubuk cone, the capital of Agam. Maninjau which is a volcanic lake is situated at an altitude of 461.50 meters above sea level. Broad Maninjau about 99.5 km ² and has a maximum depth of 495 meters. Lake Maninjau is a source of water to the river named Sri Antokan Trunk. This lake is listed as the eleventh largest lake in Indonesia. While in West Sumatra, Maninjau is the second largest lake after Lake Singkarak.

Lake Singkarak  

Singkarak Lake is a lake that stretched across two counties in the province of West Sumatra, Indonesia, the counties Solok and Tanah Datar regency. This lake has an area of ​​107.8 km ² and is the 2nd largest lake on the island of Sumatra. This lake is upstream Ombilin Trunk. However sebahagian lake water is passed through a tunnel through the Bukit Barisan to the Batang Anai Singkarak hydropower generators to drive near Lubuk Alung, Pariaman District.

Lake Gutters Gutters Lake is a lake in Solok district, West Sumatra province, Indonesia.

The root bridge

 
The root bridge, a potential tourist attraction in the South Coastal District. The root bridge is a bridge that is formed from two interwoven tree roots that grow across and extends over stem the flow shadow shadow in the district, the South Coast district, West Sumatra. Local people call it Titian Aka (Minang language), and according to them this bridge has been there for hundreds of years ago.

Panorama Tabek Broken  

Broken Tabek Panorama volcano located in the waist between the city and Batusangkar Bukittinggi, Indonesia. Weather was cool and often foggy. When the weather is sunny, the scenery was beautiful. There are two small lakes namely Taganang Pakih and AIE. There are fish typical Didanau Tabek Broken by the locals called the fish Puyu

Coast Carocok  

Carocok beach is a beach attraction is located west of the city Painan, South Coast district, province of West Sumatra, Indonesia. About 200 meters to the west of the attraction of this beach there is a small island called the island of white sandy Cingkuk.