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
AsiaIndonesiaWest Sumatra
Padangpanjang
West Sumatra, Indonesia · Asia
About Padangpanjang
Padangpanjang is worth a stop: 25 minutes from Kotatua, 18km from Ngarai Sianok.
Padangpanjang is in West Sumatra, Indonesia, with about 59,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Kotatua, about 13 km away.
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What is there to see near Padangpanjang?
Within an hour or so of Padangpanjang: Ngarai Sianok (18 km), Istano Basa Pagaruyung (24 km), Harau Valley (49 km), Kelok 9 Bridge (54 km).
Where is Padangpanjang?
Padangpanjang is in West Sumatra, Indonesia, about 13 km from Kotatua.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 58,627
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- West Sumatra
- Timezone
- Asia/Jakarta
- Coordinates
- -0.4560, 100.4052
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Worth the detour from Padangpanjang
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Istano Basa Pagaruyung
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
Harau Valley
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
Kelok 9 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.
54 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Padangpanjang
- 49 kmHarau ValleyA 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.
- 54 kmKelok 9 BridgeSpectacular 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.
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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