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West Sumatra Highlands Loop

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Recorded distance
193 km
Riding-time estimate
2 h 26
Journey
Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis

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Why this ride

A dense sequence of passes, valleys and viewpoint roads. It also links naturally to Minangkabau cultural landscape.

Access context

Verify licence, ferry logistics, volcanic alerts and local road condition. Specific flag: traffic; rain; landslides.

Seasonal context

May-Sep

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

  1. 1. Padang

    Padang is the main city of West Sumatra and the home of the Minangkabau, a people with one of the world's largest matrilineal societies, in which property and family names pass through the mother's line. The city sits on a narrow coastal plain with the Indian Ocean on one side and the volcanic ridge of the Bukit Barisan on the other, and it is best known for the food that bears its name. Padang restaurants, found across Indonesia, serve rendang, beef slow-cooked in coconut milk and spices until dark and dry, and the real thing, eaten in its home city, is a revelation. Waiters bring a stack of plates to your table, and you pay only for what you eat.

    Read the complete Padang write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Padang sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Bukittinggi.

  2. 2. Bukittinggi

    Planning note

    Bukittinggi comes up 71 km in. Next is Padang.

  3. 3. Padang

    Return visit. Read the place description above.

    Read the complete Padang write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    193 km in you reach Padang.

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