Location: Sikuai Island, South Teluk Kabung, Bungus Teluk Kabung, Padang City, West Sumatra
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Exotic Beauty

Padang is one of the cities in Sumatra with exotic natural beauty. Padang or Minang land is now primed to become a special attraction in Indonesia to attract tourists, especially foreigners.

The provincial capital or province of West Sumatra has many tourist areas and vacation spots that have historical stories and even mythical stories in them as one of its main attractions. Like the story of Malin Kundang which is the main attraction here.

In the Province of West Sumatra, there are indeed many natural tourist locations by offering natural charm as one of the tourism resources to attract tourists. There are many islands around West Sumatra that offer their own charm.

For example, like the islands of Pagang, Mentawai to Painan, this is proof of how Padang has provided natural beauty facilities for tourists on vacation to the capital of West Sumatra. Of course it is the main attraction.

One of the islands in Padang which presents a panoramic side of the province is Sikuai Island. This island, which has a history of several cases at the time of the big earthquake and tsunami in Padang, has its own beauty.

Know Your Location

The tourist area of ​​Sikuai Island in the city of Padang was once a favorite tourist destination for foreign tourists who decided to take a vacation in West Sumatra province.

The island itself is indeed the first time according to the story and also the information that was spread both in the Kaskus forum to Wikipedia itself which was developed by the government and private managers as a tourist destination in 1994.

At that time, the majority of those who headed to this island were foreign tourists who wanted to see the beauty and natural charm offered by Padang. Especially with the existence of very luxurious facilities with many inns such as resorts, villas, cottages, to star hotels.

Even before, the official website of this holiday area was www. This island of sikuai .com is quite crowded with foreign tourists to enjoy the natural beauty that Padang has to offer. Unfortunately this charm cannot be enjoyed now.

The charm of Sikuai through photos, photos, pictures, pictures to videos on Youtube has begun to disappear. Problems and cases that occur between the government and private managers are one of the reasons this island is increasingly being abandoned.

The conflict and the sad condition also affected the tourism sector in Padang. Right now, this holiday area has been damaged by this case. So that the inn here has been destroyed.

Start Changing

The face of Sikuai Padang Island itself has indeed begun to change. With the emergence of these problems, foreign tourists are finally reluctant to have a vacation on this large island. Even so, the beauty of this island can still be enjoyed. Especially for local tourists.

Even though it is closed for tourism purposes, domestic tourists can still visit this area by following tours from travel agents or by themselves. Feel the sensation of nature combined with the mystery and haunted side in it.

Location Where

As mentioned earlier, Sikuai Padang Island is a fairly large island. There are about 44.4 hectares. Practically makes this area very suitable to be a tourist location.

This tourist attraction is included in the administrative area of ​​Bungus Teluk Kabung District, Padang. The location and address of the island itself is well known by the people of this city as well as tourists.

This area presents a beautiful and exotic beach atmosphere. Coupled with the existence of a very exotic underwater biodiversity. The distance to the beach is indeed quite far from the city center.

However, it is possible that tourists can still enjoy the beauty of this natural tourist area.

The average trip to Sikuai is through Muara Harbor. Furthermore, transportation to this area uses a fishing boat. After it was closed and there were also many problems, transportation only used a speedboat or fishing boat.

For tourists who use tour services, they can use a speedboat to get here. Of course it’s much faster and also less complicated. However, the cost of transportation is much more expensive when compared to fishing boats.

For tours, there are several packages to choose from. Especially since the 2000s, such as 2014, 2015, 2016 to 2017 and this year, there have been tour packages that make it easier for tourists to visit the island located in Padang.

Travelers can use a floor plan, map or map to find out the main route or route and route to this area. Even though now the fate of this island is closed and the situation is a little neglected, it does not make this island forgotten.

Why is that ? The reason is that currently the beauty of this island area remains attractive and provides its own charm. Plus the price of admission to here is free. Only need to pay for the transportation fee or fare.

Even though the only access is by sea, it doesn’t make tourists retreat. Here, visitors can do various activities. One of them is relaxing on the beach pinggi.

You can also swim, snorkel and dive to enjoy the natural beauty of the underwater world. In addition, tourists can also do trekking in the hilly area which is located not far from the beach location.

The hills around this beach present enchanting natural beauty. In this area, tourists can see the splendor of the sea and the beach.

Why is it closed?

As already mentioned earlier that the traveler when setting foot on Sikuai Padang Island can see the state of this island which is like a dead city.

This is due to the fact that this tourist area is no longer a tourist area. So that it makes lodging and other public facilities neglected. In 2009, the manager of Sikuai Resort had indeed decided not to continue the business.

So that it can be seen that the facility is finally neglected and not properly maintained. It is very unfortunate, especially seeing that the facilities there are quite complete.

Especially with the cottages for lodging, cafes and other facilities. Practically everything has become neglected and not reused.

However, tourists can still visit one of the islands in Padang. The tourists only need to rent a fishing boat as a means of transportation. The price or rental rate will cost around 600 thousand.

With this price, tourists don’t just head to Sikuai. There are also many interesting locations around this area. Of course it is one of the main attractions. Practically makes tourists can enjoy the beauty of the seductive Padang.