6 Days Siberut Island – Mentawai Tribe

DAY 01 : Arrival Padang – Depart to Siberut Island
Meet and Greet at the Hotel / Airport, transfer to Padang Possibility to buy gifts for the Mentawai people. Departure of the ferry between at 05.00 / 06.00 pm from the hotel to Muara Port / Bungus Port, We will spend over night on the ferry, arriving at Muara Siberut on Day 2 early morning.

Day 2 Muara Siberut – Departure to Mentawai Clan Village ( B, L, D )
Arrive in the morning at Muara SIberut, prepare some stuff to departure by speedboat. The river’s water draught is quite limited. When the water level is very low, we may ask our guests to get off and walk up the riverbed. About noon, we arrive at the departure point of the trek, where we meet our porters. According the time of arrival,we may take a rather easy path, but usually very muddy, for a 4 to 6 -hour walk.

Day 3 Stay at Mentawai Clan 1/2 different Village ( B, L, D
Wake up for a bath in the river. Breakfast Indonesian tea and coffee, bread, sago, jam, eggs. Daily activities: fishing, sago processing, making the sago (the staple food of the Mentawaians), and baking it; manufacturing a bow and arrows, and making the poison for the arrows, bark cloth processing. And if we are lucky, we will witness a shaman ceremony. We can explore at leisure the surroundings and visit other clans.

Day 4 Stay at Mentawai Clan 1/2 different Village ( B, L, D )
Wake up for a bath in the river. Breakfast Indonesian tea and coffee, bread, sago, jam, eggs. Daily activities: fishing, sago processing, making the sago (the staple food of the Mentawaians), and baking it; manufacturing a bow and arrows, and making the poison for the arrows, bark cloth processing. And if we are lucky, we will witness a shaman ceremony. We can explore at leisure the surroundings and visit other clans.

Day 5 Village – Muara Siberut – Padang ( B, L, D )
After breakfast, We prepare to hike back, with speedboat ride to Muara Siberut in 4 to 6 hours. Arrive in Malepet in Muara Siberut, waiting to catch Ferry to Padang, Overnight on Ferry.

Day 6 Padang Arrival. Arrival early morning in Padang
Arrival in the morning the car will standby to pick you up in Port and transfer to Hotel or Airport for Next Destination. Tour End.

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