In the afternoon you will be greeted at your hotel in Padang on your personal tour guide and taken to the port of Muara. There you will board the ferry to Siberut in the Mentawai Archipelago. The Mentawai archipelago is located about 140km west of Padang. The archipelago covers an area of 6.700km = B2 and comprises the islands of Siberut, Sipura, Nordpagai (Pagai Utara) and Südpagai (Pagai Selatan). About half of the 65,000 inhabitants of the archipelago on the main island of Siberut live. Many of the residents are indigenous peoples, as in the Sakhai associated nachwievor their animist traditions and their original lifestyle. Also home to many endemic species on the islands. One can see e.g. Mentawai gibbons (Hylobates klossii) Pageh butt noses (Simias concolor), Pagai macaques (Macaca pagensis), Siberut macaques (Macaca siberu) and Mentawai langurs (Presbytis Potenziani). Siberut is valued by the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The crossing to Muarasiberut begins in the evening. Overnight on board the ferry.

Early in the morning to reach Muara Siberut, where you first get the permission to visit the archipelago by the local government. Then we drive a motorized canoe, depending on the water level continues to Rorogot or Madobak. Then you hike for 3.5 hours after Sakaleo or Bat Nusa. Where to stay in a house of the Mentawai.

After the simple breakfast, explore with your guide the settlement. Learn more about the everyday lives of the people of Mentawai and vital activities such as hunting, fishing and the production of Sagopulver. The powder is made with hand made from the pith of the sago palm. For this, a sago palm like just before the flower, bark and crushed the whitish cord until it is turned into a powder. The powder is kneaded with water until the starch comes out, later collected in a container and then dried for later consumption or trade. Rohsago is a major part of many meals of living on Siberut primitive peoples. When you return to the home you may get lucky and can attend during the evening ceremonies of a traditional dance performances.

In the morning you can still spend some time with the residents of the settlement before heading to another village. The hike to Bat alemoi will take about 2.5 hours. Staying in Bat elemoi you in a house of the Mentawai.

The morning is to explore the village at leisure. Even here people go about their everyday work.

In the morning you reach the port of Padang. There you will be picked up and taken to your hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure. Hotels in Padang.

Breakfast in the hotel. Then the day you might transfer to the airport for free.