Beautiful Lake Maninjau : West Sumatra Destination

Lake  Maninjau  is a volcanic lake that is located at 461,50 meter above the sea level. Its width is 99, 5 km2 with 4, 95 meter of the maximum depth. The existence of Lake Maninjau has created a folktale called "Single Sembilan" (The nine Bachelors). People living around the lake believe that those nine Bachelors are real. Once upon a time, there was a family consists of nine Bachelors and a beautiful girl named Sani. There was a man named Sagiran who loved her, they love each other until one day they were accused of doing contemptible thing by the Bachelors. In order to prove the Bachelors 'assumption, both Sani and Sagiran jumped into the cauldron of Mount Tinjau. Before jumping into the cauldron, they swore that the mount would not explode if they did that contemptible thing, otherwise, the mount would explode if they did not do it. Finally, there was a huge explosion causing a big hole that was fulfilled by water that is believed as the cause of the existence of Lake Maninjau.

The first President of Indonesia, Mr. Ir. Soekarno, batas ever visited Lake Maninjau, as an expression of his amazement, he wrote a pantun  (Malayan bait ramalan) sounded " Jika makan aria pinang, makanlah dengan sirih hijau, jangan datang ke ranah Minang, jika belum mampir ke Maninjau " which means that he suggested everyone visiting West Sumatera must visit Lake Maninjau because of its wonderful scenery.

We may compare it with other famous lakes from all over the world seperti lake in Luzern, Zurich, dan Swiss. Lake Maninjau has shinny turquoise water with the Flapping leaves of coconut trees and hills around the lake that make a wonderful view in Lake Maninjau.

Where Location and Access go to Lake Maninjau?

It is located in Tanjung Raya, in the district of Agam, West Sumatra provinsi , Indonesia.  Ada dua alternative ways to reach the destination, from the east and from the west. If you choose to start it from the west, it will be started from Padang to Lubuk Basung (the capital of Agam district) passing by Pariaman city. It spends about a half an hour day by land using any accessible public transportation or chartered car that can be easily found there. It will be started from Padang to Bukit Tinggi continued to the destination passing by Kelok 44 for approximately three hours if we choose the alternative way from east.  Many types of hotel or home stays can be easily found there. There are many restaurants offering delicious Masakan.