Oinan Surf Lodge: Trip Overview

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Trip Overview

Day 1 - Arrival at Padang Airport,our tour guide will meet and greeting you.Ready to take you to the port.If your arrival at the early morning,our guide will take you to the transit hotel for relax while waiting for the ferry departure (with guest own expenses and request).5 pm ready to the port for take off to the Mentawais by Ambu Ambu Ferry at 8.00pm.

Day 2 - Arrival at the Mentawai harbor by Ambu Ambu ferry at 7.00am.Our guide will take you to the Lodge .You can take some rest or sleep after overnight 10 hours on the ferry.If you want to start your surf session on the day, Our guide are ready to bring you to the spot near by the beach at the lodge.(Optional)

Day 3 to day 8 - Take a breakfast at the morning.Our Surf Guide and Boat crew which has knowledge about the wind to predict which wave you should ride first, they are ready to take you to the spot.You have 2 surf session in a day which is starting at the morning till afternoon and take a break for lunch time.Session will continue after take a 2 or 3 hours (depends on the conditions and your request) break time.1 spot for 1 session.

Day 9 - Prepare to going back home.Please check all your document,stuff and important thing.Our guide will take you at the afternoon and guide you to Padang by Ambu Ambu Ferry.We will arrive to Padang at the morning of the next day and ready to fly back.We will miss you and hope to see you again on the next trip.

END TOUR.

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About Mentawai

Mentawai Islands is a district in West Sumatra Province located at a distance of 150 km off the coast of Sumatra Island. The total area of Mentawai District is 601 km ² area, inhibited by 64,235 people, mostly indigenous people. Mentawai Islands consists of 213 islands with 4 main islands of Siberut, Sipora, North Pagai and South Pagai. The capital of Mentawai is at the Tua Pejat.

Mentawai Islands have a coastline of 758 km. The waves at Mentawai Islands is the best for surfing. Mentawai Islands potential was discovered in the mid 90's when some surfers from Australia came to visit and saw the great waves that they never thought was in Mentawai. The surfer eventually broadcast their findings and some of them even built several beach resorts to serve foreign tourists who want to surf in the Mentawai.

The geographical position of the Mentawai Islands is off the coast of West Sumatra and has distinct benefits for tourism development of extreme sports. Located directly facing the open oceans, the Mentawai Islands is guaranteed with consistent waves all year round. Time between April to August which is summer holidays in Europe is the best time for surfing in Mentawai. In that season, Mentawai waves can reach six feet tall and this is what surfers really want. Mentawai Islands has 400 surfing spots, 23 of them has international standard waves. The surfing spots are around Nyang-Nyang, Coral Bajat, Karoniki, Pananggelat and Mainuk (Pulau Siberut), Katiet Basua (Sipoira Island) and North Pagai (Sikakap Island).

The recognition given by the surfers aorund the world could be seen by the amount of surfing events held in these islands. Every year in August, we could attend the world surfing championship. With this event, thousands of tourist especially surfing enthusiasts come to Mentawai from all around the world. Each tourist spends an average of U.S. $ 2500 for a uncomparable surfing experience in the Mentawai.