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AIR MANIS BEACH

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As a city located on the west coast of Sumatra, Padang has a number of beaches that are the destination and the attraction for the tourism sector. One of them is Sweet Water Beach. The beach is located approximately 10 km to the south from the city center. It is located behind Padang Mountain or precisely in District Padang Selatan, Padang City. This beach is one of the popular tourist destination that is always crowded visited by the public, especially during the school holidays or Eid. Sweet Water or in Minang dialect called 'aia manih' is a beach with a wide coastline, gentle contours, and whitish brown sand. This beach is known for its small waves and has a beautiful panorama on the north side. At the north end of this beach we can see the mound of Mount Padang from a distance. In addition, there are two small islands namely Small Banana Island (banana ketek) and Banana Besar (banana gadang) which is not far from this coast. In addition to the natura...

CAROCOK BEACH

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Carocok Beach became a tourist magnet that never deserted visited. The beach that stretches between Painan in Pesisir Selatan and Padang regency is never stop cleaning, adding various facilities to pamper the tourists. In this coastal area, visitors are not only treated to stunning coastal beauty but also a stunning underwater panorama, plus a historical story that is a pity to miss. Carocok Beach is a complete tourist destination. This beach provides a variety of activities that can be done by all people, ranging from children to parents, from water enthusiasts to lovers of roads, from lovers of challenging activities to lovers of leisure activities. All that stuff you can do in this Beach. Many people who compare Carocok with Sanur Beach in Bali or Pantai Kra Di Peninsula in Malaysia, it is not excessive because this beach is not less beautiful with two famous beaches. In addition to Carocok Beach, the South Coast tourist area is also close to several other sights worth e...

ANGSO DUO BEACH

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West Sumatra has a lot of beautiful island tours with natural scenery and exotic underwater. One of them is Angso Duo Island. A beautiful small island that has a charm for domestic and foreign tourists Angso Island The Duo has a stunning underwater beauty with a diversity of coral reefs, varied fish and crystal clear seawater. This is what makes the domestic and foreign tourists a lot of vacation to Island Angso Duo. People already living on the island of Angso Duo, they have opened a food stall, so do not be afraid of starvation in this island. Angso Island Duo is very clean from the trash, because there are facilities in the form of garbage can at almost every corner of this island. So, if you want to throw away the garbage, throw it in place. From Gandoriah Beach, you can take a boat tour that is used to bring tourists to the island of Angso Duo with travel time approximately 10 minutes. Do not forget, for the last crossing to Angso Duo Island is at 15:00 pm and back a...

PADANG BEACH

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Pantai Padang Taplau is located in downtown Padang. Padang which is the capital of West Sumatra Province is very special. The city is still very thick to maintain this culture it also has many attractions of interest to the public Padang Taplau Beach is usually filled by local people and tourists who are traveling or coincide with doing business activities there and fill his spare time here. Padang Taplau Beach is the beach that is the most appropriate place to eliminate fatigue. From this beach, we can observe the sun slowly descending. Little by little we see the sun begin to cover itself in the darkness, begin to touch the edge of the cakrwala and show its final glimmer. Without us knowing it, the day began to darken and the moon replaced the role of the sun. Pantai Padang Taplau has a long coastline. On one side, the background of the sea is more complete with a hill called Mount Padang. Padang Taplau Beach does have some facilities such as quite a few tent stalls that ...