A
winding road with 44 sharp turns descends to Maninjau Lake, 36 km from
Bukittinggi. A crater lake abounds with fish. There are also facilities
for swimming and water skying. Matur village, overlooking lakes,
arranges dance performances on request. To the west of Bukittinggi,
Meninjau Lake is a Crater Lake renowned for its scenery and remote
beauty. Visitors can rent canoes and motorboat at the lakeshore. To the
east of Padangpanjang, Batusankar we can see the Splendidly restores
palace, with its wonderful carved and painted facades. Balimbing
village have many traditional Minang houses.
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