PADDLE SUMATRA - Kayaking in Indonesia

In the heart of Sumatra, a few km south of the Equator lies the KUANTAN river in some of wildest Jungles of Indonesia. The upper part of it's valley is of incredible beauty with several hundred meter high limestone cliffs, caves and picturebook rainforest.… Continue

Less than 2 hrs by train from KUALA LUMPUR / Malaysia there is a world class creek : the SELANGOR RIVER with rapids up to grade 4. ( below: 'Second Canyon' ) To get there from KUALA LUMPUR is easy and cheap by commuter train to RAWANG, there change train to KUALA KUBU BHARU. From train station KKB take a taxi for 5 M$ to town or directly to the put in a bit below the SELANGOR dam.

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100.000 years ago, the worst volcanic disaster that ever happened on earth, occurred on the island of Sumatra / Indonesia. An explosion 1000 times more powerful than the one of Mt.St.Helens blasted 2000 cubic kilometers (!) of magma, tuff and ashes into the atmosphere. The ashes darkened the sun away for years and changed the climate of the earth... The explosion left a huge hole in the earth - this chamber collapsed and filled with water during thousands of years to come. Lake Toba is the bigge… Continue

I thought many years if it would be a good idea to go to Mentawai, an islandgroup off the westcoast of Sumatra, famous for the MENTAWAI tribe which is still living as gatherers and hunters in the jungle. "Better leave them alone - then I do not contribute to their change.." , I thought. Finally an australian friend Mick… Continue

End of february finally the tour will start to PULAU BANYAK, an archipelago at the Sumatran Westcoast. This archipel consists of 99 picturebook islands, many of them uninhabited.

There is a project going on now to protect seaturtles and generally, the environment on those islands which have been… Continue