TOURS
Five packages, all organized from Padang.
Every package includes the Mentawai fast ferry both ways, meals, permits, an English-speaking Siberut guide, dugout canoe, porters and accommodation in a traditional Uma. Ferry tickets are bought the day before, with a briefing and pickup at your hostel in Padang. The host Uma is arranged by appointment before the tour begins.
Not sure which to pick?
Each package has its own focus, from a first cultural immersion to jungle experience and longer cultural exploration. Itineraries are subject to change depending on conditions. Message us with your dates and we will say which fits.
Local Siberut teams only, not Padang operators
All transfers from Padang included
English-speaking Mentawai guide throughout
Ferry schedule: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
MOST BOOKED
3 DAYS · 2 NIGHTS
Visit The Mentawai Tribe 3D2N
The shortest trip that still gives you two nights sleeping in the family house and one full day joining the work.
1 full day in the forest
Sago and poison-arrow making
1.5 hour trek
BEST BALANCE
4 DAYS · 3 NIGHTS
Ethical Immersion Living With The Mentawai Tribe 4D3N
The shortest trip that still gives you two nights sleeping in the family house and one full day joining the work.
2 full days in the forest
Hunting and fishing trips
No day fells like a transfer day
DEEPEST IMMERSION
5 DAYS · 4 NIGHTS
Jungle Experience Living With The Mentawai Tribe 5D4N
Long enough that you stop being a guest and become part of the household routine. Most guests who have been before choose this one.
3 full days in the forest
Time to reach a second Uma
Tattooing can be arranged
6 DAYS · 5 NIGHTS
Learning to Live with the Mentawai Tribe 6D5N
Two Umas and the time to walk further upriver to the older clans, where fewer visitors have ever been.
8 DAYS · 7 NIGHTS
Explore Mentawai Tribe Cultural 8D7N
The longest trip we run, built around whatever you most want to learn. Suited to photographers, researchers and returning guests.
ABOUT THE PRICE
What the published price covers, and why it changes with group size.
Fixed costs are the same for everyone
The 3D2N tour is published at £350 solo, £230 per person for 2–3, and £215 per person for 4–5, with a £170 child rate for ages 5–12. The ferry, guide, canoe and permits cost the same whichever it is.
Everything is organised from Padang
Ferry tickets are bought the day before, there is a briefing at your hostel in Padang, and you are collected from the hostel and taken to the port.
A contribution goes to the Mentawai family
Every package includes a donation to the host family, local gifts, porters, mosquito net, mattress and rubber boots, alongside the ferry, meals and permits.
