5D4N Mentawai Tribe Authentic Trip Package
Meet the Mentawai people in the heart of Jungle Siberut, Mentawai. Immersion with the Mentawai tribe will give you the impression that time has stopped among these people who never left his native forest. Discover this mysterious tribe, share daily life, joining different families in their Uma (traditional house) through the forest (by motor canoe and trek). This trip will take you to witness their knowledge about the forest, medicine herbs, traditions, and lifestyle.
Activities Highlight
- Learning about Mentawai culture, life perspective, traditions, and beliefs system
- Experience living traditionally in the jungle at the same time hunting, fishing, hunter, and gather
- Learning how to process traditional Mentawai poison
- Making traditional clothes from bark trees that the Mentawai shaman use
- Jungle life skills
- Learning about Mentawai's perspective of living in harmony with the nature
Include
- Ferry ticket Padang - Siberut 2x
- Transportation in Siberut's port
- Permit (Siberut National Park)
- Logistics (All meals, and drinks during our trip)
- Motor canoe 2 x (Crossing Siberut jungle river)
- Porter
- Accommodation in Mentawai traditional house (Uma)
- Local guide
Exclude
- Flights
- Accommodation in Padang city
- Insurance
- Personal expenses
Notes
This off the beaten track trip will stretch your comfort zone, they don’t always feature the itinerary or the tourist highlights, but deep dive deeper into local life and culture, sometimes if we are lucky we can attend/see some Shamanic rituals (we will keep update the information about rituals)