Introduction
General Information
Trip Planning Resources &
Contacts
Padang
Keresik Tua
Letter "W" Waterfall
Sungei Sangir
Sungei Penuh
Tapan Road
TRIP PLANNING
RESOURCES
- LONELY PLANET INDONESIA
- BIRDING INDONESIA by Paul Jepson
- WHERE TO WATCH BIRDS IN ASIA by Nigel Wheatley
- BIRDS OF SUMATRA, KALIMANTAN AND JAVA by John McKinnon, Karen Phillips and Bas Van Balen
USEFUL CONTACTS
Pak
Subandi(Tel : 018-62-0748-357009)
Pak Subandi is the resident bird expert at Keresik Tua who owns the homestay. He is a member of Birdlife International and can help to arrange for birding trips to nearby sites. In 2005, he had yet to get an email address. It will be a quite sometime before his village goes online. Pak Subandi can arrange for transport to fetch guests from the airport directly to his doorstep in Keresik Tua for 600,000Rp. It’s a fair rate as several taxi drivers in Padang were charging that price too. For larger groups, 7-seater L3000 passenger vans will be used.
Afnir (Office Tel : 0748-222250, HP : 0852 660 78363)
As a ranger with Kerinci-Seblat National Park, he is stationed at Sungei Penuh town. He, too, can also arrange for transport to meet guests from Padang’s airport. As I was birding alone, it did not make sense to rent a car. I engaged him to give me a 1 hour scooter ride to and from Tapan Road each day. The daily setoff was before sunrise.
