sianok canyon

order town of Bukittinggi , in district IV Koto , Agam regency , West Sumatra . The valley is elongated and meandering as the southern border town canyon up to Nagari Koto Tower Sianok Anam Tribe, and ended up in the district Palupuh . Sianok canyon has beautiful views and also one of the prime tourist attractions of the province. Sianok canyon in the ravine about 100 m , stretches along 15 km with a width of about 200 m , and is part of the fault that separates the island of Sumatra in half lengthwise ( Semangko fault ) . Fault forms the steep wall , even perpendicular and form a green valley - the result of the movement of the earth's crust down ( sinklinal ) - which flowed Sianok rod ( rod means river , in the Minangkabau language ) that the water is clear . In the Dutch colonial era , the abyss also known as buffalo sanget karbouwengat or , because of the free-living wild buffalo in the bottom of the canyon . Sianok rods can now be forded by using canoes and kayaks are disaranai by a water sports organization " Quraysh " . The route taken was from Nagari Nagari Lambah to oblong Sitingkai Palupuh for approximately 3.5 hours . At the edges still found many rare plants such as Rafflesia and medicinal plants . Fauna encountered such long-tailed monkeys , gibbons , hoop , deer , wild boar , leopard, tapir also .