Sianok canyon

Sianok canyon is a steep valley (canyon) which is located in the heart of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra. This valley lengthwise and curvaceous canyon south of Koto Gadang in the canyon until Sianok Six tribe, and ended up Palupuh. Sianok canyon has beautiful scenery and objects into one of the main tourist provinces.

In this canyon about 100 m away along the 15 km with about 200 m wide and is part of the fracture memsiahkan Sumatra island into two parts lengthwise (Semangko fracture). This fault forms a steep wall, and even upright and form a green valley - results from the movement of earth down the skin (sinklinal) - which dialiri River Sianok the water clear. In the Dutch colonial era, this canyon is also known as buffalo sanget, because the number of wild buffalo that live freely in the bottom of the canyon.

River can be forded Sianok now using canoes and kayaks do disaranai by an organization of water sports "Qurays". Route that is adopted from the Village to Lambah Village Sitingkai Trunk Palupuh for about 3.5 hours. In tepiannya still found many rare plants and herbs such as rafflesia drugs. Fauna found long tails such as monkeys, gibbon, hoop, deer, wild pigs, spotted tiger and tapir.