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ONE DAY CITY TOUR OF SAWAHLUNTO

Sawahlunto is about 94 km from padang, 38 km from batu sangkar or 137 km from bukittnggi. If you want to go to sawahlunto, you can start from any of these three places and take a bus, a taxi or join a trip arranged by a travel agency. If you start from padang, you can get to sawahlunto in two hours. 

If you take a bus from padang, you will have to pay Rp. 8000. A taxi will cost you Rp. 200.000. If you join a trip, you will have to pay the travel agency Rp. 20.000.

At present, the tourism, art, and culture office of sawahlunto municipality prepares a tourist package called “One Day City Tour of Sawahlunto”. If you take this package, you will be taken around te town on a tourist train, locally known as dresin, or a tourist bus.

A tourist train is available every day at sawahlunto station. It starts at 10:00 a.m. and will take you to Muara Kalaban station, which about five kilometers away. This tourist train can accomodate a maximum of 12 passengers and the return fare is Rp. 75.000.

On the way, you can see the tower of the old electric power plant and will be plunged into darkness as you enter the 900-meter-long tunnel.

If you wish to travel by bus, you can charter a tourist bus. It is big enough for 25 people and the charter fee is Rp. 250.000. The bus will take you around the old town, visit the living museum, the former open mining pit, the location of Ombilin Mines Training College (OMTC) and the grave of Prof M. Yamin in Talawi. Yamin, who came from Talawi, was one of our national heroes and also one of the founding fathers of the Republic of Indonesia. He was the person who conceived the idea of the five principles of pancasila. Yamin was also one of  those who initiated the youth pledge and drew the picture of Gajah Mada, the symbol of the military corps.

When you visit OMTC, you will get information about mining activities through a simulation system of underground mining. You can also visit the geological museum and a coll mining laboratory.

At the end of your tour, you can buy local handicrafts as souvenirs.

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1.      If you want to go to sawahlunto, you can start from any of these three places and take a bus, a taxi or join a trip arranged by a travel agency.
= you can start from any of these three places and take a bus, a taxi or join a trip arranged by a travel agency If you want to go to sawahlunto.

2.       If you start from padang, you can get to sawahlunto in two hours.

= you can get to sawahlunto in two hours If you start from padang

3.       If you take a bus from padang, you will have to pay Rp. 8000

= you will have to pay Rp. 8000 If you take a bus from padang

4.       If you join a trip, you will have to pay the travel agency Rp. 20.000.

= you will have to pay the travel agency Rp. 20.000 if you join a trip

5.       If you take this package, you will be taken around te town on a tourist train, locally known as dresin, or a tourist bus.

= you will be taken around te town on a tourist train, locally known as dresin, or a tourist bus If you take this package.

6.       If you wish to travel by bus, you can charter a tourist bus

= you can charter a tourist bus If you wish to travel by bus