Solok
Sumatera, Indonesia
Why visit Solok?
Solok is a city in West Sumatra, about 1.5 hours from Padang in the Minangkabau highlands. Its official motto is "Kota Beras" — an acronym for Bersih, Elok, Rapi, Aman, Sejahtera ("clean, beautiful, tidy, safe, prosperous"), which also happens to read as "Rice City" in Indonesian, fitting for a region known for its rice paddies. It is surrounded by highland scenery and is a gateway to the Twin Lakes, Danau Diateh and Danau Dibawah — despite their names ("upper" and "lower"), Diateh actually sits on lower ground than Dibawah.
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Buses from Padang (1.5 hours) and Bukittinggi (3 hours) connect to Solok.
What are the things to do?
The Twin Lakes (Danau Diateh and Danau Dibawah), separated by only about 300 metres of land, roughly an hour's drive (about 30 km) from Solok. The Solok rice terraces.
Visit the twin lakes. Explore the Minangkabau highlands. Trekking in the surrounding hills.
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Padang (1.5 hours west). The twin lakes (1.5 hours south). Bukittinggi (3 hours north).
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Guide content as of July 2026. Portions adapted from Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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