Trip Schedules & Rates
Your adventure with SMO begins when you arrive the Padang Airport. You will be greeted by our staff and driven to a local hotel of your choice.
We have a few hotel recommendations, click here: Hotels
To get to the Mentawai Islands you will need to cross the Mentawai Strait. The most reliable and safest way to do this is aboard one of 3 ferry boats; “Ambu Ambu”, “Gambolo” and “Mentawai Fast“.
Our trips have been created to work with the ferry schedules.
Overnight ferry’s operate 3x / week. about 13 hour, overnight trip. Departing at 5pm – Arriving @ 6AM.
Wednesday: “Ambu Ambu” – Sunday: “Gambolo”
“Mentawai Fast” Once a week. 4-5 hour trip. Departs Padang Friday at 7AM – Arrives @ 12PM.
Returns same day. Departs Sikakap Friday 2pm- Arrives Padang @ 6PM.
We highly recommend the fast ferry.
You will need to book your flights to arrive the day before your trip begins and return the day after it ends.
Friday – Friday
‘Mentawai Fast’
Both transfers aboard fast ferry, from Padang and returning from Sikakap
7 Surf Days
14 Surf Days
What you need to know for booking flights:

‘Mentawai Fast’ Ferry Schedule:
Depart: Padang FRIDAY 7am – Arrive Sikakap @ 11am.
Return: Sikakap 2pm – Arrive Padang @ 6pm
Sibigau is 18 miles from the ferry port in Sikakap. Our staff will be waiting for you with our new 11m speed boat, powered with 200hp x 2 Suzuki engines! You’ll cruise past pristine Mentawai Islands on the way to SMO, and we’ll have you surfing by early afternoon! Possibly sooner if the timing is right and your group wants to surf one of the waves on the way to Sibigau.








Overnight Ferry Out & Fast Ferry Return
What you need to know for booking flights:
‘Ambu Ambu’ is the overnight Ferry. Until this new year it was our main method of transport to cross from Padang to the Mentawai Islands. The journey is 13 hours, but it is comfortable. Bunk beds in the forward air conditioned cabin are available, as well as private rooms with 2 – 4 beds.
Fast Ferry Out & Overnight Ferry Return
What you need to know for booking flights:

Overnight Ferry Schedule:
Depart Padang 5pm
Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday
Arrive Sikakap @ 6am
Thursday, Friday, Sunday
Depart Sikakap Wednesday 5pm
Arrive Padang Thursday 6am
What’s Included:

Express delivery to Thunders!