A 72-hour immersion with the Mentawai tribe on the islands off Sumatra's coast reveals their 2,000-year-old traditional lifestyle, including hunting techniques, sagu tree harvesting for sustenance, and communal living in longhouses. The expedition showcases daily practices and cultural customs of this isolated Indonesian community with minimal outside contact.
- Duration
- 46 min 42 s
- Route distance
- 1668.7 km
- Start
- day 1: getting there
- End
- day 2: Mentawai daily routine
- Stops
- 2
- Channel author
- Kara and Nate
Timestamps and places
- — trailer
- — day 1: getting there
- — meeting our host family
- — day 2: Mentawai daily routine
- — bathroom tour
- — eating fresh worms
- — fishing with the women
- — harvesting a sagu tree
- — day 3: Nate becomes a Mentawai
- — our house tour
- — making poison arrows
- — Nate’s great reveal ;)
Route on the map
Visiting a 2,000 Year Old Tribe in Sumatra