Sumatra

Sumatra is Indonesia's largest and western-most island (Borneo and Papua islands are bigger, but shared with other countries). The island features a widely varied landscape as well as a rich range of plant and animal life.

Although there are many interesting destinations on this huge island, for now this guide has started at the top, with a couple of interesting place in Aceh province.

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Aceh

Aceh Province occupies the northern tip of Sumatra. A decades-long insurgency was finally settled in 2005, with the central government granting the province a greater degree of autonomy. The agreement came in the wake of the 2004 tsunami, which killed as many as 150,000 Indonesians, mostly in Aceh province. Map of North Aceh Area Base map image © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC BY-SA Banda Aceh is the provincial capital, and you'll probably need to fly into and out of its airport to reach any of the other destinations around the area.