The Banyak Islands are a group of tiny islands off the western coast of Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, primarily visited on surfing charters. The islands are about 100 km north of the island of Nias.
Understand
Kepulauan Banyak is Indonesian for "Many Islands".
History
Landscape
Flora and fauna
Climate
Get in
By plane
The nearest airport to the Banyak Islands is the small Syekh Hamzah Fansyuri Airport on the Sumatra mainland, near Singkil. The nearest major airport is Medan's Kuala Namu International Airport (KNO IATA), more than 250 km away.
By boat
There are frequent boats from Singkil to Balai on the Banyak Islands. The boats only leave at high tide.