In the village of Silinduang Bulan, 5km north of Batu Sangkar, the heartland of the red Tanah Datar clan of Minangkabau, Rumah Gadang Pagaruyung is a scaled-down replica of the former home of the rulers of the ancient Minangkabau kingdom of Payaruyung. A fire razed it to the ground in 2007, but it has been reconstructed. Batu Sangkar can be reached via public bus (22,000Rp, 1½ hours) from Bukittinggi, where you can continue an by ojek (8,000Rp) to Silinduang Bulan.
