Kayu Aro Tea Plantation, Agrotourism Best Choice

Kayu Aro Tea Plantation, is one of the most beautiful and widest tea plantations in Indonesia.

This tea garden has an area of 2,500 hectares.

And is at an altitude of 1,600 meters above sea level.

The location of this plantation is at the southern foot of Mount Kerinci, the highest mountain in Sumatra (3,805 meters above sea level).

Precisely in the Kayu Aro sub-district, Kerinci, Jambi province, Indonesia

This plantation is the oldest tea plantation in Indonesia.

The Kayu Aro Tea Plantation complete with its factory was opened by the Dutch colonialists around 1925 AD to 1928 AD.

Reported by ngenelo.net from Wikipedia, this plantation is the second highest tea garden in the world after the Darjeeling tea plantation in the Himalayas, India.

Initially the land which was a forest by the Dutch colonial was converted into a coffee plantation.

However, because the results were not satisfactory, eventually replaced with tea plants.

After Indonesia’s independence, this tea plantation underwent several changes in status as well as management.

Then, in 1974 this tea garden was officially protected by PT Perkebunan VIII.

But in 1996 this company was consolidated by several companies in West Sumatra and Jambi.

Therefore, it later changed to PT Perkebunan Nusantara VI.

Finally, two years later, the Kayu Aro tea was officially opened as a tourist destination.

So, if you are connoisseurs of agro-tourism, it is guaranteed that you will not regret visiting this tea plantation.

This tea plantation is one of the best tourist attractions in the country.

Kayu Aro tea itself is the best export tea in Indonesia.