Lake Toba, North Sumatera.
Lake Toba (Indonesian: Danau Toba) is a supervolcano lake in North Tapanuli regency, province of North Sumatera, Indonesia. It is the largest lake in Indonesia and South-East Asia. Lake Toba has the island of Samosir situated in the centre of the lake. Samosir is home to the hospitable tribe, Batak Toba and is well worth a visit, just to capture the traditions and culture of the tribe. Toba is a name of ethnic (Batak Toba) who lives around the lake. So, Lake Toba means a lake which belong to Batak Toba’s ethnic.
Simanindo Dance, a welcoming-guests dance of ethnic Batak.
Samosir island is a large volcanic island in the center of Lake Toba and connected to Sumatra mainland by a bridge named Jembatan Diponggol, situated at Pangururan village. The other villages in Samosir island which popular for tourists are Tomok and Tuk-Tuk Siadong. The main attraction in Samosir island is traditional dance of Batak Toba called Tor-Tor.
People who have come to Lake Toba, might have visited Parapat. But, actually Lake Toba is more than just what you can see in Parapat. It can be seen from many interesting places around the lake, like Parapat, Simarjarunjung, Tele, Tongging, and Silalahi.
Niagara Hotel, Parapat.
Niagara Hotel is one of great hotel in Parapat with a nice facilities: 73 Room’s (69 Standart room’s and 4 Suite room’s), conference room, restaurant, bar, swimming pool, telephone, coffe shop, large parking. Very beautiful hotel. The view of greatest Lake Toba can clearly seen from here.
The nearest city from the location is Parapat, a small city at the lakeside. Most of the people who live around Lake Toba are ethnically Batak and most of them are christians. Parapat can be reached about 4-5 hours by bus or car from Medan, the capital of the province of North Sumatera, with a distance of 176 Kilometers.
Sultan Deli Palace, Medan.
Medan also is the biggest city in the whole Sumatera. There are more destination places of tourism can be raeched from Medan, like Nias island which popular with its Sorake beach for surfing, Berastagi which popular with its fruits garden and mild climate, Bohorok which popular with its rehabilitation of Orangutan species, and last but not least, Medan is popular with its nicest and delicious of various foods and snacks.
Welcome to Lake Toba, welcome to Medan city, and enjoy yourself…
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