LAKE TOBA, NORTH SUMATRA - INDONESIA
By Sumantri
My self and my wife would like to share our travel experience to Lake Toba, North Sumatra - Indonesia. We spent 3 days with full program. One experience that we will never forget on 3rd night of stay we been supprise by earth quick it was from Nias island but the effect we can feel it.
North Sumatra is a land of volcanos, high plateaus, waterfalls, lakes, and plantations. The centrepiece of Lake Toba, the gigantic crater lake (1,707 square km) and one of the deepest (450 m) in the world, is locaced in the center of the province. These upland plateaus of the Bukit Barisan Range are homeland to the Batak people, divide into six tribes.
Today surrounded on all sides by pine-covered beaches, steep mountain slopes and cliffs, with Samosir Island sitting right in the middle, Lake Toba has become one of Indonesia's major travel destination. Besides its beauty, this area is also celebrated for its traditional villages, adat houses, and rich Batak culture.
PRAPAT
A busy, congested lakeside resort mostly spoiled by tourism. It has a cool, dry climate, pine-covered beaches, and spectacular views. Prapat is the main town on Lake Toba and the principal embarkation point for ferries to Samosir. Balige is an attractive market town on Toba's southeast shore, 60 km south of Prapat. Balige is also known for its Batak cloth.
SAMOSIR ISLAND
The original home of the Toba Batak, Samosir Island (630 square-km) offers a cool, sunny climate, superb hiking and swimming, royal tombs, dramatic Batak architecture, stonecarvings, and very reasonable accomodation and food. Samosir is more relaxing and inexpensive place to stay than Parapat - quieter, with cleaner water.
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