Holiday Adventure

Lake Toba

Deep in the volcanic heights of northern Sumatera lies the glistening green water of lovely Toba Lake, the largest lake in South East Asian and one of the deepest in the world. It’s a dream of a holiday resort, pine forests stretch down to sandy beaches and calm waters invite you to swim, paddle boating, canoeing, water skiing or sailing.

You’ll cruise to spectacular Samosir island, rising in vertical cliffs from the water’s edge, to see the traditional village where evocative music of the Batak people drifts through the clear air. You’ll explore the Toba region, a beautiful place of lush forest
and silver waterfalls, palm oil groves, cacao and the rubber plantations.

Samosir Island

Samosir, or Pulau Samosir, is a large volcanic island in Lake Toba, which is located in the north of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.
The lake and island were formed after the eruption of Mount Toba, a super volcano, approximately 70,000 years ago, in what was the last recorded supervolcanic explosion event. The island was originally connected to the surrounding caldera wall by a small isthmus, which was channeled through by the Dutch to aid in navigation on the lake.

At 630km², Samosir is also notable as being the largest island within an island, and the fourth largest lake island in the world. Samosir is a popular tourist
destination due to the fantastic vistas it offers. The tourist resorts are concentrated
in the Tuktuk area. The island considered to be the heart of the Batak culture and many of this people's artifacts remain on the island.

Brastagi

Berastagi is a former Dutch hill resort, 66 km away from Medan, which at an altitude of 4,600 feet, is a cool and pleasant town. It is an ideal starting and ending point for travels in Sumatra as it is near the main Sumatran entry point of Medan. There are hotels of all standards, moneychangers, and restaurants serving both Indonesian and western style food, nice scenery, and very friendly and polite people. No guides and salesman will bother you when walking through the town.
The four-hour drive from Lake Toba to Berastagi, skirting the lake for a long way, is picturesque. It is a narrow, winding road through pine forest, terraced plantations and verdant meadows in the Karo hills, with hardly any people around On the way, at the tip of the lake, is a waterfall named Sipiso-piso. It is a tourist spot with food
stalls and souvenir shops.