Lake Toba Archive

Merely a three hours drive from Medan, Toba is the largest lake in Southeast Asia and covers a simply enormous area of 1707 square kilometres. Sitting in the middle of this massive expanse of water sits Pulau Samosir (Samosir Island) which is almost as large as Singapore! The lake was formed by an absolutely gargantuan volcanic eruption some 70,000 years ago and sits in what is the largest caldera on earth. In fact, you’d probably have to head into outer space to actually get a good view of this enormous, dormant, fire breather, such is its size. Samosir Island and the Toba area in gneeral are the spiritual and cultural homes of Indonesia’ mainly Christian Batak population, one of the country’s most vibrant and friendly ethnic groups. Toba used to be a very popular tourist destination in times past, although the number of arrivals has dwindled in more recent years....

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Danau Toba, or Lake Toba which is located in Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia is the largest volcanic lake in Southeast Asia (may be in the world!). Thousands of domestic and international tourist come to this place every year. There are several places of interest that I think you may not forget to visit while you are there. 1. Samosir Island Samosir Island is a popular tourist destination due to the vistas it offers. The tourist resorts are concentrated in the Tuktuk area and Ambarita. The island is the center of the Batak culture and many of this people’s artifacts remain on the island. Almost all of the tourist accommodation are concentrated on the small town of Tuktuk, which is one hour ferry ride across the lake from the town of Parapat. 2. Jangga Village Jangga is a village of native Bataks, located in the hills, on the main road to...

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