Lake Toba Tourist Attractions

Visiting Lake Toba is an exciting experience. The most beautiful lake in Indonesia is a mainstay tourist destination of this country to attract both foreign and domestic tourists. The beauty is no doubt, even if we see articles in cyberspace..this lake is very well known abroad.

History of Lake Toba

It is estimated by experts, Lake Toba was probably formed from a volcanic eruption around 75 thousand years ago. The eruption of the vulcano is very strong even exceeding other volcanic eruptions. The material vomiting is around 2,800 cubic kilometers, causing the crater to form the caldera which then fills with water and gradually becomes a lake. The upward pressure by magma causes the formation of the Samosir island in the middle of Lake Toba. Pulau Samosir is included in the volcanic island group.

This massive eruption that has happened has been expressed by experts making climate change. The eruption of Lake Toba caused the world temperature to decline to 5 degrees Celcius. In addition to decreasing temperatures, almost all parts of the world found ash from the eruption of Lake Toba. So much so that the eruption, untill experts estimate that the eruption is likely to destroy 60 percent of the world's population at that time.

Area of Lake Toba

Lake Toba has an area of 1,145 square kilometers and has a depth exceeding 505 meters. With the existing conditions Lake Toba is the most extensive lake in the Southeast Asia region.

Location of Lake Toba

Lake Toba is located in the Bukit Barisan mountains, North Sumatra, precisely at the coordinates of 3.58 North Latitude and 98.67 degrees East Longitude.

The location is easy to reach, if you depart from Jakarta the following are some of the routes that we can go through:

alternative 1:

From Jakarta we can fly to Silangit airport, Siborong-borong. We can use flights with Garuda Indonesia or Sriwijaya Air. After arriving at Silangit airport, we can go directly to Parapat by taxi or rent a car. From Parapat we can rent a ferry to get to the island of Samosir.

Alternative 2 :

From Jakarta we can fly to Medan Polonia airport, After arriving at the airport we can go straight to the taxi stand in the Paradep Pool to continue the trip to Pematang Siantar by taxi. From Pematang Siantar the journey is continued by taking a taxi again to Parapat. From Parapat we can rent a tourist ferry to get to Samosir island.

The beauty of Lake Toba

In Lake Toba we can enjoy the natural beauty of nature. The air is very cool, very harmonious combined with the blue water of the lake. Surrounded by pine trees that spread on the lake's edge made the atmosphere seem calm and serene.

In the midst of the vast waters of Lake Toba, Samosir island makes the appearance of Lake Toba different. This island makes the atmosphere in Lake Toba more beautiful. On this island there are also several villages and stunning natural scenery in the form of waterfalls and two beautiful lakes, namely Lake Aek Natonang and Lake Sidihoni. On this island is inhabited by the Samosir Batak tribe.

Activities that can be done

Besides being able to see the beauty of Lake Toba and the island of Samosir, we can also do several activities as follows:

• Enjoy the excitement and traditional rituals of the Batak tribe.
• Surrounding the village of Tuktuk Siandong-andong.
• Visit the tomb of King Sidabutar.
• See local people grow rice.
• See the homes of local Batak people.

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