Pesta Danau Toba

[ 07/10/2009 to 11/10/2009. ] Lake Toba Tourism Event : Pesta Danau Toba 2009
In 2008, the government of Sumatera Utara province successfully organized “PESTA DANAU TOBA” event as part of core tourism event in North Sumatra which was also presented by the President of Indonesia Soesilo Bambang Yudhoyono and several cabinet ministers.

Due to its success, the event will be organized [...]

Taman Simalem Resort Merek

Taman Simalem Resort Berastagi Lake Toba
Taman Simalem Resort is located on the hills of north-western part of Lake Toba, one of the highest and deepest crater lakes in the world. It is located 45 minutes away from the resort town of Berastagi and can also be reached in 2.5 hours by road from Medan, the [...]

Kayak in Lake Toba

Ever thought of Kayaking in Lake Toba?
I received this special interesting Breaking News Story featured in Straits Time Singapore from our reader Mr. Ronen Skaletzky.
The feature is about the wonderful experience of 10 kayakers comprising Australians, Britons, Germans, Malaysians and a Singaporean – rowing Kayak 139km down Lake Toba for over four days.
Have you ever [...]

Vote New 7 Wonders of The World Lake Toba

Support Indonesia and Medan:
Vote Lake Toba as New 7 Wonders of The World
The New 7 Wonders of the world organization has started to compile votes for the next New 7 Wonders of The World. Previously, the organization collected votes for man made 7 wonders of the world. You can see the results below that was [...]

Lake Toba Medan Larger Than Singapore

Lake Toba Medan is LARGER than Singapore!
This is our New Finding about Lake Toba Medan!
We were looking through Google Maps of Medan to capture some shots on Medan and Lake Toba for our visitors and to our surprise we actually can see that Lake Toba – the popular sumatra lake known to the [...]

Beijing Olympic vs Visit Indonesia 2008

Today is 08.08.08!
Beijing Olympic has started! Will the Olympic affect businesses, efficiencies in Medan and the world? All eyes will be watching at Beijing and what a bad year for Indonesia to choose to promote Visit Indonesia Year 2008.
Nonetheless, we still have to support our country to promote Visit Indonesia Year 2008 although it will [...]

Medan City Music Video

Medan City Music Video North Sumatra Indonesia
We have just created a new video using images and pictures of buildings of Medan City, Lake Toba, Brastagi of North Sumatra Indonesia.
We specially chose the Indonesia song sang by various artist of Indonesia “RUMAH KITA” which means “OUR HOME” Medan Indonesia. The video is 4 minutes 17 seconds [...]

Lake Toba Medan Sumatra Tour

Medan Travel – Lake Toba, Brastagi Tour
There has been many requests for a package tour for Medan Lake Toba & Brastagi and even Medan Golf Package

Yes it can be difficult and costly to get to Lake Toba as it is more than 4 hours drive from the city of Medan. Language barrier and safety concerns [...]

Lake Toba Largest Volcanic Lake in the World

Lake Toba North Sumatra Indonesia
The Pride of Medan Indonesia
Lake Toba also known as Danau Toba in Indonesia is the largest volcanic lake ( crater lake ) in the world.
At 100 km long and 30 km wide, measuring 505 m at its deepest point, it is situated in the middle of the northern part of the [...]

Medan Maps

Map of Medan North Sumatera Indonesia
Here is the map of Medan and North Sumatra, you can see Lake Toba too also known as Danau (Lake) Toba. The Sumatra Lake is the largest crater lake in the world. Also in the map, you can see the island of Nias – a very popular surf boarding (surfing) [...]