Medan Prapat Highway

New Medan Motorway for 2019
North Sumatra will have a new motorway / highway connecting Medan-Tebing Tinggi-Siantar-Prapat which is targeted to complete by 2019. The motorway project is meant to improve tourism and for Medan and the tourist destination of Danau Toba / Lake Toba. When completed, the journey from Medan to Prapat, the town of [...]

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 [...]

Top 10 Destinations Indonesia

Top 10 Exotic Destinations in Indonesia
Adventure looms large in this vast and steamy archipelago, where the best of Southeast Asia’s spicy melange simmers tantalisingly. Heady scents, vivid colours, dramatic vistas and diverse cultures spin and multiply to the point of exhaustion, their potent brew leaving your senses reeling.
Rippling across the equator for nearly 5000km, Indonesia [...]

Sentosa Lake Resort @ Danau Toba

Sentosa Lake Resort at Tapanuli side of Danau Toba, The Largest Crater Lake in the World
An introduction to Sentosa Lake Resort:
Want to experience Lake Toba by staying and dining right beside the lake? Take a look at this new hotel in Lake Toba – The Sentosa Lake Resort.

This is a fairly new hotel built 3 [...]

Top 10 Tourist Destination in Indonesia

Medan Top 15 Tourist Destination in Indonesia
“Medan (North Sumatera) is listed among the 15 top tourist destinations in Indonesia by the Ministry of Culture & Tourism Republic of Indonesia” Nobel Pardamean Electronic Promotion Division Ministry of Culture & Tourism Republic of Indonesia
The Ministry of government has just set ten regions in Indonesia among the destination [...]

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 [...]

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 Must GO

Maimoon Palace
Medan offers plenty of sight and experiences for the visitor. One of the city’s best
known landmarks is Maimoon Palace, the former residence of the Sultan of Deli.
It was built in 1888 by Sultan Makmun Al-Rasyid. Remains of the sultanate, mostly
relics bearing the marks of the Malay nature of the area, can still be found [...]