The cool climate of picturesque Samosir Island – Lake Toba (900 m absl) is the enchanting Batak Toba highland. Therefore it is one of most popular holiday destination highlights to travel around North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Most importantly the cultural tourism Samosir Island certainly offers you with authentic culture ambiance as well as their typical traditional Toba villages. They are overwhelmed with their interesting buffalo horn roof top shape houses that can be easily found surrounding Lake Toba.
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Moreover, as you move around North Sumatra, one of the premium attractions here is Lake Toba, which has the claim to fame of being the largest crater lake in the world. It was formed by a massive eruption of a dormant volcano.
However Samosir Island is famous for the home of the Batak, one of the main indigenous groups in Sumatra. Many old tombs of Batak kings as well as traditional Batak style houses can still easily be found around Lake Toba. Such as:
Ambarita village.
Tomok Village.
Simanindo village.
Panorama Simarjarunjung.
Efratar Waterfall.
Tele tower.
Parapat pier etc
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Ambarita Village Ambarita village is incredibly famous for its unique history of King Siallagan stone chair court-yard at the Huta Siallagan. It is obviously one of the top interesting places highlights around Samosir Island Lake Toba north Sumatra tourism. Located around 30 minutes’ drive from Tomok, 20 minutes from TukTuk…
