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Road Trip to Lake Toba - Oct 2021

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Our first road trip in this land of batak Lake toba is the largest and deepest lake in South East Asia and located in North Sumatra, Indonesia #laketoba #samosirisland #visitIndonesia

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Toba Samosir Regency, Kabupaten Simalungun, Kota Pematang Siantar

Day 1 Itinerary

Places visited: Patung Dewi Kwan Im - Bukit Indah Simarjarunjung - Toba Caldera Resort

Patung Dewi Kwan Im

Patung Dewi Kwan Im

When I was here, I was asked to pray for me to go in and looked closer for the statue

I guess , this is just because of the pandemic so the entrance was closed for public

Bukit Indah Simarjarunjung
Bukit Indah Simarjarunjung
Bukit Indah Simarjarunjung
Bukit Indah Simarjarunjung
Bukit Indah Simarjarunjung
Bukit Indah Simarjarunjung
Bukit Indah Simarjarunjung

Bukit Indah Simarjarunjung

Enjoy lake toba before you actually arrived there

You need to turn around if you come from pematang siantar, their road is way better

Unless their roadwork is done by then

Toba Caldera Resort
Toba Caldera Resort
Toba Caldera Resort
Toba Caldera Resort
Toba Caldera Resort
Toba Caldera Resort
Toba Caldera Resort
Toba Caldera Resort
Toba Caldera Resort

Toba Caldera Resort

Perfect place for getaway from the hustle bustle of the city. You will sleep inside small yet clean cabin overlooking lake from afar

Wake up with a view ✅

Enjoy the morning walk with the mountain breeze if you stay there

They also offer bbq and steamboat package for the night , or some cabin has their campfire

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Samosir Regency, Kabupaten Samosir, Toba Samosir Regency, Kabupaten Simalungun

Day 2 Itinerary

Places visited: PELABUHAN AJIBATA - Restaurant Elios - Sigurgur Beach & Restaurant - Hotel Tuk-Tuk Timbul - Pasar TOMOK

PELABUHAN AJIBATA
PELABUHAN AJIBATA
PELABUHAN AJIBATA
PELABUHAN AJIBATA
PELABUHAN AJIBATA

PELABUHAN AJIBATA

Need to go with ferry to Samosir Island

The ferry took about 45 minutes to arrive exclude the waiting time for private cars to go in

Enjoy the ferry ride while it last!! They have a very cool scenery that hard to miss out

We’re using Tao Toba II , but if you can, better go to ajibata harbour nearby that goes into Ajibata instead of Tomok, they got better boat and better harbour

Restaurant Elios

Their saksang is best!!

You should try if you’re coming there

Eating bataknese food in the land of Batak

On the opposite side of the road you can also shop for wood carving work from local

Sigurgur Beach & Restaurant
Sigurgur Beach & Restaurant
Sigurgur Beach & Restaurant
Sigurgur Beach & Restaurant
Sigurgur Beach & Restaurant
Sigurgur Beach & Restaurant
Sigurgur Beach & Restaurant

Sigurgur Beach & Restaurant

A nice place to enjoy the afternoon on the beach

I only ate sausage though, still full from the lunch at elios

Hotel Tuk-Tuk Timbul
Hotel Tuk-Tuk Timbul
Hotel Tuk-Tuk Timbul
Hotel Tuk-Tuk Timbul
Hotel Tuk-Tuk Timbul

Hotel Tuk-Tuk Timbul

This is where we supposed to stay at night, but since most of the recreation places are still closed from the pandemic, we decided to go back to Parapat using ferry instead

Maybe next time!!

It’s really close to the lake so you can enjoy the lake breeze

Pasar TOMOK

We shop first while we wait for the ferry to arrive

There’s cloth, mie gomak and kacang, i think you also can’t missed out their sambal andaliman

trip-journal-location
Toba Samosir Regency, Kabupaten Toba Samosir

Day 3 Itinerary

Places visited: Batikta - Batik Batak Balige - Museum Batak TB Silalahi Center - Pantai BUL BUL - Caldera toba nomadic escape (glamour camping)

Batikta - Batik Batak Balige

Shopping for shirt, you can also buy traditional bataknese batik if you’d like, which is better in quality , in my opinion, than the one in the market

We also had lunch on the cafe above it, they’re quite tasty too, lucky us!

Museum Batak TB Silalahi Center
Museum Batak TB Silalahi Center
Museum Batak TB Silalahi Center
Museum Batak TB Silalahi Center
Museum Batak TB Silalahi Center
Museum Batak TB Silalahi Center
Museum Batak TB Silalahi Center
Museum Batak TB Silalahi Center
Museum Batak TB Silalahi Center
Museum Batak TB Silalahi Center
Museum Batak TB Silalahi Center

Museum Batak TB Silalahi Center

You can learn about the heroic figure of indonesia, Mr TB Silalahi

Also digging deeper into Batak traditional museum to know more about their history

I read that it supposed to have traditional Batak dance show if you go here before pandemic, hope it will be available again in the future

Their huta batak is something hard to miss out, they are a replicate of traditional Batak village way back before

Pantai BUL BUL
Pantai BUL BUL
Pantai BUL BUL
Pantai BUL BUL
Pantai BUL BUL
Pantai BUL BUL
Pantai BUL BUL

Pantai BUL BUL

Another beach and another coconut drink

But continuing the road you can see another beach that has batak touch in the entrace gate, it’s hard to miss

Then we’re going home after that

Caldera toba nomadic escape (glamour camping)

We eat ikan tombur and ayam napinadar for the night

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Kabupaten Simalungun

Day 4 Itinerary

Places visited: Pesanggrahan Bung Karno - INNA PARAPAT HOTEL - RM.elizabeth

Pesanggrahan Bung Karno

Pesanggrahan Bung Karno

To be honest, we can’t go in since it’s undergo some renovation

INNA PARAPAT HOTEL
INNA PARAPAT HOTEL
INNA PARAPAT HOTEL
INNA PARAPAT HOTEL
INNA PARAPAT HOTEL

INNA PARAPAT HOTEL

Now they change their name into Khas Batak

They have a lot of room to offer if you want to stay the night too

Their prices range from IDR 700,000 to 1,200,000 ++

We got here because we want to look around and have some cool pictures to share 😅

RM.elizabeth

RM.elizabeth

Last meal before we head home from this short holiday , ikan bakar!!

In my opinion, this is the cleanest restaurant in our preference

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