Tag: Batak, Lake Toba, Samosir, Travel
Toba Festival Hotspots on Samosir Island
Around 75.000 years ago an enormous volcanic eruption created Lake Toba. It is the largest lake in Southeast Asia and in some places it is about 450 meters deep. The...
Lake Toba Festival: dances, rituals and boat races
From Medan, the capital of North Sumatra, it is a 5 hour drive to the much cooler town of Balige (800 m above sea level) on beautiful Danau (Lake) Toba. We are invited...
Lake Toba, Sumatra’s Gem!
By: Isaac Olson Coming across the words, "supervolcano" and "largest known explosive eruption anywhere on Earth in the last 25 million years" were enough to spark my...
