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4D Fascinating Lake Toba

DAY 01
Arriving Medan - Parapat

Meets and greets upon arrival in Medan airport, and you'll be directly escorted to Parapat, a popular tourist resort, lies on the shore of the famous Lake Toba. Its cool and dry mountain climate makes it the perfect place to relax where Batak Toba and Batak Simalungun tribes are lives. They are known for their lively and sentimental love songs. During your free time in Parapat, you may enjoy available recreational sports at your own. Among of them are swimming, water skiing, motor boating, canoeing, fishing. Golf is at Sally Golf Course (19 holes), about 5 km from Parapat. (L/D)

DAY 02
Parapat - Lake Toba Tour

This morning you'll be taken on boat touring to the island of Samosir, located right in the middle of Lake Toba, covering an area of 329 square miles. This island is the original home of the fiercest but kind hearted Toba Bataks. You'll visit the villages of Tomok, Tuktuk, Ambarita and Simanindo to witness their daily live, the megalithic site as well as their traditional houses, and local dances. (B/L/D)

DAY 03
Parapat - Berastagi - Medan

After breakfast in the morning, leave Parapat by road to Medan. As you drive north from Parapat into Medan, you will passing by the Karo highland. The Great Bukit Barisan Forest Park greets you with its distinctive Karonese gazebo decorated with ret-ret, a two-headed, lizard-like animal that is carved on the walls of traditional Karonese family houses. Along the windy, mountainous road to the Karo highland, as you pass the Sibolangit National Garden, chants of monkeys and possibly orang-utans will accompany you, mysteriously appearing and disappearing from the thick jungle. The town of Berastagi, located at the foot of Mount Sibayak, will greet you with its lovely flowers. The smell of fresh vegetables and the colorful and aromatic arrangements of fruit will etch their place in your memory. Further south from Berastagi and Kabanjahe, the Karonese portion of Lake Toba is marked with a thin yet tall waterfall called Sipiso piso. Later in the afternoon arrive at Medan and check-in to your hotel. (B/L/D)

DAY 04
Departing Medan

In the morning, before leaving Medan, you still have chance to enjoy short city sightseeing. Medan, the capital of the province of North Sumatera, houses the government offices and business centers, effectively making it the largest city outside of the island of Java. Medan owes its cultural heritage to the kingdom of Deli, whose place of worship, Mesjid Agung (Grand Mosque), and palace, Istana Maimun (The Maimun Palace) undoubtedly show its past greatness. Your sightseeing tour completes and ends at the Medan airport for your onward flight to the next destination. (B)

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