Samosir Cottages
, Tuk Tuk Village Samosir, Sumatra, Indonesia
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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this RanchSamosir Cottages
Into Indonesia
After our stay on fantasy island (see last blog entry), our Thai visas had run out so we had to run for the border! We didn’t really have an idea of where to go next; a quick flip through the SE Asia Lonely Planet highlighted the natural wonders of Indonesia’s largest island, Sumatra: primary rainforest, big, hairy primates, active …
Toba! Toba!
boy was that a busy day... from waking up in the jungle to tube rafting down river and then taking a 9 hour minivan ride with all our bags and 8 people to a one hour ferry across lake toba onto tomoc on samosir island and finally finishing the day with a SUV ride stuffed with 8 people, this day was extremely tiring... we arrived at the town of Tuk …
The Largest Volcanic Lake.....in The World
Tuesday 14th December
The journey to get to Tuk Tuk, a small island just off another Island called Samosir.....which sits in the middle of Lake Toba, the largest volcanic lake in the world......was a tough one. We got on the bus at 7pm and couldn't stop laughing at the happy hardcore Indonesian music that was blasting out of the speakers …
Crater Lake Arrival
After the beach, our next destination was Danau Toba (Lake Toba), the largest crater lake in the world. Created after an enormous volcanic eruptions eons ago, the crater filled with water. Subsequent eruptions built up an island in the the center of the lake, called Samosir. This is where we're staying.
Amid the lake and mountains, it's …
Exploring the Batak
I'm so excited to post these photos. This place is so incredible!
Lake Toba is home of the Batak people. They are descendants of an ancient neolithic people who inhabited the highland terrain of Burma and Thailand. Thousands of years ago, they were forced out by the invasion of the Mongols, and migrated until they reached the mountains …
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