2-DAYS ELEPHANT TRACKING IN TANGKAHAN

Day 01: MEDAN - TANGKAHAN

Early in the morning pick up from your hotel, departure for Tangkahan elephant lodge. This is around 5 hours driving. Here in this fascinating jungle area you can have a very nice swim in the unspoiled jungle river, sit on a small beach full off butterflies and take a shower under a jungle waterfall.

Check in to Mega inn or similar for your accommodation .

Day 02. TANGKAHAN – ELEPHANTSTOUR – MEDAN (B)

Breakfast at Lodge then You can make an appointment with the elephant trainer to see the elephants bathing in the river and ride an elephant for one hour. After elephant bathing going back to Medan. Drop to your hotel or to the airport for next flight.

4 DAYS MEDAN-BERASTAGI-LAKE TOBA TOUR

Day 1 ARRIVAL MEDAN – BERASTAGI

Arrival in Medan, is the capital of North Sumatera Province then drive to the cool and pleasant highland town of Berastagi–a mountain resort with its refreshing weather and magnificent mountain scenery which has an abundance of flowers, vegetables and fruits (most famous of which is the “Marquisa” passion fruit). It will take about 2 hours passing through winding road with lovely countryside. On the way visit Peceren the old Karo Batak village with a number of traditional houses still being used where eight families live in together in each house. Arrival in Berastagi visits the local fruit market. Overnight stay in hotel Sinabung or hotel Danau Toba Cottages in Brastagi.

Day 2 BERASTAGI – LAKE TOBA / SAMOSIR ISLAND (B)

After breakfast at hotel, drive to lake Toba, one of the deepest and largest crater lake in the world with stop at Sipiso-piso waterfall-the road to the waterfall overlooks Lake Toba and offers magnificent view. The ancient long palace of the former Batak Simalungun King at Pematang Purba where you can see the old Batak Simalungun Palace complete with a courtroom and execution yard.  Arrive in Parapat, a small town at the edge of Lake Toba across onboard to Samosir Island. 2 overnight stays in hotel Toledo Inn or Silintong on Samosir island. 

Day 3 SAMOSIR ISLAND TOUR (B)

After breakfast at hotel full day excursion on Samosir Island to explore the beauty and cultural aspects of Batak visiting Ambarita village to see the stone chairs, tables and court yard of Siallagan’s clan. Simanindo to enjoy the Bataks traditional ritual dances of the Bataks Tribe. Thereafter continue to Tomok village to see the old tomb of King’s Sidabutar, rest  of the day return to the hotel or discover the Tuk-Tuk village by bicycle (optional) and enjoy a warm interaction with the local people during your ride. 

Day 4 SAMOSIR ISLAND – MEDAN AIRPORT (B)    

After breakfast at hotel, crosses back the Lake Toba to Parapat and return to Medan. The trip will take about 5 hours drive passing through Pematang Siantar town, on the way top for  oil palm, cacao  and rubber plantation. Arrive in Medan direct transfer to airport for your onward flight. Tour End.

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05DAYS MEDAN-BERASTAGI-LAKE TOBA TOUR TOUR 

06 DAYS/05 NIGHTSORANGUTAN - BERASTAGI - LAKE TOBA MEDAN

Medan - Lake Toba - Samosir Island - Berastagi - Bukit Lawang - Leuser National Park Package Tour

Discover of Indonesia

Indonesia is largest island nation in the world with 17.000 islands that make up the archipelago as a piece of paradise with enormous tropical rain forest, volcanoes, mysterious lakes, breath taking tropical beaches, terrace rice paddies, exotic flora & fauna. Indonesia is home for over 360 separate ethnic groups with unique cultures. All of these make indonesia, a wealth of travel opportunities abounds. Our home island Sumatra the second largest island in Indonesia. Is in the fourth place in procuring total visits of foreign tourist following Jakarta, Bali and Batam, this region has a remarkable panorama, thick with virgin forest, lush vegetation, strong river, beautiful water falls, peace full sandy beach and large ancient lakes. The diversity of art people and culture literally make Sumatra perfect place for traveling.

Sumatra

Sumatra is huge island with 1800 km & 450 square kilometers with stretching from the Indian ocean in the North to the straits of Sunda in the South. It is a land of virgin tropical rain forests, volcanoes, high plateaus, waterfall, lakes, peaceful white sandy beaches, terraced rice fields & endless plantations. The people of the island are hospitable & warm & can be divided in to many groups of ethnic such as Acehnese, Bataks, Minangkabau, Malays, Nias, etc. Each groups has their Owns dialects, religious beliefs, traditional  arts, customes & cultures. The diversity of arts & cultures literary of arts & cultures literary make this island a Garden of Eden for social & historical scientists & cultural seekers. From the Acehnese in the North, the Bataks people around Lake Toba, the unique matrilinial social system of the Minangkabau & Malays people that mostly at the coasts. Travelling in NORTH SUMATRA will bring you to these  beautiful & interesting places :

Medan

Medan means battlefield in Indonesia vocabulary, referred to the site of battlefield between the Aceh Kingdom & the Deli Kingdom. Once Medan was part of the Deli Sultan but now is the capital city in Medan are the Mesjid Raya (Grand Mosque), the Maimoon palace, the prewar architecture buildings in the down town, crocodile farm, museum etc.

Bahorok, The Sumatra Orangutans Rehabilitation Center

Also known as Bukit Lawang, lies in South of Gunung Leuser national park. Here young orangutans are taught self preservation skills by human teachers for a return to their original habitat. The center is a 45 minutes walk from Bukit Lawang at the end of a river trail. A canoe on a cable is provided for crossing the river. Besides of to observe the Sumatra orangutans, Bahorok is place for the adventurous.

About The Orangutans

One of the great apes, usually vegetarian & tailes & equivalent to the African gorilla & Chimpanzee. Their name, in Indonesia, means "Man of the forest". Orangutans are often loners & do not travel in large families. Another orangutans rehabilitation center is in Tanjung Puting National Park Central kalimantan serves the quite distinct Bornean subspecies of this endangered ape.

Berastagi

A lovely tourist town that located in the karo highlands known for various kinds of flowers, vegetable & fruits most famous of which is the "Marquisa"  passion fruit. It is 66 km southwest of Medan & surrounds by two volcanoes : Mt. Sibayak & Mt. Sinabung.

Lake Toba & Parapat

The centerpiece of Sumatra is the gigantic crater Lake Toba. With 80 km length, 40 km width & 450m deep, Lake Toba is the largest lake in Southeast Asia. It was a caldera of giant volcano that collapsed arround 100.000 years ago. Now Lake Toba has become one of the major tourist destinations in Indonesia, offers its natural beauty, cool climate & rich culture of the Batak people. On shore of Lake Toba there is Parapat, the embarkation point for ferries & boat to Samosir island. It is busy resort mostly by tourism.

Samosir Island

Located right in the middle of Lake Toba, Samosir island covers an area of 630 square-km. this island is home of the fiercest but kind hearted Toba Bataks. Visiting the village of Tomok, Tuk-tuk, Simanindo, Ambarita are recommended for traditional Batak Toba houses & local dances.

Wonderful Medan, North Sumatra - Indonesia

About  Medan

Post Office 

       Medan  is the capital of the North Sumatra province in Indonesia. Located on the northern coast, Medan is the fourth largest city in Indonesia (behind Jakarta, Surabaya, and Bandung), and the largest Indonesian city outside Java. The city is bordered by the Deli Serdang Regency to the east, south and west, and the Strait of Malacca to the north. It is close to the volcano Sinabung, which erupted in August 2010 after a 400 year dormant state.

History

        Medan started as a village called Kampung Medan (Medan Village). Kampung Medan was founded by Guru Patimpus around the 1590s. Because Kampung Medan sits on Tanah Deli (Land of Deli), Kampung Medan is also referred as Medan-Deli. The original location of Kampung Medan is an area where the Deli River meets the Babura River.

Histories of Medan

        Based on the diary of the Portuguese merchant in early 16th century, it stated that the name of Medan was actually derived from Medina which is actually a holy city in the western of Saudi Arabia. However, other sources indicated that the name of Medan actually came from Indian Hindi language word "Maidan" meaning "ground" or "land"(like in Pragati Maidan in Delhi). One of the Karo-Indonesia dictionary written by Darwin Prinst SH published in 2002 wrote that Medan could also be defined as "recover" or "be better".

        The first inhabitants of Medan came from the Malays of the Malay Peninsula, the Mandailings from the South Tapanuli Regency and the Karonese who originated from the Karo Highlands. It was not until the Sultan of Aceh, Sultan Iskandar Muda, sent his warlord, Gocah Pahlawan Laksamana Khoja Bintan, to be the Sultanate of Aceh's representative in Tanah Deli, that the Sultanate of Deli started to grow. This growth stimulated growth in both the population and culture of Medan. In the second year reign of Sultan Deli (between 1669–1698), there was a cavalry battle in Medan.

        Medan did not experience significant development until the 1860s, when the Dutch colonialists began clearing the land for tobacco plantations. Medan quickly became a center of government and commercial activity, dominating development of Indonesia's western region.

        The Dutch governed Tanah Deli from 1658, after Sultan Ismail, ruler of the Siak Sultanate, yielded some of his once-ruled land, Deli, Langkat, and Serdang. In 1915 Medan officially became the capital of North Sumatra Province, and officially a city in 1918.

Currently much of Medans historic architecture from the colonial era is rapidly being demolished to make way for modern buildings (malls, garages, etc.).

Landmarks

           There are many old buildings in Medan that still retain their Dutch architecture. These include the old City Hall, the central Post Office, the Tirtanadi Water Tower, which is Medan City's icon, and Titi Gantung (a bridge over the railway).

There are several historic places such as Maimun Palace (Istana Maimun) built in years 1887–1891, where the Sultan of Deli still lives (the Sultan no longer holds any official power), and the Great Mosque (Masjid Raya) of Medan built in 1906 in the Moroccan style by the Dutch architect Dingemans.

Since 2005, a catholic temple, in Indo-Mogul style, devoted to Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni (Our Lady of Good Health), is built in Medan. This particular Saint knows its origin with an apparition in the 17th century in India. The temple is an important building, of two stories and a small tower of seven storeys in Indonesian style, that already attracts attention from the main road (it is situated in the small road Jl. Sakura III besides Jl. Simatupang). It is already the second most important pilgrimage place in Asia.

Transportation

       One of the unique features of Medan are the motorized becaks that are found almost everywhere. Unlike traditional becaks, a motorized becak can take its passenger anywhere in the city. The fare of riding a 'becak' is relatively cheap and is usually negotiated beforehand.

There are also more common transport like taxis and minibuses, known as sudako.

Becak Motor

Railroad tracks connect Medan to Binjai and Tanjungpura to the northwest, to port of Belawan to the north, to Tebing Tinggi and Pematang Siantar to the southeast, and also Rantau Prapat among other city. The largest train station in Medan is Medan Station. There are also smaller stations in Medan, such as Medan Pasar, Pulu Brayan, Titi Papan, and Labuhan, and Belawan. Titi Papan and Pulu Brayan only serve as the stop for freight trains carrying oil palm and petroleum.

The seaport of Belawan is about 20 km to the north. Polonia International Airport is located in the heart of the city, because of its close proximity to the city center, the government is currently imposing a ban on constructing high rise buildings. Kuala Namu International Airport is a new airport under construction and is due to replace Polonia in mid-2013. The new airport will boast a capacity of 8.1 million passengers a year.

A toll highway connects Medan to Belawan and Tanjungmorawa. A plan for the extension of this highway to Kuala Namu International Airport, Tebing Tinggi and to Binjai has been completed, and the central government is currently seeking investors to build the extension.

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FULLDAY ORANG UTAN TOUR

FULLDAY ORANG UTAN TOUR
Pick up from your hotel or airport in Medan, depart to Bukit Lawang - Bohorok.On the way we'll visit rubber, oil palm, cocoa plantations and also Botanical Garden at Timbang Lawang.Arrival in Bukit Lawang a place on the outskirts of Gunung Leuser National Park.We take a small hike to  get the orang utans to face. First it goes along the River, with a canoe we crossing River Bohorok.Arrival at the National Park; after 25 Minutes we reach orang utansfeedingsside, here orang utans are prepared for their return into the wilderness.Afternoon we turn back to Medan, transfer to your hotel or airport for your further journey.

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Memorable Lake Toba Tour

5D/4N Memorable Lake Toba Tour 


Day 01    : Medan - Berastagi
Day 02    : Berastagi - Samosir
Day 03    : Samosir Tour
Day 04    : Samosir - Parapat - Medan
Day 05    : Hotel - Airport





Day 01    : Medan - Berastagi
Arrive at Polonia International airport "SELAMAT DATANG KE MEDAN - HORAS". After clearance at the immigration meet and greet with our tour guide. A welcome snack box and daily mineral water will waiting in the bus. Medan city tour will be started from visiting maimun palace, the great mosque of medan, Chinese temple, kesawan deli parijs van sumatra, merdeka walk, post office and the old debour hotel. Transfer to local restaurant. Then tour proceed to Berastagi via resort sembahe. the distance 66 km 2hours drive from Medan. Upon arrival transfer to hotel.Dinner served at hotel. at the night free program. {L,D}

Day 02    : Berastagi - Samosir
Breakfast at hotel. Berastagi city tour will visit gundaling hill to see the panorama of Berastagi town and 2 active volcanoes sibayak and sinabung. Short break at flower and fruits market for souvenir hunting. Leave Berastagi for Parapat - Lake Toba, enroute stop at tongging to see the sipiso-piso waterfall with 120 m from the northen part of lake toba continue to Pematang purba to see the long house of purba kingdom at the ancient time, then stop at Simarjarunjung hill for Lake toba panorama to taste the ginger tea and fried banana (own acount). Upon arrival at Parapart, transfer to local restaurant for lunch. Then cross the lake toba to samosir island, check-in hotel.in the afternoon you can walk around tuk-tuk or swim in clearly of lake toba. Dinner and overnight  at hotel. {B/L/D}

Day 03    : Samosir Tour
 Breakfast at hotel. An exiting Tour will be arraged to visit traditional village, and culture, firstly will visit Ambarita to see the stone chair used to punish prisoners and anemies during the siallagan kingdom and excution place made by king sialagan, next Tomok village to see the stone tomb of king sidabutar and shopping local handy craf. Return to hotel for lunch, dinner served at hotel, enjoy the night life of samosir. {B/L/D}

Day 04    : Samosir - Parapat - Medan
Breakfast at hotel. Leave Parapat for Medan via Tebing tinggi, a distance 176km 4hours drive, enroute stop at Pematang siantar for tasty local snack call teng - teng ting - ting. Tours continues passing Sumatra plantation such as rubber, palm oil and cocoa,upon arrival at medan transfer to local restaurant for lunch, then continue for shopping at pasar ikan traditional market, Medan mall and factory out let for jeans. Check - in to hotel. Dinner will served at local restaurant. At the night free program. {B/L/D}
 
Day 05    : Hotel - Airport
Breakfast at hotel. Free program until Transfer to airport for next destination. Tour end {B}

Tour fee included :

• Private deluxe transportation
• 4 night hotel Accommodation
• Daily breakfast - meals  4x Lunch + 4x Dinner
• Friendly and experience tour guide
• Daily mineral water
• Welcome snack upon arrival
• Entrance fee

Tour fee excluded :

• Return air line ticket
• Air port tax
• Optional tour
• Tip for tour guide and driver
• Personal expences