Tourism Most Beautiful Place in North Sumatra

Tourism Most Beautiful Place in North Sumatra

North Sumatra is a province that has a number of unique attractions, both natural and cultural tourist. Some of these attractions have been widely known to foreign countries such as Lake Toba with beautiful natural scenery and Bukit Lawang with Sumatran orangutan unique, different from the Borneo orangutan.

Medan itself as a gateway to various tourist destinations in Sumatra, the city has a number of attractions such as the Palace of the Grand Mosque Maimonides and Swimming King, Tjong A Fie with Kesawan, old buildings and relics of the colonial period. From the first, known as the city of Medan trade in which stood a number of corporate headquarters Deli tobacco plantations such as the famous up to foreign countries.

Lake Toba

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Lake Toba is a fascinating natural wonder that stretches along the 100 km by 30 km wide at the top of the Bukit Barisan mountains. It lies at an altitude of 900 meters above sea level (asl) and surrounded by green forest area makes the surrounding air is cool and refreshing.

Lake Toba which has an area of ​​1,145 km2 with a depth of 450 meters that looks like an ocean, is the largest and deepest volcanic lake in the world. The lake is thought to be formed from the eruption of Mount Toba happened about 74,000 years ago. The lake is becoming one of the tourist icons of North Sumatra Province, is an attractive tourist destination and a challenging place to visit.

There in the middle of Lake Toba Samosir Island at an altitude of 1,000 above sea level, covering an area roughly equal to Singapore. On this island there are also many attractions such as the tomb made of stone that has been around 500 years old and villages with traditional house and Batak Toba unique culture and ancient.

Distance Medan to Parapat, a tourist town at the edge of the Dana Toba is 180 km and takes about 4 hours.

Bukit Lawang

Bukit Lawang (the door to the hills) is a small village located in the South of Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL). This village is the gateway entrance to the legendary Sumatran jungle where there Gunung Leuser (3,404 meters). TNGL stretches in the Bukit Barisan mountains, in the northern part of the province of Aceh and in the southern part of the province of North Sumatra.

Bukit Lawang there is a Sumatran orangutan rehabilitation center that was established in 1973. The orangutan is the main attraction of Bukit Lawang where can be seen gracefully this rare primate swinging in the trees dense tropical forests as natural habitat.

Distance Medan to Bukit Lawang is about 90 km that can be reached in 2 hours.

Tangkahan

Tangkahan identical with panoramic views of beautiful tropical rain forest and is often referred to as a hidden paradise in Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL). Tangkahan which has an area of ​​about 17,000 ha is an area of ​​conservation. Elephants are used to patrol to protect TNGL, and visitors can participate explore the forest elephant ride.

At this location, there are various types of flora and fauna, caves and waterfalls, hot springs, rafting, camping spots, trekking either on foot or by riding the Sumatran elephant. In addition, there are two river that divides TNGL namely Sungai Batang Serangan and reed river water is very clear.

Distance from Medan to Tangkahan about 124 km, and takes about 3 hours.

Teluk Dalam

Teluk Dalam is a city located in the South end of the island of Nias. This city is the gateway for surfers who come at certain seasons for surfing. Teluk Dalam has beautiful beaches such as the beach Lagundri and Sorake. Both of these beaches are excellent surfers because the waves rolls that have the perfect height equivalent to that found in Hawaii.

Some villages Teluk Dalam still steeped in tradition and Nias unique architecture, such as the Village Bawomataluo within approximately 15 km of Teluk Dalam. The village is located on a hill with a height of 400 meters above sea level. The houses in this village have Nias traditional home architecture known as Omo Nifolasara already hundreds of years old. The houses in this village built against each other, leaving a large courtyard that is used as a traditional art performances such as Jump Teluk Dalam Batu (Batu Hombo) and Dance of War.

In Teluk Dalam there are also relics in the village Megalithic Orahili, District Gomo. A number of large stones in the hills near the Gomo River. According to the history of the hills and the megalithic stones is a compound derived from the Stone Age Young (Neolithicum) about 1000 to 1500 AD.

Teluk Dalam can be reached by flights from Medan to Gunung Sitoli within 50 minutes.