Any displayed sale is meant as a token of partnership and will always redirect you to our partners' sites. Home Destinations Sumatra Lake Toba. A Comforting Escapade Toba is a place to sit back, relax and absorb some beautiful pristine scenery. By Land Parapat, the town by Lake Toba, is km away from Medan and can be reached in under 6 hours by public buses that follow two routes: Medan-Parapat or via Medan-Berastagi.
How To Get Around Feel the wind in your hair and do as the locals do by hiring a motorbike to explore this beautiful part of the world. Indonesia Tourism Office. Lake Toba in Moving Frames. Nearby Spectacles Sipiso-piso Waterfall. Samosir Island. Dolok Sanggul. Lake Toba Package — Flight from Singapore. Sigale-gale Puppet Show. What They Say. Lake Toba Trip Ideas. Load More. See the Destination. Visit our other website. Geological Survey Clouds obscure the summit of Pusukbukit, a young volcano that formed on the western margin of Toba caldera.
An active geothermal area forms the light-colored area at the base of the volcano across the strait from Samosir Island on Lake Toba. Geological Survey The km-long Lake Toba is seen here from the northern end. The lake fills a 35 x km caldera that formed during four major late-Pleistocene eruptions.
The western caldera scarp forms the cliffs at the right. The low-angle slope on the left horizon is Samosir Island, half of a large resurgent block in the center of the caldera. The 1, km 2 lake is the largest in SE Asia. Anonymous, The eastern wall of the Toba caldera forms the horizon across Lake Toba from Samosir Island in the foreground.
The small Tuk-Tuk peninsula center extends into the lake from the km 2 island. The small conical peak on the horizon at left-center is Tandukbenua volcano, which may have erupted only a few hundred years ago.
The MTT rhyolite ignimbrite more than 60 km 3 was emplaced about , years ago during the third largest of the four major Toba caldera-forming eruptions. Products of the densely welded MTT eruption are distributed over the northern part of the caldera.
Pusukbukit, a volcano in the Toba caldera, was constructed just within the western caldera rim. It is seen here across a narrow strait from Samosir Island, with light-colored areas containing fumaroles along its northern flank. The youngest lava flow on Pusukbukit is of dacitic composition.
Tuk-Tuk, a small peninsula on Samosir Island, provides a vista of Latung Strait, which separates the opposing resurgent blocks of Samosir right and the Uluan block on the left. Clouds rise above the summit of Pusukbukit right , a post-caldera cone constructed just inside the western rim of Toba caldera.
Lake Toba, which fills the caldera, is visible beyond the northern left flank of Pusukbukit. The 35 x km caldera formed during four major ignimbrite-forming eruptions in the Pleistocene, the latest of which occurred about 74, years ago. The large island of Samosir is an uplifted resurgent dome. NASA Landsat 7 image worldwind. Samosir Island is an area of resurgence within the caldera, formed by uplifting of the caldera floor by at least 1.
N is at the top of this 21 June Sentinel-2 satellite image. Satellite image courtesy of Copernicus Sentinel Data, GVMID should provide a snapshot and baseline view of the techniques and instrumentation that are in place at various volcanoes, which can be use by volcano observatories as reference to setup new monitoring system or improving networks at a specific volcano. These data will allow identification of what monitoring gaps exist, which can be then targeted by remote sensing infrastructure and future instrument deployments.
Volcanic Hazard Maps The IAVCEI Commission on Volcanic Hazards and Risk has a Volcanic Hazard Maps database designed to serve as a resource for hazard mappers or other interested parties to explore how common issues in hazard map development have been addressed at different volcanoes, in different countries, for different hazards, and for different intended audiences.
In addition to the comprehensive, searchable Volcanic Hazard Maps Database, this website contains information about diversity of volcanic hazard maps, illustrated using examples from the database. This site is for educational purposes related to volcanic hazard maps. Hazard maps found on this website should not be used for emergency purposes. For the most recent, official hazard map for a particular volcano, please seek out the proper institutional authorities on the matter. For each MODIS image, the algorithm automatically scans each 1 km pixel within it to check for high-temperature hot-spots.
When one is found the date, time, location, and intensity are recorded. Lake Toba was perhaps once more popular than it is nowadays, but for many it remains a firm fixture on the Banana Pancake Trail. It is a great laid back place to chill out for a few days after jungle trekking etc.
The location is very popular with Chinese tourists around Chinese New Year, when availability drops dramatically and accommodation costs skyrocket. In its effort to promote tourism, government has greatly improved the infrastructure. The water quality in Lake Toba is not the same everywhere, so seek local advice before swimming. Some areas of the lake are not recommended for swimming, due to pollution caused by intensive fish-farming.
The local people who live in the Toba region are called Toba Batak, or simply Batak, and they speak the local Batak language, but everyone also speaks Indonesian. You may want to use the Batak greeting, 'horas', which means welcome, good morning, farewell, etc. The Kabanjahe route is by far the shortest route and the only road to offer several options to reach Lake Toba.
The route passes through Berastagi town and Kabanjahe city till it reaches Merek town about 2. Once you reach Merek, there are 3 options: go to Tongging in the northern part of the lake 30 minutes' drive , to Parapat in the eastern part 2 hours' drive or go through Sidikalang and continue to the western part to reach Samosir island via the only land bridge. This route is recommended to those who wish to explore Berastagi, Kabanjahe and Lake Toba in one go.
The Pematang Siantar route is the most popular route if you choose to head for Parapat or the southern part of Lake Toba. It takes about 5 hours by bus from Medan and will pass through Pematangsiantar. Due to opening of a toll road, the travel time may be cut by 30 - 45 mins. If you are flying to Kualanamu Airport, then most likely you will use this route. There is no direct train to Lake Toba. The nearest train station is at Pematang Siantar 50 km north of Parapat.
The train Siantar Ekspres departs from Medan every day on and the trip takes about 4 hours because the train stops at almost every station. Ticket price is Rp 22, one way as of December It is a long but wonderful way to travel if you like to learn more culture on their daily living and lifestyle. Using a car is the easiest and safest way to get around, but you have to rent from either Medan or Pematangsiantar. Use a car with a high ground clearance and preferably one with lots of power.
The majority of roads around Lake Toba are unpaved, save for the major road. Even the paved one may be in very bad condition, with lots of potholes.
Local transportation around the lake takes the form of boats cheaper, school boats with limited schedules and more expensive public boats that operate throughout the day. The ferry dock of Parapat is the major access point for the Samosir island. From there, jump in a local mini-van Rp 2, towards the Parapat bus station.
From there you can reach nearly all the big cities in Sumatra and even Java. Several harbours on the mainland have ferry connections with Samosir island. Most common is the Parapat - Tomok route. Public boats from Parapat and surrounding areas sail from either 2. The boat runs every hour, with the last one at Some ferry owners are tourist hunters and will overcharge you.
Try to take the ferry with wooden benches inside and the light green ferry. Those are the ferries that charge Rp 10, and the locals take to cross over. Self-proclaimed 'tourist hunters' may befriend you on the boat but are harmless and often helpful.
If you are staying at Tuktuk, you can ask the ferryman to drop you directly at your resort. Watch out for the guys that ask for the fee before you embark — they do not work for the operators. You pay on the boat. On non-peak season, usually only one of the ferry operates. The ferry ride over is fantastic, just truly peaceful, apart from the car radios playing, the ladies selling peanuts, bottled water, noodle or pretty much anything else.
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