Sumatra Explorer
from €644
Tour - 6 days
Sumatra Explorer
from €644
Tour - 6 days
On Sumatra, one of the largest islands in the world, you will discover the remnants of its ancient Batak culture which still lives on today especially around Lake Toba. The jungle invites you to get acquainted with its typical and lush fauna and flora ... and its playful orangutans!
Strong points:
Visit a traditional quanit Batak village
Up close and personal with the orangutangs of Bukit Lawang
Trekking through lush tropical forest
Day-to-day program
Day 1 & 2
Medan - Samosir Island
Your guide and driver meet and assist you at your arrival at Medan airport. Enroute to Parapat, you visit a rubber and palm oil plantation. Then you board the ferry to Samosir, a large island in Lake Toba, the heart of the Batak culture.
Tomorrow you set out by car and discover several Batak tribal villages. The stone tables and chairs of Ambarita, where Siallagan kings spoke justice, as well as the tombs of the kings in Sidabutar Tomok are silent witnesses of the ancient culture that lives on today in traditional dancing and weaving techniques.
Day 3
Samosir Island - Brastagi
Day 4
Brastagi - Bukit Lawang
Day X
Bukit Lawang - Medan
Your guide and driver meet and assist you at your arrival at Medan airport. Enroute to Parapat, you visit a rubber and palm oil plantation. Then you board the ferry to Samosir, a large island in Lake Toba, the heart of the Batak culture.
Tomorrow you set out by car and discover several Batak tribal villages. The stone tables and chairs of Ambarita, where Siallagan kings spoke justice, as well as the tombs of the kings in Sidabutar Tomok are silent witnesses of the ancient culture that lives on today in traditional dancing and weaving techniques.
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