Hazy purply-blue water, stunning place
Advantages: Beautiful paradise & relaxation - recommended
Disadvantages: Lack of tourism
We took a trip to Lake Toba just over a year ago on a 4 month backpacking trip round South East Asia and would go back tomorrow given half a chance. It was one of the places we'd heard to much about and our Rough Guide gushed over the natural surroundings ...
 SophieWehr 11.06.2004 · Read full review
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Danau Toba
Advantages: scenery
Disadvantages: persistent souvenir sellers
...A trip to Sumatra for many is not complete without a trip to Lake Toba. Danau Toba is the local name for this lake which is the biggest in Indonesia. The lake itself is three times larger than Singapore and is about 450 metres deep.
Lake Toba is access ...
willow 02.10.2000 · Read full review
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The biggest crater lake in the world
Advantages: Beautiful and quiet
Disadvantages: A long way from Java
and it really is massive. Danau Toba is so vast that it's central island alone is the size of Singapore. It's an utterly beautiful and serene place, where days just drift by in a mix of swimming, canoeing, shopping, generally hanging out and chatting. Its ...
ImogenW 28.12.2000 · Read full review
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One Big Lake
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...I travelled through Sumatra in 1994 from Medan to Padang and made a stop at lake Toba. The bus ride from the Orang-utan sanctuary, at Bukit Lawang, to Lake Toba took twelve hours. Don’t believe it when they say air-conditioned bus…two little fans at the ...
warren 07.09.2000 · Read full review
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potentially
Advantages: panorama
Disadvantages: people
lake toba lake is the pride of Indonesia, because it is one of the world's largest lake and beautiful a view, lake toba north Sumatran province are in, there are four districts that have them, namely Toba Samosir regency, district Simalungun Tapanuli dist ...
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