The main allure of Lake Toba in North Sumatra lies in the heart of enchanting natural beauty. The largest volcanic lake in the world is the belle of the North Sumatra tourism, becoming one of the few tourist destinations of Indonesia's most visited by tourists, including Bali, Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Surabaya.
Administratively, the area of Lake Toba unfolds in seven districts in North Sumatra, namely Samosir, Toba Samosir, Simelungun, North Tapanuli, Humbang Hasundutan, Karo, and Dairi.
This is due to the length of the lake that reaches up to 100 km with a width of 30 km. Lake Toba has a maximum depth reaches 529 meters with an area of 1,130 square kilometers of the lake.
Geographically, Lake Toba is located in the Bukit Barisan mountains of North Sumatra province with the topography of the area is dominated by hills and mountains. The territory of the catchment area in the tourist area of Lake Toba is composed of natural forests, meeting, plantations, until the mixture garden. Surface water lake is located at an altitude of 903 meters above sea level. This is the enchanting natural panorama treats when you arrive in the region of Lake Toba with airflow so cool.
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| Panorama of Lake Toba from Balige |
Lake Toba is a volcanic lake a result of the activities of old mountain, the lake created by the volcanic eruption of Mount Toba super happened about 69,000 to 77,000 years ago. The eruption of Mount Toba is thousands of times greater than normal and volcanic eruptions affect world climate globally.
This is the largest volcanic eruption in Earth ever known to man within the past 25 million years. The results found that the dust from the eruption of the ancient super-volcanic mountain spread to the North Pole with the discovery of evidence of volcanic ash that forms the same molecule at 2.100 points.However, the local community has its own story about the formation of the largest lake in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
According to legend, the lake is originated from fish stealth family story. There was a young man who is looking for fish and managed to get a fish. But it turns out that fish do not like fish normally, but can talk and transforming it into a beautiful looking woman with the name Toba. Long story short, they were married, but with the proviso that the young man should not even touched on the origins of the woman.
In the course of their marriage, Toba finally gave birth to a son and named Naidoo. This boy loved to eat. Until one day, Naidoo was asked by his mother to deliver food to his father in the fields. But on the way, Naidoo devour the food. Father who has felt hunger decided to go home.
On the way, his father saw traces of food that the child spent earlier. Finally, the father got angry and said that Naidoo was the son of a fish. In that instant, the rain was falling and the water out of the ground to create a lake that is now called by the name Toba and islands in the middle called Samosir.
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| A village in the Lake Toba |
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| Other side of Lake Toba |
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