5D/4N Lake Toba, Brastagi Highland & Bahorok “Wild Orang Utan Habitat"
DAY 1: SINGAPORE - KUALA NAMU
AIRPORT - PARAPAT
upon
arrival at kualanamu international airport, welcome by enjoy holiday medan. then we will make a trip to parapat where the
journey will take about 4 hours via kota pemantang siantar – 2nd largest city
in north sumatera and many rubber and palmoil plantations.
DAY 2: PARAPAT - SAMOSIR ISLAND
DISCOVERY - SIPISO PISO FALLS & TONGGING - BRASTAGI HIGHLAND
this
morning, we will take a ferry trip across the crystal clear waters of lake toba
to samosir island – a large volcanic island that is located in the middle of
lake toba and has claimed to be the fifth largest lake island in the world. the
island is the center of the batak toba culture and many of this people’s
artifacts remain on the island. we will make a visit to tomok, a village of the
batak tobanese to see their traditional roofed houses, and the ancient stone
tomb of their king sidabutar is found. here, you will also find good bargain of
souvenirs made by the locals. then, off to ambarita (only 10 paxs above will go
there), another village of batak tobanese where the ancient king’s house, court
house and the executionary place are being preserved. afterwards, we will take
ferry trip back to parapat. next, we will proceed our journey to brastagi
highland. enroute several visits i.e. to: simarjarunjung where you can sit and
relax to enjoy the remarkable view of nature, sipiso piso falls - a splender
stream of water falling from a great height in karo highlands, and tongging
- to view lake toba from top. overnight at
brastagi.
DAY 3: BRASTAGI HIGHLAND - HOT
SPRING EXPERIENCE (OPTIONAL) - MEDAN
CITY TOUR
this
morning, you can enjoy superb view of the two volcasnoes, mt. sinabung &
mt. sibayak. we will also visit local fruit market where you will have a chance
to taste variety of tropical fruits, such as: marquisa, love fruit/passion
fruit, star fruits, pineapples, bananas, papayas, avocados, king of fruits
“durians”, and etc. then you will be enjoying our natural hot spring water
(optional) – located at the foot of mt. sibayak. afterwards, we are off to
medan and proceed for city tour where firstly we will stopover at batik shops
for good product bargains (batik cloth is a cloth that traditionally uses a
manual wax-resist dyeing technique and proudly worn by the locals on important
events) and maimoon palace historic building which was built in 1888. we will
pass by: the grand mosque and kesawan street of which has most of its remaining
of original dutch, english, chinese and malay architecture such as: tjong afie
mansion, medan city hall, and general post office. and one of this city’s
landmark i.e. the water tower, is used to supply water to the city of medan.
DAY 4: MEDAN - BAHOROK / BUKIT
LAWANG - MEDAN
in
the morning, enjoy the journey from medan to bahorok/bukit lawang via many
palmoil plantations will take about 3 hours. bukit lawang “gunung leuser
national park” is part of the world heritage site and tropical rainforest -
covers area of over 7,000 km2 in northern part of sumatran island. the national
park itself protects wide range of ecosystems includes the orang utan
sanctuary. upon arrival, you will be given free time to shop for local
hand-made souvenirs along the beautiful stretch of the bahorok river or you can
follow some of the optionals (with local experienced guide) being offered, such
as: tubing, rafting (mild grade 2-rapids), and jungle trekking for advanced
trekkers (all is own expenses). later on, we will take sampan boat to cross the
bahorok river to visit the orang utan rehabilitation center – their home where
you can spot them roaming freely in their natural surroundings and watch the
park rangers feed the orang utan during their feeding hours. nb: it is
advisable for walkers to wear comfortable/sport shoes –we’ll be doing mild
trekking to the feeding area.
DAY 5: MEDAN - SINGAPORE
after
breakfast, we will visit one of our local traditional market where you can find
fantastic bargains of souvenirs and local interests. after that (optional), you
can try our famous indonesian traditional massage. moreover, you will be given
free time to explore one of the most visited place by the youngsters “merdeka
walk” that is located directly across medan city hall where a lot of local
favorite food and cafes can be found or you can shop at one of our malls in
medan before transfer to airport for your return flight.
Accomodation Hotel :
1st
stay hotel : niagara hotel **** parapat / samosir villa resort *** samosir
2nd
stay hotel : grand mutiara hotel ***** berastagi / mikie holiday resort ****
berastagi
3rd
stay hotel : adimulia hotel ***** medan / grand aston hotel ***** medan
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