Cerita Seru Touring ke Bukit Indah Simarjarunjung dan Pulau Samosir

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HORAS!

Udah lama kita gak jumpa ya. Maklum lah, masa-masa terakhir bulan Ramadhan dan lebaran banyak kali yang awak sibuk kali, jadi tak sempat tulis artikel. Tenang aja, sekarang awak sudah kembali membawa cerita seru jalan-jalan keliling bukit indah Simarjanjung dan Pulau Samosir bareng keluarga besarku di Medan.

Udah ah, gak enak banget ngomong pake logat-logat medan gitu hahahahaha 😄. Gak pande (pandai) awak. Makhluk planet Bekasi gak cocok ngomong Medan 😅.

Jadi, tanggal 30 Juni adalah hari dimana gua mendarat di kampung Batang Kilat, Sei Mati, Belawan, Medan dalam rangka bersilaturahmi dengan keluarga besar alias mudik. Itu udah H+5 lebaran. Telat? Gpp, yang penting mendarat dulu di Medan.

Di hari itu juga, keponakan yang udah jadi adek gua, Dina Arifah Maha, tahu-tahu bilang ke gua "kami rencana mau jalan ni malam jam 12, kakak ikut?" Gua kayak "Hah? Hari ini banget? Jam 12 malem, kayak waktu kita tour keliling Danau Toba Januari kemaren dong?! Kemana emang?" terus Dina bilang "entah, tanyalah sama ayah Dina"

What a surprise!!! Baru aja mendarat udah mau gerak aja kita. Tanpa pikir panjang gua langsung ngobrol sama ayahnya Dina tentang rencana jalan malam itu.

Katanya mau ke bukit indah Simarjarunjung sama nyebrang ke Pulau Samosir. Rencana 3 mobil ikut. Gua galau gitu kan, karena gua kali ini ke Medan gak sendiri tapi bareng ortu gua. Ortu gua mana kuat di ajakin touring tengah malem gitu yang gak jelas nanti tidurnya dimana. Alhasil, setelah bernego-nego ria, gua akhirnya naik mobilnya Dina. Yeeeyyy, bisa satu mobil sama adek gua! Seneng banget 😁

Jam 12 malem kita gerak dari Sei Mati, Belawan menuju bukit Indah Simarjanjung. Ayah Dina emang strong banget men, bisa dia nyetir tengah malem gitu, naik gunung gelap-gelap, dan tahu jalan pula. Iyalah, danau Toba udah kayak wilayah kekuasaanya gitu, familiar dia sama jalan-jalan disana.

Sampe di Bukit Indah Simarjanjung jam setengah 5 pagi. Sepanjang jalan satu mobil tidur kecuali ayah Dina, gua, dan Dina. Kenapa gua dan Dina gak tidur padahal duduk paling belakang barengan sama bantal dan selimut? Simply, kita gak bisa tidur aja terlebih gua yang susah tidur di mobil. Gpp lah, yang penting maen-maen dulu di bukit indah Simarjanjung.

BUKIT INDAH SIMARJARUNJUNG, WISATA BARU DANAU TOBA

Iya masih baru lho kawan. Kalian pasti ada yang belom pernah denger namanya kan? Kalo orang Medan, terlebih kaula mudanya pasti tahu. Ini tempat wisata yang lagi ngehits di kalangan anak-anak muda Medan. Ini tempat dimana kalian bisa ambil foto danau Toba beserta bukit sekitarnya dan pemandangan pulau Samosir.

Yang mau dapet like banyak di instagram, kesitu aja sumpah keren-keren lho. Nih gua kasih liat foto-fotonya.

Waktu pagi di bukit indah Simarjarunjung

Spot foto dengan background kupu-kupu

Spot foto dengan design bintang

Duduk di kayu pohon sambil nikmatin sunset

Gimana? Keren ya pemandangannya? Apalagi banyak spot-spot foto yang kece. Udah daripada penasaran, kesana aja Bukit Indah Simarjarunjung

PANTAI PASIR PUTIH PARBABA & DANAU SIDHIHONI

Dari bukit indah Simarjarunjung, gua nyebrang pake ferry ke Pulau Samosir. Kali ini gua nyebrang sama mobilnya, jadi ada tuh ferry yang bisa ngangkut mobil.

Destinasi pertama adalah pantai pasir putih Parbaba. Ini suatu misteri yang menarik. Kok bisa ya, ada pantai pasir putih di atas danau? Pasirnya kayak pasir pantai pula. Dah gitu, kok bisa-bisanya ada ombak gitu di danau? Wah ini menarik untuk di teliti. Danau Toba itu emang penuh dengan misteri.

Anyway, pantai pasir putih Parbaba itu objek wisata yang pas buat piknik keluarga. Disana ada tenda-tenda dan tikar buat orang piknik di pinggir danau, kuliner khas Batak, dan atraksi seperti speed boat dan banana boat. Pemandangannya juga luar biasa bagus, apalagi kalo udah sore, itu keren banget. Kayak gini nih suasana pantai pasir putih Parbaba dan sore hari disana.

Mandi-mandi di danau toba. Kalo sore enak loh, gak panas dan udaranya sejuk. Untungnya gak ada dari kita yang masuk angin

Senja di danau toba

Sayang seribu sayang, pas langit senja gua gak ngambil foto. Itu langit bener-bener merah dan bagus banget. Gua terpesona banget ampe mager ngambil kamera karena pemandangannya terlalu bagus buat di lewatkan.

Gua dan keluarga besar gua nginep disitu. Jadi ada hotel dan villa gitu di pantai pasir putih Parbaba, terus satu kamar gede banget. Kita semua tidur dalam satu kamar, udah berasa kayak pengungsi aja hahahaha. Kayak gini lah suasana kita tidur di kamar. Gua udah tepar banget jadi langsung aja tidur.

Saat semuanya tepar karena perjalanan cukup panjang dari Belawan sampai ke Pulau Samosir (yang selimut biru diatas anak kecil itu gua hahahaha 😅)

Berasa kayak pengungsian? Justru disitula serunya perjalanan kita. Tidur pun satu kamar semua

Besok paginya, kita main-main sebentar di danau Toba. Kali ini gak mandi-mandi di danau tapi gua lebih kepengen ambil foto candid dimana Dina jadi modelnya. Dah gitu, foto-foto asik kayak foto lompat, lempar pasir, dan foto kebersamaan sama sodara-sodara gua juga jadi kegiatan asik pagi itu.

Lempar pasir. Dina berhasil ngebentuk huruf 'Y'

Feel so free? Yeah, that's good

Gua, adek Dina, dan sodara-sodara gua

Sebelum pergi, kita selfie dulu lah

Sekitar jam 9 kita udah gerak menuju danau Sidihoni. Inilah objek wisata alam Indonesia yang fenomenal. Ada danau di atas danau. 

Dah gitu danaunya bersih banget, airnya bening, dan di kelilingi padang rumput hijau macem bukit teletabis. Keindahan danau Sidihoni juga sukses membuat gua terpesona dan speechless. Gak percaya gitu kalo ada danau seindah ini di Indonesia.

Gak tahu lagi harus ngomong apa, alamnya Indonesia emang gak ada tandingannya. Kalian harus kesini kalo jalan-jalan ke Medan.

Keren banget ya danau Sidihoni

No edit atau lebih tepatnya belom. Tapi ini view danau Sidihoni dari sisi bawah tebing jadi spot bagus buat Dina candid

Tantangan utamanya paling jalanannya luar biasa hancur. Ya itulah khasnya jalan-jalan di Indonesia. Tempat bagus itu penuh dengan tantangan. Kalo gak ada tantangannya, gak ada gregetnya. Jadi jangan ngeprotes kenapa pemerintah gak betulin jalan atau infrastruktur yang jelek. Udah nikmatin aja sensasi dan gregetnya exploring alamnya Indonesia. Semua itu akan terbayar kok karena hasil tidak pernah mengkhianati usaha. Jalanan rusak, dibayar dengan pemandangan yang menyejukan hati. Seru kan jalan-jalan di Indonesia?

Setelah dari danau Sidihoni, udah deh kita jalan pulang ke Medan tapi gak naik ferry. Kita lewat Tele, jalan darat yang nyambung sama pulau Sumatera Utara.

Kalo kalian jalan lewat Tele, jangan sekali-kali kalian tidur. Rugi! Pemandanganya bagus banget! Bener-bener bikin hati dan pikiran sejuk. Gua bener-bener terpesona banget sama alamnya Sumatera Utara. Luar biasa banget. Makanya jangan tidur di mobil, nikmatinlah pemandangan alamnya.

Ini dia pemandangan di Tele. Bagus kan? Kalo gak ada tiang listrik itu perfect banget lah

"Jangan Be........" kalian sendiri lah yang menilai hahahahaha

Nyampe Tele kita berhenti di rest area, itu tempatnya ada di atas tebing deket menara Tele. Sodara-sodara gua udah pada masak waktu di hotel, jadi kita udah punya cukup makanan. Terus sambil foto-foto di situ, gua juga sempet nyobain kopi Sidikalang. Enak banget men, Sidikalang itu terkenal sama kopinya. Kalo kalian pecinta kopi, cobainlah kopi Sidikalang. Mantep gan!

Suasana makan siang di suatu tempat di bukit Tele

Udah deh, dari situ kita balik ke Sei Mati, Belawan, Medan. Sungguh perjalanan yang sangat berkesan. Spesial banget apalagi ke tempat super indah seperti bukit indah Simarjarunjung, pantai pasir putih Parbaba, dan danau Sidihoni. Udah gitu ada sodara gua yang tinggal di Manado ikut juga. Dan pastinya, banyak quality time yang gua habiskan bersama adek gua yang cantik dan menggemaskan ini.

Terima kasih banyak sekali lagi udah ngajakin aku jalan-jalan keliling danau Toba dan pulau Samosir. Setelah Januari kemaren kita tour sampe Tarutung, kali ini kita berhasil menaklukan pulau Samosir. Jalan sama keluarga besar Medan itu ngajarin gua kesederhanaan dan kekeluargaan. Saat jalan sama mereka, selalu aja ada keceriaan yang ngebuat perjalanan menjadi lebih berwarna. Itulah kenapa gua sayang banget sama mereka.

Sekian dulu cerita jalan-jalannya. Kalo ada yang punya cerita jalan-jalan seru, share yaaaaaa.

Nah kalo mau liat serunya jalan-jalan ke Bukit Indah Simarjanjung dan Pulau Samosir, nonton ya vlog di bawah ini. Jangan lupa subscribed 😄

Let's Have A Look Inside Indonesia Biggest Lake, Lake Toba

Lake Toba

Indonesia tourism never fail to impress travel lovers around the world. Not only the beauty of the nature and colorful society with tribes diversity, but the history behind it is really amazing.

Lake Toba, the biggest lake in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, has unique and mysterious story behind its beauty. Moreover, around Lake Toba, there are so many unique and awesome places that makes you really love to travelling in North Sumatra province.

In previous article, I showed you 5 great places in Medan city, the capital city of North Sumatra province which makes Medan city is "Bhineka Tunggal Ika (Unity In Diversity)" represent city. However, Medan city is only small part of the greatest of North Sumatra province. Lake Toba is trademark and icon of North Sumatra and Indonesia tourism.

Why Lake Toba is always be favorite place for people to enjoy their holiday? What kind of story and mystery behind Lake Toba? And are there any great places around Lake Toba that you must visit?

Let me share my travel story in Lake Toba in the beginning of 2017. 

I'd like to guide you by this article, to have a look inside Lake Toba and the great places around Lake Toba.

Lake Toba, Or I Have To Say 'Mt. Toba'

Lake Toba is the largest and biggest lake in Indonesia as well as Southeast Asia with over 1145 square km with depth around 450 m. Even Lake Toba is one of the deepest lake in the world 

You must be amazed when you see Lake Toba by seeing photos above or photos in Indonesia travel website. You'll be more impressed when you see by your own eyes because even me as Indonesian, I don't know that Lake Toba is very beautiful, the lake and "Bukit Barisan" hills around the lake. 

However, behind Lake Toba's beauty, there's long story and mystery how this Lake was made.

I made research about Lake Toba history from several website. The story behind Lake Toba makes me scary but at the same time, it makes me proud to be Indonesian.

Lake Toba, or I'd like to say 'Mt. Toba'. Yes, it's 'Mt. Toba' not 'Lake Toba'. Before being a lake, Lake Toba was very high mountain. Until now, there are many speculations about the height of Mt. Toba. Around 75,000 years ago, Mt. Toba extremely exploded. It was considered as the most terrible explosion in earth history, that kill almost all humans in the earth and 6 years without sun. The effect of this explosion was Mt. Toba totally destroyed and create very big caldera with one island stayed in the middle. That big caldera for 75,000 years filled by rain and it turns to be a lake. The island in the middle we known as "Samosir Island". Yesss, that's the story behind Lake Toba.

Actually, if we discuss about Lake Toba, it won't be end because there's still so many mysteries in Lake Toba, at least that's what heard from local community who're living around Lake Toba. 

Sipiso-piso Waterfall

Sipiso-piso waterfall located in Tongging village, Karo town. Sipiso-piso waterfall one of the nature sites around Lake Toba that very famous because the beauty of this waterfall.

The name "Sipiso-piso" is from Indonesian words "Pisau or Indonesian usually said, Piso" means knife. Furthermore, the waterfall that have height 120 m / 800 mdpl, is flowing like a knife. Some people said that, if you touch the water from waterfall directly it can hurt your body like you stabbed by knife. 

Sipiso-piso waterfall is one of the tallest waterfall in Indonesia. It's only "one of the". Because the tallest waterfall in Indonesia is located in North Sumatra as well. I'll write about it later.

If you want to feel the sensation of Sipiso-piso waterfall, there's a way to go down until bottom of the waterfall. However, let me share my experience. When you arrive in Sipiso-piso waterfall, you will see the waterfall from top of the hill. So when you challenge yourself to go down into waterfall's bottom, it's same as you climb down the hill. It's okay when you go down, but when you go up, makes sure you have enough power and water because it same as you climb the hill.

However, your hard work will be paid off once you arrive in the bottom of Sipiso-piso waterfall. You can feel the sensation, joy, and good feeling from torrent of waterfall. If you lucky, you can see a rainbow from Sipiso-piso waterfall that gives you the best travel experience in Sipiso-piso waterfall. 

Silalahisinabungan Monument, Jakarta's Monas Looks Like Monument

Yeah, it looks like Jakarta's Monumen Nasional (Monas) because the gold on the top of the monument looks similar with Monas, but it's different monument and have no relation with Monas.

Silalahi Sinabungan Monument was built in 1967 and officiated in 1981. Silalahisinabungan Monument is located in Silalahi Nabolak, in the edge of the Lake Toba.

Beside the monument, there's Batak tribe traditional house, Ruma Balon Silalahisabungan King. So, if you love photography, you can get two objects in the same place and time.

In monument, you can see the paints that described life in Silalahisabungan Kingdom and how Silalahisabungan King's government work. There's also description about Silalahisabungan King in the monument. All of these are written by Batak language, the language of Batak tribe, you I can't translate it for you.

Moreover, you can getting close with Lake Toba and enjoy the air and peaceful atmosphere. I suggest you to come Silalahisabungan Monument in afternoon time, because the scenery is really beautiful. Unfortunately, when I went there, it's rainy day so I couldn't enjoy sunset here. But still, it's worth to visit.

Tarutung Town, The Cleanest City  Only One Soda Bathing Place In The World

Let's go to the city that takes 2 hours from Lake Toba, the cleanest city in North Sumatra that I ever see, Tarutung town, North Tapanuli.

No offense, but everytime I pass market district in every town in North Sumatra, there's always trashes on the street. It doesn't look nice and it's quite dirty! However, in Tarutung town, I didn't see any trashes on the street even when I passed the market district. The river is also clean, although the color is brown, but there's no trashes passing on the river's flow. That's really really shocking me and the rest of my big family who have trip with me. I never see such a clean town in Indonesia like Tarutung town. The other city especially bigger city must follow Tarutung town cleanliness because clean city is better place to live.

Moreover, Tarutung town has more than its cleanliness. Tarutung town has soda water resource that use for public bath and it's the only one place in Indonesia. Even in the world, there are only two soda water resource, one in Venezuela and one in Tarutung town. However, soda water in Venezuela, I heard rumor that it won't use for public bath, which means Tarutung town's soda water resouorce is the only one soda water bathing place IN THE WORLD!

Woooowwww, that's why I'm so proud to be Indonesian 😁😁😁

Tarutung town's Soda water was found by Minar Sihite in 1973. At first, local community feel the place where soda water belong was scary place because the paddy that was planted near soda water were died. Furthermore, the red color around soda water give 'mystical' impression for local Batak community. That's why they call soda water as Aek Rara, "Aek" means water and "Rara" means red.

Even though there's mystical impression from this soda water, Minar Sihite build bathing place in this soda water and in 1990 Tarutung town Soda Water Public Bath was officially opened.

So, North Sumatra has nature resources that never fail to impress tourist and make Indonesian proud to be Indonesian. The only one soda water public bath in the world is exist in Tarutung town, North Tapanuli. Don't miss the opportunity to clean your body with natural soda water. Visit Tarutung town Soda Water Public Bath 😁😁








Actually, there are more nature sites around Lake Toba that makes you falling in love with Lake Toba, unfortunately I wasn't able to explore all of them because I had trip with my big family who bring many little kids, the fathers must work in the next day and the traffic is too crowded because I went here when 2017 new year holiday period.

There are more places that I should visit such as exotic beach in Sibolga, coffee garden in Sidikalang and Siantar, Lake Lau Kawar in Mt. Sinabung, and many more. Next trip, definitely will visit more places and of course I'll share to you.

North Sumatra tourism is more than amazing. You will surprise that you can find this kind of beautiful natural tourist site in Indonesia. We should explore more North Sumatra tourist sites and share to people around the world so that North Sumatra's tourism can developed in the future.

Don't just read and see the pictures of North Sumatra tourism, save your money and book a ticket to North Sumatra 👍👍

Also read:

Medan City Shows Bhineka Tunggal Ika "The Unity Diversity" Philosophy

Travelling In Toba Lake With Big Family

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