People tend to skip over Sumatra when they travel to Indonesia. Bali is always their top pick. In North Sumatra lies Lake ...

UNESCO granted Global Geopark status to the Toba Caldera in 2020, following a nine-year effort by the Indonesian government.

Explore the best places to visit in Sumatra by region, from Lake Toba and the Mentawais to jungle treks, highland towns, and ...

The road is sinuous and with traffic jam, it might take over four hours to cover the 180 km which separates Medan, North Sumatra capital to the Lake Toba. But it is worth the visit.

The North Sumatra Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) announced on Wednesday that wildfires ravaging the protected forest area ...

LAKE TOBA, Indonesia — The ground still occasionally trembles here, a reminder of the active volcano below that last erupted 75,000 years ago and blasted a crater out of the earth the size of ...

The Samosir Office of the North Sumatra Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has intensified efforts to combat wildfires ...

The 440-square-mile Lake Toba, formed out of an ancient super volcano, is a popular sightseeing destination on the island of Sumatra. It's more than 1,312 feet deep.

North Sumatra Governor Edy Rahmayadi said it would be difficult to lure 1 million foreign tourists into the province, let alone to Lake Toba. Insufficient transportation and people’s ...