Lake toba is a lake formed by a volcanic eruption so violent that occurred around 73.000-75,000 years ago. The eruption resulted in the almost extinction of several species of living things on Earth. The charm of the beautiful landscape is the attraction of Lake Toba. Not only domestic tourists even foreign tourists ever visit Lake Toba which became the Prima Donna of North Sumatra tourism. Lake toba is the mountains and hills and waters. Also there is some woods and gardens can be found there. This makes the Lake Toba tour into one of the existing tourism holiday destinations in Indonesia. The beautiful landscape along the eye can see, cool breezes, and clean air make the body relaxed and refreshed.
There are several means of transportation options to get to Lake toba, when visitors arrive in Medan using airplanes, airport, visitors can head to the bus terminal to the Sandpaper in advance new to continue with public transit ride fare is relatively inexpensive. Actually to do the journey to Lake Toba Tour more fun when using trains or by ferry, because in the course of later visitors will then serve in a view that is so wonderful that certainly could be a privileged moment.
Lake Toba tour for visitors not to worry when wishing to explore the sights, because here already there are a wide variety of lodging such as hotels, guesthouse and homestay. For booking hotel rooms also can be done with online.
In the communities surrounding the formation of Lake Toba has its own historical stories. It is said that farmers there lived in the village of the northern part of the island of Sumatra. For the daily needs of youth that drape his life from the rice paddies and fishing on the river untukmencari fish. One day, the young man was fishing and acquiring the catch in the form of a beautiful golden fish. The time the young man was holding it all of a sudden the fish it turned into a very beautiful graceful Princess. Princess it is women who in the curse because of something.
Because of her youth it will be enchanted asks the Princess to be his wife. The daughter agrees with the terms of the youth did not tell the origin came from a fish. Youth villages of menikahlah and daughter of the request undertakes they form a one's family. Like other families that they had a child. But the children they have had bad habits, namely when the son eat her like never feel full. In the kerjakannya just eat and eat.
One day the village youth break the rules of the daughter by saying to his son: "basic child offspring fish!". These words spoken since she was contemptuously, to his son who spent his family's food. The words indirectly has opened secret wife that none other than a fish in tangkapnya several years ago.
Because of the promise they're not in the wife and son tepati disappeared with it. In the sole of the foot where they are based, a spring that is getting increasingly large and extends to submerge the area to form a lake. Since then the Lake was called Lake Toba.