Batak

Berestagi to Bukittinggi (2)

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Via the village of Dokan and a Batak palace to Samosir in Lake Toba, with its stone sculptures and sarcophagi, and then on to the market of Balige and the fishing communities of Sibolga

Berestagi to Bukittinggi (1)

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From Medan, Sumatra’s largest city, to the Orang Utan sanctuary in Bukit Lawang and on to Berestagi, the domain of the Karo Batak and their traditional wooden houses

Balige

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Market town at the far end of Lake Toba

Jangga

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Jangga is a fairly touristic Batak village, but in a beautiful setting

Lake Toba

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A somewhat overrated tourist destination, but there are several cute villages with traditional architecture and a stone cemetery cult

Ambarita

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Small village containg the old court of law of the Toba bataks, in the form of a set of stone chairs

Tomok

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Lakeside village with a market, traditional houses and a royal cemetary

Dokan

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Perhaps the nicest Karo Batak village in the area, with at least six fully operating Rumah Adats

Barusjahe & Desa Serdang

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Two less accessable Karo villages near Berestagi, both pretty run-down in terms of architecture

Gurusinga & Linggatula

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Somewhat run-down Karo Batak villages south of Berestagi