Known as the largest lake in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, Lake Toba offers you a joyful feeling with its lake and panoramic mountain view.

Lake Toba always opens its tourist spots despite the COVID pandemic period, so if you really want to come to Lake Toba to feel its greatness, don’t be hesitate to prepare your clothes and tickets, then go here.

You have to prepare not only your clothes and tickets but also your tourist requirement during this pandemic, like the report of the Antigen/PCR rapid or swab test from your clinic or hospital in your town. Keep in mind that you are still in a dangerous period, so keep your healthy protocol by always wearing your mask, bringing your hand sanitiser, and keeping your distance from others. In this article, we will tell you how to get there from our domicile, Jakarta.

Flight 

To reach Lake Toba, you have to fly to North Sumatra or around. There are two international airports that popular to use on Sumatra Island. There are Kualanamu International Airport in Medan (KNO) and Sisingamaraja XII International Airport (DTB) (previously Silangit International Airport). Kualanamu International Airport is relatively bigger than Sisingamaraja XII International Airport. Therefore, Kualanamu International Airport serves more airlines and destinations, especially Jakarta. After arriving at the airport, you can take a taxi (conventional or online) to Lake Toba. Besides a taxi, you can take the car rent or bus company if you go with many persons.

By The Road

From Jakarta, it actually takes a really long road to reach Lake Toba. But if you are a true road traveller, you can take this recommendation. First thing first, you have to go to Merak Harbour to take a ferry to Bakauheni Lampung. For common, it takes nearly 6-7 hours from Jakarta to reach Lampung. From Lampung, you can go either by Sumatera Trans Toll Road or Provincial highway and visit many cities. It can take 2-3 days if you drive relaxed, or 1-2 days if you drive like Dominic Toretto in Fast and Furious. Thumbs up if you take the road to Lake Toba.

Besides taking time, you also have to consider the estimated travel costs ranging from gasoline, toll fees to various boat costs, ranging from IDR 400,000 for economy class. The interesting thing is choosing a road trip, spending a lot of time and lots of stories with friends or family members, besides that you can more freely find new tourist attractions outside of your plan.