North
Sumatera’s Province
The Capital of North Sumatera’s Province is
“Medan”
Medan is the North Sumatera’s capital city
the western gateway to Indonesia and Indonesia’s third air gateway after
Jakarta and Denpasar in Bali. Width, 71.680 Kilometers2 (3,69 width of Indonesia). North Sumatera
lies at latitude l°N - 4°N, longitude 98°E - 100°E, and borders on the special
region of Aceh on the north, the province of West Sumatera and Riau on the
south, the Malacca straits on the east, and the Indian Ocean on the west. The
total land area of North Sumatera covers an area of 71,680 sq km, with
10,256,027 inhabitants. Medan, is North Sumatera’s provincial capital and
commercial center. It is a bustling city that has somehow managed to retain
some of it’s old elegance despite overcrowding in many quarters. Old, stately
building remind of the city’s history as a booming planter’s town.Among the
places to see in Medan are the Maimun Palace built by Sultan Makmun Alrasyid
Perkasa Alam of the Deli sultanate in 1889. Nearby is the Grand Mosque, built
in Moorish style and reputedly still the most beautiful in the province.
Medan’s North Sumatera Provincial Museum is said to have the most comprehensive
collection of items of cultural and historical interest regarding the province.
The province of North
Sumatera is comprised of 11 regencies, 7 municipalities, and 3 administrative cities. The capital is Medan. It is the
western gate of the Indonesian archipelago. It faces
the Malaysian Peninsula, and is separated by the Malacca straits. Medan has
developed a lot in the last several years. It also has a lot of historical
remains which show how the traditional life styles were maintained by previous
generations. The province of North Sumatera is rich in flora
and fauna. The main exports are rubber, tea, palm oil, cocoa, coffee,
and tobacco. The fame of Deli tobacco makes North
Sumatera well-known in the world. Deli tobacco has been available ever since
the Dutch colonial era. It is still exported to Europe
and other countries. Some other crops which are also grown are tobacco, rubber,
tea, coffee, cocoa, and coconut. North Sumatera is also famous for its many
different kinds of delicious fruits; i.e., salak, rambutan, mangoes,
mangosteens, langsat, durian, markisah, oranges, and watermelons.
North Sumatera is an
exciting place to visit, especially, for those who
really enjoy staying in villages. North Sumatera is predominantly covered by
large forests, hilly areas, volcanoes, and some coastal areas with beautiful
white sand. There are many tribes, different cultures, and languages, and as a
result, there are many different kinds of interesting arts and
crafts that can be found throughout the area.
Tourists can get to North
Sumatera from various places. The best choices are to take a ferry from Penang to harbor of Belawan or to arrive by plane, getting off at Polonia airport in Medan. The transportation
systems are quite good in both the cities and rural areas. It is suggested that
tourists who would like to go to North Sumatera take transportation from Aceh,
all the way to Jakarta going through Riau or West
Sumatera. Moreover, the highways have recently been recently been repaired and
you can board luxury buses which are air conditioned so
you can enjoy your trip.
Dating back
A
short story connected between North Sumatera and tobacco happened around the
middle of the last century. A Dutch tobacco planter, J. Nienhuys came to this
fertile land near the mouth of the Deli River to test it’s suitability for the
planning on a large scale of tobacco. The results exceeded all expectations and
in 1869, this country’s first plantation company was born in what is now the
province of North Sumatera. “Deli
tobacco” now the province of North Sumatera. Smooth and perfect “Deli tobacco”,
was by the time of the outbreak of World War II famous the world over as a
wrapper for cigars.
Other
estates followed, among them rubber and palm oil, tobacco, has made North
Sumatera great. From a little hamlet on the Deli River, Medan was transformed
in a few decades into a bustling city with metropolitan airs. Before the
outbreak of World War II Medan was known as “the most European city in the
Indies”.
Medan
is North Sumatera’s capital city the western gateway to commodity exports.
Imposing old buildings grace many of the city’s tree lined avenue. Today,
tobacco has lost much of the importance it had before as an export commodity.
Other estates like rubber and cocoa and especially palm oil have come to
take it’s place. North Sumatera today is
still a land of wide plantations, extending for as far as the eye could see.
Industry is becoming increasingly important. The following figures reflect the
province’s relative prosperity. Population mainly consist of three groups, the
coastal Moslem Malays in the Northeast, Batak people and the Nias people on the
island of Nias on the rim of the Indian Ocean.
The
Bataks are among the oldest inhabitants of the island. Old legends mention the
existence in the past of a great Batak Kingdom called Aru, with borders
extending from Aceh in the north to the Johor settlements along the river Rokan
in the Batak people withdrew into the mountainous North Sumateran hinterland,
which is today still the hearth land of the Batak civilization.
Retaining many of their ancient port Malay customs
and traditions, the Bataks are distinguished into five main groups, Karo, Toba,
Simalungun, Mandailing and Angkola Bataks. Part of North Sumatera’s population
are also a great number of Chinese, Javanese, Indians and other groups, many of
whose fathers and grandfathers came as immigrants to work on the plantations.
Along
the northeastern coast facing the Strait of Malacca, the land is low and flat
and crossed by rivers depositing fertile silt along their banks. In many places
the marshlands intrude deep into the land. The rest of the province is
mountainous highland with only a narrow strip of coast in the southwest, facing
the Indian Ocean. We could also visit so many places of interests in North
Sumatera.
The Ethnocentricities are
Batak
Toba, Mandailing, Malay, Nias, Simalungun, etc. The Folk Songs are : Anjun Ahu, Sengko-Sengko, Butet, Dago Inang
Sarge, Lisoi, Sing-Sing So, etc.
Tradisional House
The
traditional Batak house, in gave the "Jabu Persakitan" name. This Traditional Batak Toba house of the regional community was used the place of the
storage of heirlooms and the place of the meeting to discuss matters that were
connected with the implementation of the tradition. Runah the "Jabu
Bolon" tradition, was the house for the meeting of the extended family. This
model had the shape of the stage and the upper room for the residence. The bed
was higher than the kitchen.
Traditional Costume
Ulos
clothes, traditional woven cloth from Batak (North of Sumatera), is believed
contained a magic power and considered as amulet that can give a protection for
a user. Recently ulos is put on in the daily living but there are special ulos
that put on in the special occasion only i.e: Ulos Jugia, Sadum, Ragi, Hotang,
Ragidup, and Runjat.Batak Tobanese put on the ulos as a headdress combined with
white shirt and sarong, meanwhile the women hanging the ulos on the shoulder
combined with gold terrace necklace.
The Traditional Dances
Tor –
Tor Dance, Tunggal Panaluan Dance, Serampang Dua Belas Dance, The Umbrella
Dance, Morah-Morah Dance, Sigale-Sigale Dance, Kuku Endek-Endek Dance, etc.A dance from the Batak area with the background of
philosophy peradatan and in dance-would in the special atmosphere.
The Instruments are
Kendang
Melayu, this instrument was gotten in the Deli area, to
accompany the Melayu Band. Marwas or Gedumba, this musical instrument was often
gotten in the East Sumatera area and Malaysia. Faritia, this musical instrument
a kind of Aramba small from the Nias Island. Hapetan, this musical instrument
was similar kecapi from Tapanuli. Doli Doli, the musical instrument that have
the shape of bilah-bilah wood that was hung from Tapanuli. Gondrang, the
similar musical instrument kendang from the Simalungun area. Druri Dana, this
musical instrument take the form of take the form of bamboo that was severed
like the fork penaka from the Nias Island. Aramba, this musical instrument have
the shape of bende from the Nias Island.
Serampang Duabelas Dance
A dance withered with the rhythm “joget” dance.
Accompanied music with the drum blow in the style of Latin America. Harpoon
Duabelas was the social dance, both for the young and parents.
The District Identities
are
Kenanga
Flower “Cananga Odorata”, flora, and Bei
Nias “Gacula Religiosa Robusta”, fauna.
The Mountainous are
Mount
Sibayak (2.172 meters) in Karo Regency. Mount Kulau (2.171 meters) in South
Tapanuli. Mount Lelematsua (886 meters) in Nias Island. Mount Lubuk Raya (1.886
meters) in South Tapanuli. Mount Pinapan (2.037 meters) in North Tapanuli.
Mount Sibuatan (2.457 meters) in Karo Regncy. Mount Sihabu-Habu (2.300 meters)
in North Tapanuli. Mount Sinabung (2.412 meters) in Karo Regency. Mount
Sipoimcim (2.199 meters) in South Tapanuli. Mount Sorikmarapi (2.145 meters) in
South Tapanuli. Mount Tampulonanjing (2.008 meters) in South Tapanuli.
The Tour Adventure’s Resorts are
Lake Toba, Maimun Palace, The Medan Grand Mosque,
Bukit Barisan Museum, North Sumatera District Museum, The Zoo, The Crocodile
Park, Cermin Beach, Samosir Island, Nias Island, Berastagi, Sibolangit,
Sikundur National Tourism Park, Biaro Bahal, etc
The Rivers are
Aek
Asam, Bah Angkola, Aek Berumun, Aek Basihan, Aek Batugarigis, Bah Bangko,
Belawan, Belutu, Besitang, Bah Bolon, Buluh, Deli, Bah Gadis, Gambus, Hapai, Aek
Haporah, Kuala, Bah Lumut, Nalipang, Bah Natal, Padang, Aek Panai, Aek Piosa,
Sarangan, Aek Sarkam, Aek Sibundung, Aek Sidendeng, Silautua, Bah Silaya, Aek
Simpangkanan, Aek Simpangkiri, Bah Singkurang, Aek Sirumambe, Aek Soma, Bah
Toru, The Snake River, The Wampu River, The Bilah River, and The Meribau River.
The Promontories are
Alanomakinu
Promontory, in Nias Island. Bengsi Promontory, in Labuhan Batu Regency. Hatik
Promontory, in Nias Island. Sairo Promontory, in Tanah Masa, Nias Island.
The Wildlife Reserve are
Sikundur
(79.100 Hectares), populations of : The Elephants, Orang Hutans, tigers, Deers,
The Pigs, etc. South Langkat (82.985 Hectares), populations of : The Elephants,
Orang Hutans, Pigs, Tigers, Deers, Monkeys, etc. West Langkat (51.900 Hectares),
populations of : The Elephants, Orang Hutans, Monkeys, Birds, etc. Lau
Debuk-Debuk (7 hectares), Sibolangit (115 Hectares), Dolok Tinggi (167
Hectares), Batu Gajah (1 Hectare), Dolok Laut (39 Hectares), populations of :
Tapirus Indicus. Batu Gimbrit (0,50 Hectare), and Liang Balik (0,50 Hectare).
The legacy of the History
Biaro
Bahal, was found in Padang Sedempuan, Istana Deli or Isatana Maimun, Candi
Porbiti, this temple the Hindu Panai Kingdom legacy that governed
around the year 1039 Masehi, Benteng / Castle, that was built in
the Majapahit royal period in the year 1365 Masehi in the Javanese city, Medan.
The Baturaja grave the king Batak.
The Gulfs are
Gulf
Aru, Gulf Tapanuli, in the middle of Tapanuli Regency. Gulf Mengkudu, in
Langkat Regency.
The Straits are :Selat Siberut.
The Flora : Beringin, Bambu, Markisa, Rambutan, Durian, Manggis,
Mangga, etc.
Dan Fauna : Deer, Monkey, Pig,
Crocodile, Kancil, Tiger, etc.
The
Ethnocentricities are:Kubu, Melayu, Kerinci, Bajau, Batin,
Penghulu.
The Museums are
The
Perjuangan Museum for the Barisan Hill, Museum
Negeri North Sumatera was located in Medan with this museum collection
consisted of the legacy of prehistory, Numismatic, of Foreign Ceramic, Fine Arts Breaker Arkeologi,
Geologi, ethnography, et cetera.
The Traditional Weapons are
"Piso Surit and the Knife"
were the traditional weapon the community in the area of the Karo Land, North
Sumatera. Whereas "Piso Gaja Dompak", take the form of sebilah the
kris was long enough that only was used by the King then. The traditional
weapon that could be used by the normal and general community was
"Hujur", a kind of spear and "Podang", a kind of Long Sword.
Lake
Toba
Lake Toba is the most province’s interesting
tourist destination, situated in the center of the mountain resort of Brastagi
and Samosir Island are the other holiday resort. Lake Toba, at 906 meters above
sea level, is Sumatera’s biggest lake. It is ringed almost everywhere by steep,
high walls beyond which are the towering peaks of volcanoes. Mountain and Lake
resort lies on the eastern shore of Lake Toba. Lake Toba and the surrounding
lands are the home of the cheerful, extroverted Toba and Simalungun Bataks. The
hills around the lake offer some breathtaking vistas. For example the Sipisopiso waterfall plunge
from the heights on to the floor of the valley far down below. Driving the road
with the endless view of rubber, oil palm and cocoa plantations throughout the
journey.
Lake Toba is a lake and supervolcano. The
lake is 100 kilometers long and 30 kilometers wide, and 505 metres (1,666 ft) at its deepest point.
Located in the middle of the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatera
with a surface elevation of about 900 metres (2,953 ft).Lake Toba is the site
of a supervolcanic eruption that occurred 69,000-77,000 years ago,a massive
climate-changing event. The eruption is believed to have had a VEI intensity of
8. It is believed to be the largest explosive eruption anywhere on Earth in the
last 25 million years. According to the Toba catastrophe theory to which some
anthropologists and archeologists subscribe, it had global consequences,
killing most humans then alive and creating a population bottleneck in Central
Eastern Africa and India that affected the genetic inheritance of all humans
today. This theory however, has been largely debated as there is no evidence
for any other animal decline or extinction, even in environmentally sensitive
species.However, it has been accepted that the eruption of Toba led to a volcanic
winter with a worldwide decline in temperatures between 3-5 degrees C.
Samosir
Island
Samosir island. To Samosir island as island
in the island we will take 40 minutes voyage by motorboat, in the middle of
Lake Toba from Parapat. The village of Tomok, across the lake from Parapat, has
a number of old Batak houses standing in a cluster yard. And nearby we could
visit the Tomb of King Sidabutar and the Batak Toba village at Tomok, to the
stone furniture at village Ambarita in front of traditional house. More
megalith tombs and sarcophagi are found in the vicinity.The remnants of an
ancient court are found near Ambarita village, with stone chairs surrounding
the stone table. This is where justice was meted out and important matters
concerning the community were discussed by the king and his counselors.
Parapat
on Lake Toba
Parapat on Lake Toba,North Sumatera’s main
tourist resort town. Parapat, with it’s cool, invigorating climate, lies on
Lake Toba’s northern shore. The town has many hotels, restaurants and water
sports facilities. Ferry to the island of Samosir depart at regular intervals
from Parapat. Boats could also be hired.
The Karo Highland
As you drive south from
Medan into the Karo highland, the Great Bukit Barisan Forest Park greets you
with its distinctive Karonese gazebo decorated with ret-ret, a two-headed, lizard-like
animal that is carved on the walls of traditional Karonese family houses. Along
the windy, mountainous road to the Karo highland, as you pass the Sibolangit
National Garden, chants of monkeys and possibly orangutans will accompany you,
mysteriously appearing and disappearing from the thick jungle.
Tao
Island
Tao Island. This is a small uninhabited
island on Lake Toba with bungalows and a restaurant for visitors. The peaceful
surroundings and the serenity of the Lake Toba side here make this island an
ideal refuge for those who seek rest and privacy.
Balige
Balige, the last great Batak King,
Sisingamangaraja XII, lies buried in a grave yard in this town 65 kilometers
from Parapat. The ruler died in 1907 after leading his people in along fight
against the Dutch. Balige is also known for it’s traditional Batak textiles.
Not far from Balige is the village of Laguboti, which is known for it’s
woodcarvings and statues.
Sipiso-piso Waterfall and Tongging
Further south from
Berastagi and Kabanjahe, the Karonese portion of Lake Toba is marked with a
thin yet tall waterfall, and we called it Sipiso-Piso Waterfall.
Brastagi
The town of Berastagi, located at the foot of
Mount Sibayak, will greet you with its lovely flowers. The smell of fresh
vegetables and the colorful and aromatic arrangements of fruit will etch their
place in your memory. Try markisah (Passion Fruit). In
Brastagi we could visit the ancient King’s Palace of Simalungun at Pematang
Purba. Brastagi, 66 kilometers from Medan in the Karo Highlands, is a cool
mountain resort known for it’s fruit’s and flowers. Also see the slender
Sipisopiso Waterfall drops into Lake Toba from hundred meters high. Brastagi
has fruit market and Brastagi’s markisa passion fruit is known far beyond North
Sumatera’s borders, also the traditional Batak Karo Village Peceran. In Bukit
Lawang has orangutan rehabilitation, they are trained to return to their
natural habitat.
To visit Gunung Sitoli we could by small
aircraft. Than Teluk Dalam is 120 km away from Gunung Sitoli. To Bawoluo for
the magnificent view along the beach while waiting for the sunset.
Pematang
Purba
Pematang Purba, a site worth seeing in this
Simalungun Batak village, 180 kilometers from Medan is the more than 200 years
old compound of houses of the tribal chief. Made of teak boards and standing on
poles, the main building decorated with carved ornaments, painted in the
traditional Batak colors of white, red and black. This is where the chief lived
with his wives, guarded by soldiers.
Botohilitano
Village
Botohilitano Village which is 2 km away to
see some traditional houses of South of Nias island. So many people in Sorake
Beach surfing and the way of picking coconut from the tree. In Bawomataluwo
traditional village with as much as 375 unit traditional houses, we could see
the performance of stone jumping, visit to the conservation of the Leuser
Ecosystem and Sumatera’s First Conservation Lodge at Gurah Bungalows. Around
the riverside of the lodge and a half day trek leads throe primary rainforest
to the Gurah Hot Spring. Here wildlife viewing includes primates such as leaf
monkey, macaque, gibbons, siamang, abundant bird life and orangutan.
Sikundur
Park
Sikundur Park. We could visit Sikundur Park
as a recreation forest on the eastern rim of the famed Mount Leuser National
Park in the Langkat Regency, near the Acehnese border. The Park is home to a
variety of wildlife species, including Elephants, Deer and Siamang primates,
all of which are protected by law.
Sibolga
Sibolga, a small Harbor town 180 km from
Parapat. Sibolga is the district capital of Tapanuli and North Sumatera’s most
important port on the Indian Ocean. Sheltered by a bay, the waters of the
Sibolga coast are good for swimming, diving and other water sports. There are a
number of islands with good beaches just of the bay. Sibolga is the port of
departure for motor boats to Nias Island, which is a 17 to 20 hours journey. We
visit to the Lumban Garaga village, the small town Balige with unique market
building, winding along the road from Tarutung to Sibolga.
Nias
Island
Nias island still remains it’s megalithic
culture at Bawomataluo, the oldest village which situated 400 meters above sea
level. The other tourist site is Hilisamatano where war dances are performed as
well as the traditional stone jumping ritual.Although not much is known for certain
about the origins of the people of the island in the Indian Ocean,
anthropologists believe them to be the descendants of some of the first
migrants to reach the Indonesia’s archipelago more than 2,000 years ago from
the ancient homeland on the Southeast Asian mainland.
Impressive remnants of the ancient megalithic
civilization of the Nias people still exist in several places, despite
conversion to Christianity and Moslem. The oldest village on the island still
inhabited is Bawomataluo, which means “Sun Hill”, build on a hilltop in the
southern part of the island. The village is reached by climbing 480 meters
stone step. The houses, built on massive woodier pillars and most artistically
built. Stand in a row facing a square where war dances are often performed for
visitors. The chiefs house, in the center of the row, is 20 meters high.
The other ancient village is Hili Simaetamo,
where visitors could see a part from traditional houses and war dances, the
stone jumping ritual performed for them in the village square. This was
originally a coming-of-age ritual in which young men were required to jump over
a two meters high stone structure.Nias has in the past years become popular
with surfers. The best beaches for surfing are found around. Lagu Indri, 13 kilometers
from the southern port of Teluk Dalam. Nias could be reached by boat from
Sibolga, or by air from Medan. The island’s capital and gateway is Mount
Sitoli.
Sorake Beach
Sorake
Beach is located in the Botohilitano Village , Subdistrict of Teluk Dalam,
South Nias Regency, Nias Island. Nias Island is located on the west Island of
Sumatera. South Nias Regency is one of the Regencies of North
Sumatera Province. The provincial capital of North Sumatera is Medan, Sumatera
Island.South Nias Regency is one of the Regencies of North Sumatera Province
who are not located on the Island of Sumatera, but on the Island of Nias.Sorake
Beach famous for surfing sports. Sorake Beach referred to as the second best
surfing beach after Hawaii in the United States.Every year, many foreign
tourists come to Sorake Beach for surfing sports.In Sorake Beach, foreign
tourists can sunbathe on the beach, walking along a white sandy beach,
swimming, relaxing.
Facilities at the Sorake Beach
Available:
star hotel, hotel, lodging, home stay, restaurants, food stalls.
Sorake Beach has singularities, namely:
●
Having waves of high.
● Waves can be rolled intact up to the beach.
● Having 11 times the waves, high waves between 3 to 5 meters.
● Having 5 levels of wave.
● Having a characters of the length wave, the wave can be up to 200 meters away to
the beach.
● Waves can be rolled intact up to the beach.
● Having 11 times the waves, high waves between 3 to 5 meters.
● Having 5 levels of wave.
● Having a characters of the length wave, the wave can be up to 200 meters away to
the beach.
The
Berbak National Park
On the East coast of Sumatera, close to the
capital of Jambi Province, lies an area of outstanding beauty as The Berbak
National Park. Berbak’s vast swamp forest is of extraordinary natural richness.
Also the largest protected swamp forest in South East Asia. It contains an
enormous diversity of plant and animals life.Berbak is the most extensive
protected swamp forest in South East Asia. It contains over 150.000 hectares of
relatively pristine freshwater swamp forest and peat swamp forest. These
forests lie between meandering black water rivers lined by Nipah palms and
Pandanus trees along coastal plains ranging from sea level to only 12,5 metros
elevation.
On the 26th of February 1992 a
presidential decree declared’ 162,700 hectares of the Berbak area to be a
National Park. This decision recognizes the area’s high value for tourism, Tour
Adventure , education also for research. It’s enormous genetic recourses as
well as it’s significance for nature conservation in general. And it’s
importance to nature conservation has long been recognized as long ago as 1935
the Dutch Colonial government made a large area of Berbak into a wildlife
reserve.
As a large wetland, Berbak is also important
for local people. The Berbak wetlands help contain floods in the wet season and
serve as a fresh water reservoir in the dry. As a nursery and breeding habitat
for fish they are critical to local fisheries.The best way to visit Berbak is
by speed boat and there two way of doing so, the first, from Jambi follow the
Batanghari River and Berbak Rivers to the Telagalima Kampung, then enter the
park via The Deep Black Water River or Sungai Air Hitam Dalam. This route takes
2,5 to 3 Hours trip.The second, from Jambi follow the Batanghari River to Nipah
Panjang. This trip takes about 4 Hours. Then continue to the Sea Village of
Black Water via the open sea by speed boat or by patrol boat of the local
conservation agency, which may take 2 to 8 hours depending on the means of
transport we choose. And directly to Benu River which forms the provincial
boundary between Jambi and South Sumatera.
The best time to visit the Berbak National
Park as Tour Adventure is the dry
season, between March and November. In the west season the visitors may face
high winds and large waves in the South China Sea. For our safety and comfort
it is requested, we register with the regional nature conservation office (UNTB
– Jambi) before entering the Berbak National Park.
The
Treasure Trove of Plants and Animals
Along the rivers, we could see some animals
drinking of the river edge while birds fly overhead and the Monkeys, Gibbon
roam in the forest canopy. Tapir (Tapirus Indicus), the Sumatera Tigers
(Panthera Tigris Sumatrensis) and Malay Sun Bear (Helarctos Malayanus) are
among the mammals living here, while evidence of the Sumateran Rhinoceros
(Dicerorhinus Sumatrensis) has also been found.The Berbak’s primates include
the Pig – Tailed Macaque (Macaca Nemestrina), the Long – Tailed Macaque (Macaca
Fascicularis), Surih (Presbytis Cristata) and the rare Siamang (Symphalangus
Syndactylus). Crocodiles, Turtles and other protected reptiles also inhabit the
swamp forest. Protected species include Crocodilus Porosus, Tomistoma
Schlegelii, Batagur Basca and Orlitia Borneensis. The variety of bird life
alone is enough to make Berbak National Park a place of international
significance.
The Berbak National Park is also teeming with
plants life. Berbak harbors the greatest diversity of palms in Indonesia. More
than 27 varieties of palm from the Arecaceae family grow here, include Daun
Payung (Johannesteijsmannia Altifrons). Berbak contains plants of economic
importance such as Durian (Durio Carinatus), Jelutung (Dyera Costulata), Ramin
(Goystylus Bacanus) and 10 types of Pandanus from the Pandanacaeae family. And
recently, Lepidonia Kingii, which has huge red
purple flowers was found for the first time in Indonesia here in
Berbak.The Berbak National Park is a
part of the World’s Natural Heritage. More than 250 types of birds have been
recorded, including many protected and beautiful birds like the White-Winged
Wood Duck (Cairina Scutulata), Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos Javanicus), the
colorful Sumateran Kingfisher (Alcedinidae Spp.), the Storm’s Stork (Ciconia
Stormi, one of the world’s rarest storks), and as well as 9 out of the 10
Sumateran species of majestic Hornbills (Bucerotidae Spp.).
The Berbak National Park is The Unique. No
other area of coastal Sumatera possesses such extensive pristine peat swamp
forest. Berbak’s swamp forest if of international significance. For this reason
Indonesia has nominated Berbak (according to the Presidential Decree of the 19th
of October 1991) for inclusion in The RAMSAR Convention, an international
convention becomes the first ASEAN nation to protect an area under The RAMSAR
Convention.
The RAMSAR Convention : First agreed upon in
1971, The RAMSAR Convention aims to ensure that wetlands including the wealth
of flora and fauna species they contain are conserved. Nations who are
signatories of The RAMSAR Convention have general responsibilities related to
the conservation of wetlands in their territory as well as special commitments
concerning areas which are included in the list of wetlands of international
importance. Placing an area on The RAMSAR list raises the issue of conservation
the area it also recognize the value of the area to both the local and word
communities.
Now, as Good Traveler and The Best Tour
Adventure r also The Best Scientists, how to get there on safety and get our
main targets. Prepare the equipments as the completely.
Accommodation
Accommodation. Hotel for tourists are
concentrated in the provincial capital of Medan and in the Lake resort town of
Parapat. Leading the list in Medan are four star hotels provide convention
facilities, health center, restaurants and night clubs. All three and two
hotels in Medan have air conditioning but those in the highlands do not need
them. All have attached bathrooms, restaurants, phones in the rooms and some
have TV sets.
Transportation
Transportation. The provincial capital,
Medan, is Sumatera’s biggest city and commercial center and is linked by good
means of transportation and telecommunications with most major points in
Indonesia. It has regular air services to and from Jakarta, Palembang, Banda
Aceh and Pekan Baru. Inter-island bus routes from Banda Aceh and Padang to
Jakarta and further east lead through Medan. The sea routes between Medan’s
port of Belawan and Ujung Pandang, Jakarta and Surabaya.
The
Harbors are
Pelabuhan Belawan, is located in Muara
Belawan, North Sumatera Eastcoast. Pelabuhan Gunung Sitoli, is located in
Eastcoast Nias Island. Pelabuhan Pangkalan Susu, is located Gulf Aru, North
Sumatera Eastcoast. Pelabuhan Sibolga, is located in Gulf of Tapanuli-North
Sumatera Westcoast. And Pelabuhan Tanjung Balai Asahan, is located in Asahan
River.
The
Airports are
Polonia Airport, is located in Medan.
Gunung Sitoli Airport, is located in Gunung Sitoli. Aek Gondang Airport, is
located in Aek Kondang. Pabatu Airport, is located in Pabatu. Pinang Sore
Airport, is located in Sibolga. Roket / Sipora Airport, are located in Roket
and Sepora. Siberut Airport, is located in Siberut. Tanjung Balai Karimun
Airport, is located in Tanjung Balai Karimun.
Sumber Investigasi:
F. I. Fatrick &
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