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Tomok Village @ Samosir Island, Lake Toba.

Simarjarunjung. 
It is located 49 km from Pematang Siantar or 123 km from Medan via Berastagi and can be reached by public transportation.

Simarjarunjung, a mountainous area at the edge of Lake Toba, has a cool / fresh climate. It is an ideal tourist destination and a lot of domestic and international tourists visit this place. From the top of Simarjarunjung we can see the very beautiful panorama around Lake Toba, especially when the sun rises in the morning. 

Sipiso Piso Waterfall.
The Sipisopiso is a plungewaterfall in the Batak highlands of Sumatra. It is formed by a small underground river of the Karo plateau that hurls itself from a cave in the side of thelake Toba caldera some 120 meters (360 feet) down to lake level. This fact earns it the title for the highest waterfall in Indonesia.
Sipisopiso waterfall is located in the Tanah Karo regency, at the northernmost tip of the Lake Toba caldera, near the fishing village of Tongging. The closest municipality, about 25 kilometers away, is the town of Kabanjahe.

Pasar Buah Berastagi

Berastagi (meaning "rice store") is a town and subdistrict of Karo Regency situated on crossroads on the main route linking the Karo highlands of Northern Sumatra to the coastal city of Medan. The village rose to significance when Dutch settlers in Sumatra opened a boarding school there in the 1920s.
The main economic activities in Berastagi, centre on the colourful fruit and vegetable market and on tourism. Berastagi is famous for its passion fruit. The main attractions of the town are the two active volcanoes; Gunung Sibayak, with its hot springs, and Gunung Sinabung.