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Brastagi

Aa tourist town is another lovely town located in the Karo highlands. The town is known for its plantations and various kinds of flowers, vegetables and fruit, most famous of fruit is the Marquise, passion fruit.

Its 66 km south west of Medan and is 4.594 feet above sea level. There is pleasant colonial style hotel with a golf course. Other new hotels can also be found.

Berastagi is an area full of beautiful sceneries. It lies on highlands of North Sumatra, on plateau : 1400 meters (4.594 feet) above sea level in clean, cool air, and is surrounded by majestic mountains and impenetrable jungle.

The 66 kms road winding up the mountain side offers a fascinating trip. From Berastagi, there is a clear view of Mount Sinabung and Mount Sibayak.

Mount Sibayak and extinct volcano 2000 m high, is not far way and can be climbed in a 3-hours hike to get a magnificent view of surrounding area.

Adventurous tourist may also choose to go on a 3 to 5 days trip into jungle. Berastagi is well-known for it’s abundance of flowers, vegetables and fruits. The ‘Marquise’ in particular, is a fruit farmed throughout Indonesian for its delicious taste and is grown only in the Beratagi region. In the past few years. ’Pesta Buah’ (Fruit Festival)and ‘Pesta Mejuah-Mejuah’ have been celebrate annually.

There is a charming old colonial-style hotel in Berastagi with a delightful golf course. In former times, Berastagi was a weekend resort for the European planters in the area.

Berastagi (meaning "rice store") is a town 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.
The town is also a stop on the way to Lake Toba.

Sibayak Mountain

The Gunung Sibayak is a small volcano overlooking the town of Berastagi in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Although its last eruption was more than a century ago, geothermal activity in the form of steam vents and hot springs remains high on and around the volcano.

The vents produce crystalline sulfur, which was mined on a small scale in the past. Seepage of sulfurous gases has also caused acidic discolouration of the small crater lake.

The Gunung Sibayak ("gunung" means mountain, while "sibayak" is a term from the Karo Batak language referring to a founding community) is relatively easy to climb and became a tourist attraction already in colonial times.

Gundaling hill

Clear view of mountain Sibayak and Mt Sinabung volcanoes can be seen. The Village of Lingga Located some 15km from Brastagi is unique Batak Karo village where traditional houses are still well preserved and inhabited today.

Five to six families live in each house, un separated by any partision, but each family have their own stoves.