North Sumatra

North Sumatra
The Bukit Barisan mountain range with its plateaus and valleys, has reached its shape in Lake Toba. In Karo Uplands, the active volcanoes Sibayak (2904 meters) and Sinabung 92450 meters) are to be seen missing in to clouds. in contrast the lowland on the East side, features the man-mad landscape of plantations as far as the eye can see spreading out.
The traditional life of the Batak tribe is charactezed by the mixture of the ancient megalithic civilization and the leap to the modern lifestyle.