Sumatra Travel

If you love nature, you're going to love Bukit Lawang. Bukit Lawang literally means 'door to the hills' and is a small, laidback tourist village located in North Sumatra.  Bukit Lawang happens to be the main access point to the...

Sumatra is fairly well-known internationally as a resource and natural beauty-rich island, but did you know that it also has several smaller and exquisitely beautiful islands not far from its coast? Some of the most beautiful of these islands is...

If you find yourself traveling in Sumatra, Lake Toba is a must visit. The picturesque Lake Toba - known in Indonesia as Danau Toba - is the largest volcanic lake in the world, covering an area of 1,707 km2. That...

Sumatra gets its name from a combination of the Sanskrit words Swarnadw? pa, meaning "island of gold" and Swarnabh? mi, meaning "land of gold." The name is due to gold deposits found on the island's highland, but Sumatra has...