Danau TobaSights

Museum sights in Danau Toba

  1. Museum Huta Bolon Simanindo

    At the northern tip of the island, in Simanindo, there's a fine old traditional house that has been restored and now functions as a museum. Museum Huta Bolon Simanindo was formerly the home of Rajah Simalungun, a Batak king, and his 14 wives. Originally, the roof was decorated with 10 buffalo horns, which represented the 10 generations of the dynasty. The museum has a small but interesting collection of brass cooking utensils, weapons, Dutch and Chinese crockery, sculptures and Batak carvings.

    Displays of traditional Batak dancing are performed at 10:30 from Monday to Saturday (30,000Rp), if enough tourists show up.

    The village of Simanindo is 15km from Tuk Tuk and is acce…

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