Samosir

Samosir is a large volcanic island in Lake Toba. Lake Toba is located on the north of the island Sumatra in Indonesia. It is a popular tourist resort due to the fantastic vistas it offers. The tourist resorts are concentrated in the Tuktuk area; some of the best known hotels are the Samosir cottages and Carolina's. The island was a centre of the Batak culture and its remaining artifacts are part of the island's tourist appeal.

Samosir was turned into an island artificially; it was originally a peninsula that was transformed into an island when a canal was cut through the isthmus connecting it to the crater wall that surronds lake Toba.