Bekasi, Indonesia Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Lying 1330m above sea level, 70km southwest of Medan and 25km due north of the shores of Toba, BERASTAGI is a cold, compact little hill station in the centre of the Karo Highlands. It was founded by the Dutch in the 1920s as a retreat from the sweltering heat of Medan, and has been popular with tourists ever since. The town is set in a gorgeous bucolic landscape bookended by two huge but climbable volcanoes , Gunung Sibayak and Gunung Sinabung, and provides a perfect base for trekking . It's little more than a one-street town, with nearly all accommodation running north of the bus station on Jalan Veteran. There are a … more »