Taman Simalem Resort, The Pearl of Lake Toba…

Taman Simalem Resort (TSR) comes to develop an area of 206 hectares with various crops. Like Biwa, oranges, passion fruit, Dutch eggplant, tea, coffee, and avocado, to fill 25 acres of the area. In fact, garden TSR biwa 5-hectare will be the largest biwa garden in Southeast Asia.

TSR build research centers and development of fruit and vegetables Karo Agrotourism Farm. Not just a research center, in Karo Agrotourism Farm visitors can buy the fruit by picking straight from the tree. You also can ask the staff here and see first hand how the development of fruit and vegetables at this location is.

Other facilities provided for pampering guests. TSR provides café overlooking three straight to Lake Toba, namely codons Café, Toba Café, and Windy Café. There is also the exclusive residential Waterfall Lodge on the banks of the river in the natural forests.

Looking ahead, other facilities in the TSR will be added by the manager, such as Pangambatan Zoopark animal parks, hotels and convention facilities dormitori, recreation area and family entertainment brands Funland, children's playground with a labyrinth, a special accommodation VIPs Owners' Guesthouse with 20 room’s capacity.

Pearl of Lake Toba

For golf lovers, TSR also established 9-hole golf course Gorat Ni Padang in the middle of tea and coffee plantations. TSR will also provide a 2000 person capacity amphitheater stage with has Lake Toba background and a Buddhist temple, a replica of a Buddhist temple in Xianmen, China, 2000 years old.

Peak TSR development is the construction of the cable car, cruise ship dock, and One Tree Hill Villa Resort in 2010. One Tree Hill Villa Resort is located far away on the hilltops and the reeds will be built around the only tree that grows and lives there.

For visitors who really miss the atmosphere back to nature, TSR provides guides who will accompany Sibuaten explore natural forests and saw the twin waterfalls. Two camping ground, each in the north and south, are available. The voices of orangutans, apes and monkeys will complement your adventure here.

So, are you interested? TSR is located in rural areas Sikodon-kodon, Sub Merek, Karo District that can be taken 3 hours drive from Medan City. If you are a backpacker, just take a bus from Medan City to Sidikalang, called “Sampri” or “Datra” with rates between Rp 20,000 (IDR) and Rp 22,000.

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Visiting Snakes Captive in Tuntungan

One of the good place that must you visit if you come to North Sumatra is the 7000 square meters snakes captivity at Tuntungan, Namu Pencawir Road No. 174 Tuntungan Dua Village, District Pancur Batu, Deli Serdang.

Actually not hard to find the location of snakes in captivity since 2005 founded Bio HETTS Lestari, a research and consulting institute in the field of agriculture and biological pesticides are. Location not far from the races Tuntungan, or approximately 30 minutes drive from Medan city.

"Do not be afraid. Snakes will not bother if they are not disturbed first, "said Darwis Harahap, Marketing Manager of HETTS Bio Lestari.

There are at least 600 of the snake's tail consists of six species, large and small stadia in the captive. The most is the type of snake fields, field’s batik snake, snakes field drum, and snakes condropiton fields. And three other species, wagleri, vasciatus and dipong.

"The plan, next year will add three more species. Is currently waiting for permission from the Ministry of Forestry in captivity," said Darwis.

According to the Darwis, a captive snake is actually a sub-division of research at the HETTS Bio Lestari, which focused on agriculture research and Bio Pesticides. However, this division eventually grew and became one focus of research in HETTS.

After through research and experiments, breeding snakes in this field has been cultivated into organic rat poison supplier that has the potential international market.

Elianor Sembiring, a researcher at HETTS, explains, organic rat poison snake rice obtained after rats were fed white. After that, the snake will produce protozoa called Saccrocytis Singaporeansis.

This protozoan later became one of the elements of organic rat poison to kill rats proved fields and ditches mouse.

In addition to the fields of snakes that have benefits for agriculture, some types of snakes, such as wagleri, vasciatus and also proved popular abroad, dipong.

The snakes that have interesting and unique color, according to Darwis, popular in the country of France, Frankfurt, Norway and Sweden.

In the future, according to Elianor, this exhibit area will developed into a snake institution. In addition, with the support of the government of North Sumatra, in this exhibit area will also be established gallery snake.

"Looking ahead, besides as a center of research, breeding area is also well become tourist sites," said Elianor.

Indeed, every time people hear the word snake, that comes to mind is a scary thing. Quite often, when people find a snake, they immediately appeared intent to kill the animals. "This is what we want to give referrals if you later this snake research institutes have been established. Hopefully, next year's standing. There'll be given a variety of education about snakes. For example, what we first do when finding a snake. Is directly away, or even kill him?" Elianor said.

Later, in the breeding area will also built a gallery that will display various types of snakes and relating to the world. "In European countries, the snake was often used as decoration. While, in our country not yet, because there is no awareness of this," said Elianor.




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