Parapat, also known as the City of Parapat, is a small town in

North Sumatra North Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Utara) is a province of Indonesia located on the northern part of the island of Sumatra. Its capital and largest city is Medan. North Sumatra is Indonesia's fourth most populous province after West Java, East Java and ...

province on the edge of

Lake Toba Lake Toba ( id, Danau Toba) ( Toba Batak: ᯖᯀᯬ ᯖᯬᯅ; romanized: ''Tao Toba'') is a large natural lake in North Sumatra, Indonesia, occupying the caldera of a supervolcano. The lake is located in the middle of the northern part of the ...

, on the

Uluan Peninsula Uluan Peninsula extends into Lake Toba on the eastern side toward Medan, in Simalungun Regency and Toba Samosir Regency of North Sumatra province. It has experienced a large amount of uplift because of a series of massive volcanic eruptions that beg ...

where it forms the narrowest eastern link to

Samosir Island Samosir, or Samosir Island, is a large volcanic island in Lake Toba, located in the north of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Administratively, Samosir Island is governed as six of the nine districts within Samosir Regency. The lake and i ...

. It is the primary transit point by ferry for visitors going to

. Administratively it is part of

Simalungun Regency Simalungun Regency is a regency in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Its seat was formerly at Pematangsiantar, but this city was in recent years separated from the Regency and made into an independent city (''kota''), although it remains geographically su ...

Administrative Districts

Parapat consists of the following villages: * Bangun Dolok * Buntu Pasir * Parapat

Port

From Parapat itself there is a ferry port that serves water transportation to

to be precise to the ''Ajibata port''. If not through Parapat, then to reach Samosir Island via land transportation one has to circle the shores of Lake Toba to Pangururan because that is where Samosir Island is connected to the mainland of Sumatra Island. Parapat is very famous for the beauty of Lake Toba. This city is a famous tourist attraction in North Sumatra. In fact, in the 1990s, to be precise before 1997, this city became a favorite destination for foreign tourists, especially those from the Netherlands, Malaysia, Singapore, Germany, Japan, Korea, and some even from America. However, in 1997, there was a financial crisis that made tourists reluctant to travel to this place. However, the Parapat community and the government are struggling to advance Parapat tourism.

Transportation

Sisingamangaraja XII International Airport Sisingamangaraja XII International Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional Sisingamangaraja XII) is an international airport located in Silangit, North Tapanuli, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

is located about 47 mi (76 km) distance from Parapat town. It is also connected via

Trans-Sumatran Highway The Trans-Sumatra Highway (Indonesian: ''Jalan Raya Trans-Sumatra'') is a primary north–south road in the Indonesian island of Sumatra, 2,508.5 km in length, and connecting the northern island at Banda Aceh to Bandar Lampung in the south ...

Pematang Siantar Pematangsiantar (sometimes written as Pematang Siantar, acronym PS or ''P. Siantar'', colloquially just Siantar), is an independent city in North Sumatra, Indonesia, surrounded by, but not part of, the Simalungun Regency, making Pematangsiantar a ...

by a 48 km road.

Places of interest

* Batu Gantung (Hanging Stone) * Sukarno's house when in exile * Parapat Ferry Harbour {{Commons category Lake Toba Populated places in North Sumatra Tourism in Indonesia