North Sumatera: Great Bukit Barisan Forest Park

It is located at Tongkoh village in Karo highlands district, about 59 km from Medan. Formerly Tahura Bukit Barisan since 1916, known for its location called Arboretum Tongkoh Berastagi, however since 1989 it had renovated and renamed into Great Bukit Barisan Forest Park. There is the zoological museum and a gazebo with Karo ornaments designed on the top of the roof, painted with various writings of typical welcome greetings in Tapanuli, “Horas”.