Are there paraglide/paramotor operators around Lake Toba?
I am looking for information on doing a paragliding trip around Lake Toba. I have no paragliding license, so I am looking for a tandem trip with a pilot.
I see references to this possibility on e.g. this site (archive link as original went down), but I've had a hard time finding information on prices and booking. I found information on multi-day paragliding tours, but I was hoping to find something as a single day activity.
I have contacted this company as well, but they informed me that they used to fly around Lake Toba, but now they don't any more unfortunately.
Would anyone know of a paragliding tour operator on Samosir or around lake Toba?
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I emailed the owner of this site: http://www.sumatra-paragliding.com/tours.html and asked him.
The owner will give a tandem flight during the Painan , Langkisau Hill, Padang Beach , and lake maninjau tour. Cost for a tandem flight would be 850,000 IDR (approx USD$63). It wasn't clear from his email whether he would also give a tandem flight during the Toba tour.
I suggest you email and ask. He responded quickly.
Tell him I sent you :)
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I'm afraid the only answer I can provide to 'Are there paraglide/paramotor operators around Lake Toba?' is no.
After extensive research, I have pretty much concluded that there are no paragliding operators in the stated area at present. It is clear there was previously, but this has wound down. I may be wrong, there may be little-unadvertised organisations that provide such opportunities, which I could not find.
It certainly seems as if you did your research well before posting this question, as most of the research I conducted linked to your posted links. As you said, Indonesia Paragliding used to fly around Lake Toba, and I have found evidence of this elsewhere.
Your first link does not work, neither does your second.
So, in short, I feel have to conclude the answer to this question is, no, there are no known paragliding operators that fly over the Lake Toba area.
If you were desperate to find a solution, you could try
-Contacting companies requesting just day trips (Unlikely to work) -Looking for people who have done paragliding previously and contact them. They may have some connections.
I won't go into detail, as your question just asked if you can, not for a solution if not.
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