Tangkahan River, a river with many uniqueness in Langkat

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Tangkahan is a favorite place and has gone international in the Langkat Regency area. Before the Tangkahan Pandemic, many local tourists and foreign tourists from various countries visited. However, when this Pandemic takes place, this place looks deserted from foreign tourists visiting here.

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Tangkahan River is located around the protected forest area around Mount Lauser, Langkat Regency. And to reach this place from Medan takes about 3 to 4 hours of travel with normal travel conditions without traffic jams.

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In Tangkahan, apart from having good baths and extreme places for rafting, the river here also varies in depth, some are shallow, and some are very deep for you to jump beautifully from the rocks above.

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In this Tangkahan river there is also a hot spring cave that can only be enjoyed for one person, so to enjoy the hot water in this cave, we have to queue, and here lies its uniqueness, because this small hot spring cave is located in the Tangkahan river which flows through the river. cold water. However, to reach Goa, we have to cross and the water conditions around Goa are quite deep for those of us who can't swim, including my husband and I.

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To be able to enjoy the Tangkahan river we need to cross the bridge from the Non-Governmental Organization, not from the local government, so to cross we have to pay Rp. 3,000 per person.

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In this river there are many beautiful cliffs for the Photography community who like to take pictures and explore their talents.

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Although to travel on the Tangkahan River, visitors must pass through unpaved roads and there are also landslide roads, but this river is still much in demand by local tourists.

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In Tangkahan, there is also an inn that has natural nuances, for those who like tracking or forest nuances, this place is perfect for you to explore, because in this place there are also many waterfalls that have not been exposed to many people because they are in the middle of the forest.

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And most luxurious in this place, on certain days you can see the elephant habitat and bathe the elephant, and of course you can bathe the elephant and interact with them directly under the guidance of the elephant handler.

However, during our trip yesterday we were unlucky, because it was not the elephant's schedule to find food and go down the mountain.

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Are you interested in visiting this place? We look forward to welcoming you to the enchanting tourist spot of Langkat. And keep supporting us, our warmest regards, Tomi and Maya from Medan, Indonesia



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