Paragliding is possible around Lake Toba , there even was a big festival in 2013, however it seems the sport has not quite picked up as you report that companies used to fly around there, @Madlozoz reports in a comment frequently going there for weekends and never having seen them and the conclusion of the answer by @Nathan Shoesmith is the same.
I found two other leads that might be worth contacting if you are very willing to do the trip (I’m not contacting anyone without a personal interest but you might want to):
Alternative 1:
Ask any of the providers of multiday-tours you found for a quote for a tandem flight around Lake Toba. If you pay right I can not imagine they would not be willing.
Alternative 2:
There seems to be a more active paragliding scene in Padang, West Sumatra, and the nearby Lake Maninjau is also of volcanic origin as well as fairly peaceful and paragliding is possible. I found several operators in the area through Paraglidingearth:
Now I am sure some of these links are inactive but others might not. If you are not satisfied with flying around the area there, you could always ask these guys for a quote for lake Toba.
Also the guy that @Berwyn contacted in his answer(to which +1) offers tours around lake Toba and as mentioned above it would not hurt asking for the single-day lake Toba-version.
I’m afraid these are only leads at best but they might still be helpful to anyone stumbling upon this post.
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 🙂
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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