Andaman – The Untouched Paradise

The Gang : Me - Ajay - Salman - Sujit

Best part of our pre-planned trip was only Fight Tickets. Nothing else was planned.

Day 1 : 15^th Oct 2016

Flight from Bangalore to Port Blair.

We reached Port Blair around 5:30pm, then headed to the Cellular Jail Light Show program @7pm. It was informative light show as the details were crisp on the history of Andaman.

We got a room nearby Cellular Jail for 900rs!

Beauty!

Day 2 : 16^th Oct 2016

Morning, we again visited Cellular Jail, this time it was time to see the structure and the history on the walls of cellular Jail.

Afternoon, we had a ferry from Port Blair to Havelock.

Reached Havelock around 4pm.

We had been to Radha-Nagar beach for the sunset. We could not get the sun-set view as the sun sets early around 4:30pm. We had been in the beach till 6pm and then headed to Havelock market in search of place to stay.

Twilight

We checked in Saurav Lodge. Got a 5 bed room for 1500rs, again cheap and good deal.

We had dinner in the Havelock market no-3, we had Lobster here. This was one of the bucket list in this trip.

The owner of Saurav lodge was very helpful.
We got offer for Scuba for 2300 rs/person - this was tariff for 15mins Training + 40mins Scuba Dive. 

Day 3 : 17^th Oct 2016

We did scuba in Havelock. It was my first scuba experience for me.

I enjoyed it but it was less than my expectation. I would rate it as 3/5. But the best in India.

We got vehicles to roam around Havelock. Vehicle – Activa, Cost – 400rs/day.

RadhaNagar Beach

Havelock Places :

Radha-Nagar Beach –

This is one of the finest beach in the world. Had a great time here. Water is very shallow, so great place to swim.

Dolpin Beach/Kala-Patar Beach -
Happening place! If you are planning to stay in a resort, I would recommend Dolphin Resort.
Beautiful place to spend the evening.

Drinks are cheap here as there is no tax.

After the party, we roamed the market. Unlike Goa, Less happening place, More peaceful place.

Day 4 : 18^th Oct 2016

We had been to Elephant Beach.

There are two ways to go to Elephant beach.

One is via package, where you will be taken in the ferry to the beach and Elephant beach is known for water sport. The other one is through a short trek of 2kms.

Since, we did not wanted to take any package as we were well aware that the packages cost are un-necessary more and its not worth. So we decided the trek.

It was the one of the best experience of our trip. We took nearly 45-50mins for 2km. Mind you, I have completed 10km in 52mins :P .

The journey was through the forest and the rain god gave more challenge for this trek.

We had to trek though the flowing water too. It was shallow though was challenging.

We did not do any water activities as we did not have time and also no interest for water activities.

Afternoon, we left Havelock to Neil Island through ferry.

Neil Island is small with notable 3 beaches and a small market at the center of the Island.

We booked a 2 vehicle for our transport as soon as we reached , Cost – 400rs.

As we reach Neil Island we went to Laksman-Nagar beach for the sunset. It was beautiful view. Coral was visible as the tide was low. We spent time till 6pm enjoying the nature.

We checked in Amullya Lodge for the stay in Neil Island.
Decent Place . Cost – 1800rs/day (3-Bed)

Day 5 – 19^th Oct 2016

Natural Bridge

Morning we had been to Natural Bridge Beach then to Bharathpur Beach.

We did Snorkelling in Bharathpur Beach, it was best experience. I liked it more the the Scuba experience as the water was more clear compared to Havelock. Also had a swim in the middle of the sea for some time under the observation.

If you know to speak well, you will get best deals out your trip.

Rasgulla was best in Neil Island and we had plenty of them. Its cheap too @10rs/piece.

One can try the variety of Bengali sweets here. Most of the people in Andaman are from West Bengal then from Tamil Nadu.

We left Neil Island to Port Blair at 4pm. We reached Port Blair around 6pm.

We again searched for the room but now for the better one as we were planning to stay for 4 nights in Port Blair. We got Govt Guest House for 1200rs, it was 2BHK. Again Damn lucky, best deal for cheap price.

After freshen up, we went to Sujits friends house. We were treated with Dinner J

Chicken Biryani + Puri + Paneer + Rasgulla.  It was a homely taste and good experience.  

We headed back and reached around 11pm.

Day 6^th : 20^th Oct 2016

We had to go through “Experience Andaman” website to book ferry. We had booked government ferry so we had to book a package as that was the mandatory while booking ferry.

We bought a package for Baratang – 1500rs/person.

We got up at 3am L

We had a bus at 3:45am to Baratang.

Baratang is a located at 100km far from Port Blair. It took us 4hrs to reach Baratang.

Baratang have tribal people also so we were instructed to behave. No Photography, No talk, No Mischief Behavior with them. 

We visited Mud Volcano and Lime Stone Cave in Baratang.

The Journey for these was through Jeep and Speed Boat which was a good experience, especially journey through mangrove forest.

Mud Volcano is almost saturated as there is no much active happening. Lime stone was a good experience. We did not see any tribal people which we missed but we were told they live in the middle of forest and are rare sighted.

We reached back Port Blair around 6pm. It was day filled with journey.

We went to room to freshen up and then walked 3km to find good restaurant.

We finally found Ananda Restaurant. It was good – worth the walk :P

Day 7^th : 21^st Oct 2016

Today we planned to visit Ross Island and North-Bay Island.

On the paper the cost of the package for the ferry for these two Island was 550rs/person. We got contacts through Sujits friend's friend and got the package at 300rs/person – Almost Half J .

Blue Water Shining

Ross Island was a place were British Officers had stayed. Most of the building were broken due to age. Peacock and Deer are local animals here as they were visible everywhere. Overall Ross Island was good.

North-Bay is known for the Coral. We had see many Coral Beach so this was not so attractive for us. North-Bay also have Scuba – Snorkeling , but we were not interested as we had done in Havelock and Neil.

We reached back to Port-Blair around 4pm.

Had our snacks + Lunch in Light House Restaurant in Port Blair. Good Food. Must visit once at-least.

After which, we booked the Vehicle to roam around the city. Cost – 400rs

We did some shopping, like Andaman T-shirt as the trade mark of our journey.

Hunted some Bengali sweet shop but not satisfied with the sweet as compared to Neil Island.

Day 8^th : 22^nd Oct 2016

Today we had been to Chatham Island which is attached to Port-Blair though a Bridge. Chatham Island is a Saw Mill Industry and was started by British in 1971.

We also visited a museum here and hired a Guide. The Interaction with guide was informative and got to know the connection among the places we visited. Saw mill was huge with heavy machines, good place to visit.

After the Saw mill, we visited Corbyn's Cove beach. It was 10km far from Port Blair. It was decent beach though, we did not stay long here and we left after some time to Chidiyatapu – The Sunset Point.

Chidiyatapu is located around 30km far from Port Blair.

We had lunch on the way to Chidiyatapu in a local restaurant and the food was amazing. Almost better than the costly restaurants.

We reached Chidiyatapu around 2pm, we visited the Biological Park. It was a good time pass as we got to see Crocodile, Eagle, Big Lizard and many more animals.

Then we moved to Munda-Pahar beach , it was the pleasant. I took a nap for 30mins with cool breeze running through you. Once thought of settling there :P

Sunset was beautiful!

We reached back Port Blair around 7pm. Roamed around and returned the vehicle.

We had a great Party as this was the last night of the trip. That Good Feeling!

Day 9^th : 23^rd Oct 2016

We got up around 8:30am.Checked out the guest house around 10am and left for Airport.

We had flight at 11:25am

We had a quick breakfast and reached Airport at 10:40am.

Everything was fine and reached Bangalore safetly.

This is one of the best experience trip for me as most of the decision were taken by us and interaction with variety of people made us connected.

Our Budget for 9 days with 4 People was 35,000 rs/person :D

Photo-Credits : Sujith Bhat

Jai Hind.