THINGS TO DO IN
ISLANDS
KAALA PANI
Cellular Jail or Kaala Pani is one of the most popular places to visit in Port Blair. Take a trip around the jail blocks of the Cellular Jail where Indian freedom fighters were once imprisoned. Take a guide along to know about the history of Kala Pani and how the British used to treat the freedom fighters.
BIRDWATCHING AT CHIDIYA TAPU
Besides grand sunsets, Chidiya Tapu is also a good spot to go bird watching. If you are a bird watching enthusiast then this is one of the best things to do Port Blair. Different kinds of birds from all over the world flock here and are a spectacle to witness. The best time to go bird watching here is during the morning when they are highly active. To enjoy the beautiful sunsets, stay till around 4 pm.
MOUNT HARRIET
Go for a bird watching tour at Mount Harriet National Park on your trip to Port Blair whilst surrounded by over 393 plant species, 90 species of birds, mammals, and more. There are a number of unique species of moths and reptiles here as well as marine turtles and elephants. There are also grand sunsets and sunrises you can enjoy while relaxing at this park.
NAVAL MARINE MUSEUM
Taking a half-day museum tour is one of the most interesting things to do in Port Blair, Andaman. Museums in Port Blair uncover the city’s tribal history, marine life, and more. From a plethora of island artifacts at Samudrika Marine Museum to lively tribal murals at the Anthropological Museum and endemic marine species at the Fisheries Museum – there’s a lot to see and learn. And it’s all the more fun if you are on an Andaman family holiday.
UNDERWATER WALKS
Watch time fade away on an underwater sea walk at North Bay Island where you can experience the amazing marine life of the Andamans. Spot fishes, see coral reefs up close, watch lobsters in action while walking on the seabed of this exciting island. Besides, there are plenty of fun activities in Port Blair like snorkelling and scuba diving you can try here.
TREK TO MUNDA PAHAD AT CHIDIYA TAPU
One of the things that most people don't know about Andaman and Nicobar Islands is that it is a trekker's paradise. While the beaches in Andaman are famous among the travelling community, very few people come here to trek. One of the easiest and most accessible treks in Andaman Islands is the trek to Munda Pahad from Chidiya Tapu.
The trail throughout provides you with mesmerizing views of the azure sea on either side – something that you would surely miss if you just stick around in the beach. While the trail is so beautiful, the final point of the trek will surely take your breath away. The vast sea merges into one from three sides. The sea stretches off to infinity as you can’t see anything apart from the water for miles on either side.
SHOP FOR SOUVENIRS AT ABERDEEN BAZAAR
Here is the answer to your question what to buy in Andaman. If you're looking to take back souvenirs from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Aberdeen Bazaar will offer you a variety of them made by native artists at dirt-cheap prices. You can get everything here: from jewellery to wood carvings, from sweets to Andaman t-shirts. It is amongst the top things to do in Port Blair.
THE FLAG POINT (Tiranga Park)
This flag point is of great historical significance as this is the exact spot where Netaji Subash Chandra Bose hoisted the Indian flag for the first time in Indian soil on the 30th December 1943. Today, at an altitude of 150 feet in the South point area in Port Blair stands a flag pole that is visible from our rooms and our rooftop Bar + Kitchen. This flag pole stands proud and tall and the Indian flag continues to flutter gracefully. An early morning walk to the flag point from the hotel is the perfect way to start the day.
NEIL ISLAND
Neil Island is another very scenic natural paradise with captivating white sandy beaches and lush green forests. Neil Island can be reached easily from Port Blair or from Havelock via regular ferry services of various categories. Neil Island offers its own special appeal with some very popular beaches and a crystal clear waters that resonates with millions of teeming wild life and exquisite corals. Neil Island came to be inhabited in the late 1960s. Apart from snorkeling and scuba diving, Neil Island also offers glass bottom boat rides to its guests who are not adventurous enough to enter the waters but would still want to enter the visually ecstatic world of corals and fishes.
LONG ISLAND
Long Island is not that big, about 18 square kilometres. It can be designated as a modern village and enjoys certain facilities that are not really available in most villages of Bay Islands. Among the modern facilities, Long island has its own power house and bank and wireless facilities. It also boasts of a well-equipped Boat Building Yard. Long Island has bounty of natural beauty that includes rice coral reefs, exclusive beaches, enigmatic caves, lush greenery, mangroves and lines of azure blue skies melting with the similar blue seas. Adventure tourism gets a boost on account of the exquisite beauty of the island, virgin dense deep tropical forests and a rich marine ecosystem. The tidal swamp forests merge daintily with the evergreen green forests to give the island a wholesome green-surrounded-by-blue effect.
MARINA PARK
Marina Park is located around 3 km from Aberdeen Bazaar. The most beautiful aspect of Marina Park is that it is located at seashore. So you can enjoy both the scenic view of ocean and the enjoyments in the park. A stroll by the sea side walk lane in marina park is worth taking in the evening with all street lights lit up on both sides.
DANINALLAH MANGROVE NATURE WALKWAY
Dhaninallah Mangrove Nature Walkway/Walk is an exquisite beautiful walkway among lush mangrove with the air filled with the scent of sea. This place can be reached by taking a short detour via the Andaman Trunk road after crossing the famous tourist destinations of Rangat and Amkunj Beach. It is actually located around 20 kilometres from Rangat.
HAVELOCK ISLAND
Havelock Island is one of the primary destinations of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is famed for its pristine beauty that goes unmatched when it comes to untouched and unexplored natural beauty and virgin forests of earth. It is a striking contrast of verdant greenery, sandy whiteness and blue vast ocean body. Due to its more than fair share of popularity among tourists and travelers, Havelock has developed luxurious tourist resorts and hotels to pamper the guests living in the lap of intense natural beauty. Havelock is the largest of islands and falls under must-visit destinations. A tour to Andamans would definitely be incomplete without a visit to the Elephant Beach and Radhanagar Beach of Havelock Island.
MAYABUNDER
Mayabuder is located in the northern side of the Middle Andamans. Even though it is a bit far from Port Blair (approximately 242 km away) it is definitely worth a visit. Mayabunder can also be reached in three hours from Rangat. Mayabunder makes for a perfect location for beach holiday, far from the maddening society and civilization, in the lap of nature. It offers fascinating mangrove creeks and entrancing beaches and isles. Mayabunder is also the home of former Burmese Karen Tribes. These tribes were known to serve the British as logging labourers in the pre-independence era.
BARATANG ISLAND
This exotic island is famous for its exquisite secluded beaches, mangrove creeks, mud volcanoes and limestone caves — each of which is unique and worth a visit. The experience of the mud volcanoes and limestone cave is so enigmatic that it is worth a peep for the adventurous and brave at heart. Guides are provided and permission needs to be secured from the Andaman Forest Department for limestone cave exploration.
Nilambur Jetty of Baratang Island has boats to Nayadera Jetty through wide creeks for about one and half hours and after that the caves are one and half kilometre walk away through tropical forests.
VIPER ISLAND
Viper Island is scarred with the notoriety of being the witness to the inhuman punishment and torture meted out to the Indian freedom fighters in the British pre-independence era. The island is said to derive its name from the ship named H.M.S. Viper in which a Britisher Archibald Blair had landed at Andaman and Nicobar Islands way back in 1789. The ship is said to have drowned near the island. Viper Island is as tainted with the blood and sacrifice of the brave national heroes as is the Cellular Jail. It was the jail where the prisoners were captive before Cellular Jail of Port Blair was built. It contains the ruins of gallows on top of a low hill. The worst form of torture was given to the political prisoners in which they were chained together through iron couplings that earned the name Viper Chain Gang Jail. The prisoners were also subjected to hard labour. Apart from the historical taint, Viper Island is also blessed with immense natural grandeur. The old jail building tour is interesting enough. It can be reached by a short ferry ride from the Aberdeen Jetty of Port Blair. The island though not very well maintained now and sort of destroyed during the latest Tsunami that had hit the Andamans is yet worth visiting on account of its deep historical significance.