Andaman Islands:
Weather: 20-29° C
Best Time: October – March
Ideal duration: 4-6 days
Nearest Airport: Port Blair
With gleaming turquoise waters bordered by primitive wilderness, awesome somersaulting, and sugar-white, sun-toasted sea shores dissolving under fire and-purple evenings, the remote Islands are the ideal Indian getaway.
The populace is a benevolent blend of South and Southeast Asian pioneers, just as Negrito ethnic congregations whose appearance here has anthropologists confused. Adding to the islands’ interest is their remoteness, 1370km east of the Indian Territory – yet just 200km from Indonesia and 300km from Myanmar (Burma). Of the archipelago’s 572 islands, just 36 are occupied and a little determination is available to voyagers. With awe-inspiring seashores and diving, Havelock (Swaraj) is by a long shot the most famous.
Permit/ visa prerequisites for the Andamans were facilitated in 2018; the impacts of this on the islands’ untainted state, also the endurance of their indigenous people, is not yet clear. Toward the south, the Nicobar Islands have, up until now, been carefully beyond reach to travelers.