PORTBLAIR SWARAJ DWEEP (HAVELOCK)

Havelock Island, Portblair

Location

5Nights 6Days

Duration

Day 01 – Port Blair

Arrive in Port Blair, report to the coach and proceed to hotel. Later visit Fisheries Museum. In the evening visit Cellular Museum and Cellular Jail, which stood mute witness to the torture meted out to the freedom fighters, who were incarcerated in this Jail. History awakens as we visit ‘Veer Sawarkar’ Smarak and see the light and sound show.

Day 02 – Port Blair

Visit Chatham Saw Mill – one of the largest mills in Asia, Cottage Industries Emporium and Forest Museum that offers an insight into forest activities through scale models and displays decorative pieces made of famous woods like Padauk, Marble, Peauma, Gurjan, Satin Wood, etc. Later visit Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep(Ross) – the island presently houses ruins of old buildings like Ballroom, Chief Commissioner’s house, Government House, Church, Cemetry, Hospital, Bakery, Press, Swimming Pool and Troop Barracks, all in dilapidated condition, reminiscent of the old British regime.

Day 03 – Port Blair – Swaraj Dweep (Havelock)

Proceed to Swaraj Dweep (Havelock) by ferry. Visit Radhanagar Beach – rated as Asia’s best beach in 2004 by the Times magazine. The island is known as one of the jewels of the Andaman archipelago.

Day 04 – Swaraj Dweep (Havelock)

Visit Elephant Beach. Enjoy get-together with your travel companions in the evening.

Day 5 – Swaraj Dweep (Havelock) – Port Blair

Proceed to Port Blair by ferry. Later visit Anthropological Museum that depicts the life of Paloelithic Islanders, it also houses the models of the aborigines and their tools & Samudrika Naval Marine Museum – which is meant to create awareness on various aspects of oceanic environment, has a good collection of shells, corals and a few colorful fishes.