Places to visit in Andaman & Nicobar Islands
27 places to visit in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Baratang Island, Car Nicobar Island, Cellular Jail and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Andaman & Nicobar Islands volume.
5 Famous places to visit · 8 Offbeat places · 14 Hidden gems
Famous places to visit in Andaman & Nicobar Islands (5)
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Baratang Island
An island in the middle Andamans, a hundred and fifty kilometres up from Port Blair.
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Car Nicobar Island
The northernmost of the Nicobar islands, and the seat of the district.
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Cellular Jail
Seven wings of solitary cells built to hold Indian political prisoners, three of the seven still standing.
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Narcondam Island
India's easternmost island, a volcanic cone rising 710 metres out of the Andaman Sea.
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Swaraj Dweep
Havelock, renamed Swaraj Dweep, one of the largest islands in Ritchie's Archipelago.
Offbeat places in Andaman & Nicobar Islands (8)
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Baratang Limestone Caves
Reached by boat through mangrove creeks and then on foot, in forest where the Jarawa reserve begins.
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Barren Island
The only confirmed active volcano in South Asia, uninhabited, and visible only from a boat that keeps its distance.
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Diglipur Ross and Smith
Twin islands joined by a sandbar at low tide.
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Little Andaman
A ferry and a day away from anywhere.
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Mud Volcanoes
Cold mud pushing up through the forest floor.
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North Andaman Island
The northernmost of the Great Andamans.
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South Andaman Island
The southernmost of the Great Andamans, where most of the islands' people live.
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Viper Island
A small island four kilometres west of Port Blair.
Hidden gems in Andaman & Nicobar Islands (14)
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Chidiya Tapu
Sunset point and the last road south on the main island.
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Elephant Beach
Snorkelling reef reached by boat or a forest walk.
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Havelock Jetty
The arrival point for the islands most visitors actually see.
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Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park
Fifteen islands and the reef between them off Wandoor, seen through a glass-bottomed boat.
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Middle Button Island National Park
A single island national park in the Ritchie's Archipelago, with nobody on it.
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Mount Harriet
Highest point on South Andaman, on the old ten rupee note.
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Neil Island
A flat island of paddy and banana between Havelock and Port Blair, with a natural rock bridge at low tide.
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North Bay Island
Coral and the lighthouse from the twenty rupee note.
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North Button Island National Park
The smallest national park in India, a single uninhabited island and its reef.
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Radhanagar Beach
Two kilometres of white sand backed by mahua on Havelock, regularly called the finest beach in Asia.
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Rani Jhansi Marine National Park
Coral and mangrove round the Ritchie's Archipelago, reached only by boat.
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Ross Island
The British administrative headquarters until a 1941 earthquake, now a ruin being pulled apart by banyan roots.
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Saddle Peak National Park
The highest point in the Andamans, above Diglipur, and a hard walk up through rainforest.
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South Button Island National Park
An uninhabited island with a reef, and dugongs if you are lucky.
Collecting in Andaman & Nicobar Islands
What are the best places to visit in Andaman & Nicobar Islands?
LOQAH lists 27 places in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The best known include Baratang Island, Car Nicobar Island, Cellular Jail, Narcondam Island and Swaraj Dweep. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Andaman & Nicobar Islands?
27, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Andaman & Nicobar Islands?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Andaman & Nicobar Islands before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Andaman & Nicobar Islands and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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