5 nights / 06 days (3 nights: Port Blair, 2 nights: Havelock)

Day 1	Arrival at Port Blair and get Meet and Assisted by our escort team at airport and they will transfer you to Hotel. Take rest for few hours and start your trip with Harbor cruise to Viper Island – this is steamer type boat ride which take you around Port Blair city showing 7points en-route and evening watch the sound and light show program at the same complex.
Day 2	After breakfast get transfer to Phoenix bay Harbor to catch a ferry to Havelock. Havelock is Small beach destination and famous for its beaches and underwater marine /Coral life. On arrival at Havelock get transfer to your resort and evening visit the world’s best rated by Time Magazine “The Radhanagar beach “enjoy swimming and sun bathing till evening .Over night stay at Resort in Havelock .
Day 3	After breakfast, Day leisure for Optional activity like visit to Elephant beach by motor boat for mesmerizing view of corals through glass bottom boat and enjoy snorkelling. overnight stay at resort in Havelock.
Day 4	after Breakfast check out from your resort, drops your luggage at reception.., explore the island at your own return to Port Blair as per ferry timings. Overnight stay at Port Blair.
Day 5	Visit Ross and North Bay coral island -enjoying watching corals trough glass bottom boat and swimming at its best here. evening free for shopping in n around Port Blair city and Aberdeen Bazaar Market.
Day 6	Transfer to Airport and Departure.
Trust the above is in order as requested any changes please feel free to contact us.

7 nights / 8 days (5 nights: Port Blair, 2 nights: Havelock)

Day 1	Arrival at Port Blair and get Meet and Assisted by our escort team at airport and they will transfer you to Hotel. Take rest for few hours and start your trip with Harbor cruise to Viper Island – this is steamer type boat ride which take you around Port Blair city showing 7points en-route and evening watch the sound and light show programme at the same complex.
Day 2	After breakfast get transfer to Phoenix bay Harbor to catch a ferry to Havelock. Havelock is Small beach destination and famous for its beaches and underwater marine /Coral life. On arrival at Havelock get transfer to your resort and evening visit the world’s best rated by Time Magazine “The Radhanagar beach “enjoy swimming and sun bathing till evening .Over night stay at Resort in Havelock .
Day 3	After breakfast, Day leisure for Optional activity like visit to Elephant beach by motor boat for mesmerizing view of corals through glass bottom boat and enjoy snorkelling.over night stay at resort in Havelock.
Day 4	after Breakfast check out from your resort, drops your luggage at reception.., explore the island at your ownreturn to Port Blair as per ferry timings. Overnight stay at Port Blair.
Day 5	Visit Ross and North Bay coral island -enjoying watching corals trough glass bottom boat and swimming at its best here.
Day 6	After Breakfast , get transfer to Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park Wandoor and take a ferry to visit Jolly Buoy island , enjoy the day watching corals and under water marine life by Glass bottom boat and snorkeling , swimming here could be amazing experience .
Day 7	After breakfast leisurely take a trip of Port Blair city tour the tour includes visiting of Chatham Saw mill -Asia`s oldest and largest, Anthropological Museum- show casing tribal life of Andamans, Samudrika Museum – the Naval marine Museum, Fisheries Museum –showcasing underwater marine life of Andaman island and finally shop at Govt run emporium called Sagarika for Handicrafts of these islands.
Day 8	Transfer to Airport and Departure.

History

First inhabitants

The islands have been inhabited for several thousand years, at the very least.
The earliest archaeological evidence yet documented goes back some 2,200 years; however, genetic and cultural studies suggest that the indigenous Andamanese people may have been isolated from other populations since the Middle Paleolithic.[4] In that time, the Andamanese have diversified into distinct linguistic, cultural and territorial groups.
The Nicobar Islands appear to have been populated by people of various backgrounds. At the time of the European contact, the indigenous inhabitants were the Nicobarese people, speaking a Mon-Khmer language; and the Shompen, whose language is of uncertain affiliation. Both are unrelated to the Andamanese.

Pre-colonial era

Rajendra Chola I (1014 to 1042 CE), one of the Tamil Chola dynasty kings, occupied the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to use them as a strategic naval base to launch a naval expedition against the Sriwijaya Empire (a Hindu-Malay empire based on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia). They called the islands Tinmaittivu (“impure islands” inTamil)
The islands provided a temporary maritime base for ships of the Marathas in the 17th century. The legendary admiral Kanhoji Angre established naval supremacy with a base in the islands and is credited with attaching those islands to India.

Colonial period

The history of organized European colonization on the islands began when the Danish settlers of the Danish East India Company arrived in the Nicobar Islands on 12 December 1755. On January 1, 1756, the Nicobar Islands were made a Danish colony, first named New Denmark,[8] and later (December 1756) Frederick’s Islands (Frederiksøerne). During 1754–1756 they were administrated from Tranquebar (in continental Danish India). The islands were repeatedly abandoned due to outbreaks of malaria between 14 April 1759 and 19 August 1768, from 1787 to 1807/05, 1814 to 1831, 1830 to 1834 and gradually from 1848 for good.
From 1 June 1778 to 1784, Austria mistakenly assumed that Denmark had abandoned its claims to the Nicobar islands and attempted to establish a colony on them,[9] renaming them Theresia Islands.
In 1789 the British set up a naval base and penal colony on Chatham Island next to Great Andaman, where now lies the town of Port Blair. Two years later the colony was moved to Port Cornwallis on Great Andaman, but it was abandoned in 1796 due to disease.
Denmark’s presence in the territory ended formally on 16 October 1868 when it sold the rights to the Nicobar Islands to Britain,[9] which made them part of British India in 1869.
In 1858 the British again established a colony at Port Blair, which proved to be more permanent. The primary purpose was to set up a penal colony for dissenters and independence fighters from the Indian subcontinent. The colony came to include the infamous Cellular Jail.
In 1872 the Andaman and Nicobar islands were united under a single chief commissioner at Port Blair.

World War II

Main article: Japanese occupation of the Andaman Islands
During World War II, the islands were practically under Japanese control, only nominally under the authority of the Arzi Hukumate Azad Hind of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Bose visited the islands during the war, and renamed them as “Shaheed-dweep” (Martyr Island) and “Swaraj-dweep” (Self-rule Island).
General Loganathan, of the Indian National Army was made the Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. On 22 February 1944 he along with four INA officers — Major Mansoor Ali Alvi, Sub. Lt. Md. Iqbal, Lt. Suba Singh and stenographer Srinivasan—arrived at Lambaline Airport in Port Blair. On 21 March 1944 the Headquarters of the Civil Administration was established near theGurudwara at Aberdeen Bazaar. On 2 October 1944, Col. Loganathan handed over the charge to Maj. Alvi and left Port Blair, never to return. The islands were preoccupied by British and Indian troops of the 116th Indian Infantry Brigade on 7 October 1945, to whom the remaining Japanese garrison surrendered.

Indian state

At the independence of both India (1947) and Burma (1948), the departing British announced their intention to resettle all Anglo-Indians and Anglo-Burmese on the islands to form their own nation, although this never materialised. It became part of the Indian union in 1950 and was declared a union territory in 1956.

Geography

Aerial view of the Andaman Islands
There are 572 islands in the territory having an area of 7,950 km2 (3,070 sq mi). Of these, about 34 are permanently inhabited. The islands extends from 6° to 14° North latitudes and from 92° to 94° East longitudes. The Andamans are separated from the Nicobar group by a channel (the Ten Degree Channel) some 150 km (93 mi) wide. The highest point is located in North Andaman Island (Saddle Peak at 732 m (2,402 ft)). The Andaman group has 325 islands which cover an area of 6,170 km2 (2,382 sq mi) while the Nicobar group has only 24 islands with an area of 1,765 km2 (681 sq mi).[11]:33
The capital of the union territory, Port Blair, is located 1,255 km (780 mi) from Kolkata, 1,200 km (750 mi) from Vishakapattnam and 1,190 km (740 mi) from Chennai.[11]:33 The northernmost point of the Andaman and Nicobars group is 901 km (560 mi) away from the mouth of the Hooghly River and 190 km (120 mi) from Burma. Indira Point at 6°45’10″N and 93°49’36″E at the southern tip of the southernmost island, Great Nicobar, is the southernmost point of India and lies only 150 km (93 mi) from Sumatra in Indonesia.

Flora

Map of Andaman and Nicobar Islands with an extra detailed area around Port Blair
Andaman & Nicobar Islands are blessed with a unique tropical rainforest canopy, made of a mixed flora with elements from Indian, Myanmarese, Malaysian and endemic floral strains. So far, about 2,200 varieties of plants have been recorded, out of which 200 are endemic and 1,300 do not occur in mainland India.
The South Andaman forests have a profuse growth of epiphytic vegetation, mostly ferns and orchids. The Middle Andamans harbours mostly moistdeciduous forests. North Andamans is characterized by the wet evergreen type, with plenty of woody climbers. The North Nicobar Islands (including Car Nicobar and Battimalv) are marked by the complete absence of evergreen forests, while such forests form the dominant vegetation in the central and southern islands of the Nicobar group. Grasslands occur only in the Nicobars, and while deciduous forests are common in the Andamans, they are almost absent in the Nicobars. The present forest coverage is claimed to be 86.2% of the total land area.

This atypical forest coverage is made up of twelve types, namely:
1. Giant evergreen forest
2. Andamans tropical evergreen forest
3. Southern hilltop tropical evergreen forest
4. Cane brakes
5. Wet bamboo brakes
6. Andamans semi-evergreen forest
7. Andamans moist deciduous forest
8. Andamans secondary moist deciduous forest
9. Littoral forest
10. Mangrove forest
11. Brackish water mixed forest
12. Submontane hill valley swamp forest

Fauna

This tropical rain forest despite its isolation from adjacent land masses is surprisingly rich with a diversity of animal life. About 50 varieties of forest mammals are found to occur in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Some are endemic, including the Andaman Wild Boar. Rodents are the largest group with 26 species, followed by 14 species of bat. Among the larger mammals there are two endemic varieties of wild boar, Sus scrofa andamanensis from Andaman and Sus scrofa nicobaricus from Nicobar, which are protected by the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 (Sch I). Saltwater crocodile is also found in abundance. The State animal of andaman is dug-ong also known as sea cow which can be found in little andaman. Around 1962 there was an attempt to introduce the leopard, which was unsuccessful because of unsuitable habitat. These were ill-considered moves as exotic introductions can cause havoc to island flora and fauna. About 270 species of birds are found in the territory; 14 of them are endemic, the majority to the Nicobar island group. The islands’ many caves are nesting grounds for the Edible-nest Swiftlet, whose nests are prized in China for bird’s nest soup. The territory is home to about 225 species of butterflies and moths, including some of the larger and most spectacular of the world. Ten species are endemic to these Islands. Mount Harriet National Park is one of the richest areas of butterfly and moth diversity on these Islands. The islands are well known for of prized shellfishs, especially from the genera Turbo, Trochus, Murex and Nautilus. Earliest recorded commercial exploitation began during 1929. Many cottage industries produce a range of decorative shell items. Giant clams, green mussels and oysters support edible shellfishery. The shells of scallops, clams, and cockle are burnt in kilns to produce edible lime.

Demographics

Population growth

As of 2011 Census of India, the population of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands was 379,944, of which 202,330 (53.25%) were male and 177,614 (46.75) were female. The sex ratio was 878 females per 1,000 males. Only 10% of the population lived in Nicobar islands. The major languages spoken in the Andamans in numerical order are Bengali (32.6%), Tamil (27.61%), Hindi (22.95%), and Telugu (14.84%). Andaman Creole Hindi is widely used as a trade language in the Andamans. Presently there remain only approximately 400–450 indigenous Andamanese in the Andaman islands, the Jarawa andSentinelese in particular maintaining a steadfast independence and refusing most attempts at contact. In the Nicobar islands, the indigenous people are the Nicobarese, or Nicobari, living throughout many of the islands; and the Shompen, restricted to the hinterland of Great Nicobar. More than 2,000 people belonging to the Karen tribe live in the Mayabunder tehsil of North Andaman district, almost all of whom are Christians. Despite their tribal origins, the Karen of Andamans have OBC status in the Andamans. The majority of people of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are Hindus, with significant Christian population consisting 21.7% of the total population of the Union Territory according to the 2011 census of India. A small but significant Muslim and Sikh minorities also exist on the islands.. Administration In 1874, the British had placed the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in one administrative territory headed by a Chief Commissioner as its judicial administrator. On 1 August 1974, the Nicobar islands were hived off into another revenue district with district headquarters at Car Nicobar under a Deputy Commissioner. In 1982, the post of Lieutenant Governor was created who replaced the Chief Commissioner as the head of administration. Subsequently a “Pradesh council” with representatives of the people was constituted to advise the Lieutenant Governor.