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What else in India is more serene and pristine than Andaman & Nicobar Islands consists of about 527 islands? The twin islands lies in the Bay of Bengal where out of 527 only 38 islands are inhabited, while the rest are left barren. The islands are mostly shrouded with dense forests, the coastline along the islands stretches to about 100 km, offering numerous pristine beaches along its shores. The capital city Port Blair has significant contribution to Indian history. The first and only Cellular Jain in Port Blair witnesses the gory past of Kalapani of India martyr. As many as 200 prisoners, constituting of mostly rebels from the Indian Army were imprisoned at this island, which is about 15 minutes from Port Blair. Here, prisoners were subject to complete isolation, were often tortured and those showing attitude were hanged to death.

Andaman & Nicobar Islands have lot to offer to travellers. Apart from natural beauty and calmness, there are some national parks, which are home to number of exotic fauna. One of the popular places is Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park at Wandoor, which is located at a distance of 29 km from Port Blair. The park covers an area of 281.5 sq km, is made up of open sea, creeks and 15 small and large islands. The place is ideal for viewing rare corals and underwater marine life through glass bottom boats, while adventure lovers can have a time of their life doing scuba diving and snorkelling.

The park also has facilities of amusement rides and various water sports. The best of course the nature trail around the lake, garden, restaurant and historic remains like Japanese Temple as well as a bunker and is a must see sight for tourists to Port Blair. The place is a home to rare sea turtles and salt water crocodiles. While strolling on the beaches one can see several animals like crocodiles, turtles, dolphins and different exotic fishes. There are plenty of tourist beaches in the Island such as Radhanagar Beach, Harminder Bay Beach, Wandoor Beach.

A popular picnic spot in Andaman is Aam-Kunj Beach, found in Rangat. This place is filled with commercial viability and is frequented by foreign tourists who love to let loose their adventurous side in the high and strong waves of this beach. Other than these there is a beautiful place called Chidiya Tapu, the southern most tip of South Andaman, Sippighat Farm; Madhuban – trekking area, Mini Zoo, situated at Haddo; Neil Island, 32 km from Port Blair, Campbell Bay, the boundary of Nicobar and Ross Island are other popular tourist spots in the region.

Andaman & Nicobar Islands are well connected with major cities of India. Port Blair has an airport that is connected through vast network of flights. Also from Kolkata and Chennai there are weekly ships plying to Andaman & Nicobar. There are also plenty of accommodation options available in the Andaman & Nicobar. The best time to visit the destination is from November to March and lovely unique shells, collected along its sea shores, act as perfect souvenirs to take along with memories to last a lifetime.

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