Havelock Island is about
57 kms north east of Port Blair. The Island got its name from a British
General, Henry Havelock.
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| Havelock Island |
From Port
Blair, it takes 90 minutes to reach Havelock Island in a privately operated cruise while
government ferry takes 150 minutes approximately. We had booked a privately operated cruise Makruzz in advance for the Island. The cruise leaves from Phoenix Bay
Jetty at 9:00 in the morning. Cabs are
not allowed to enter the Phoenix bay jetty, only authorized buses are allowed to enter. Our cab driver left us near the bus, which took us to
the jetty.
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| At Phoenix Bay Jetty |
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| Dock |
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| Dock |
Makruzz is fully Air-Conditioned cruise. We had awesome time travelling in it.
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| Makruzz |
We reached Havelock in 90 minutes. The view from the main
jetty (Beach number 1) of Havelock Island is marvelous. I was amazed to see the
beauty of the nature.
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| At Havelock Island |
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| View from the jetty |
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| Pristine clear sea water |
We had booked Dolphin Resort for our stay at Havelock
Island. The resort has its own private beach- Vijaynagar beach (beach number 5).
It is a government resort. The location of the resort is awesome, the food
served in the dining hall is also good but there is no room service or housekeeping.
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| Dolphin Resort |
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| Dolphin Resort |
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| Dolphin Resort |
In the evening by 4:00, we went to see the Vijaynagar beach. This beach is famous for coral viewing. We got some good pictures of the sea corals.
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| Vijaynagar Beach |
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| Corals at Vijaynagar Beach |
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| Beautiful Vijaynagar Beach |
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| Vijaynagar Beach |
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| Sea Corals |
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| Awesome view |
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| Breathtaking |
There are bikes and scooters available on rent to explore
the island so we got ourselves a scooter. We went to the most famous beach of
Havelock -Radhanagar beach( Beach number 7). It was awarded as the “BEST BEACH
IN ASIA” by Times (magazine) in 2004. It is a bit far from the Dolphin Resort
and it took us, almost 35 minutes to reach there. We had fun at the beach
though our daughter was scared of going near the sea and was busy playing in
the sand. The water of the sea is pristine clear.
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| Radhanagar Beach |
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| Radhanagar Beach |
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| View from the Sea shore |
There are many shops near the beach selling some exquisite seashell
items. The island dwellers are mostly Bengalis but everyone understands and
speaks Hindi too.
Next day in the morning, we went to the main jetty (beach number 1) and book a boat ride to Elephant beach. There are two ways of reaching Elephant beach, one is Boat ride of 20-25 minutes and another one is forest trekking of 30-40 minutes. We preferred boat ride. This beach is famous for snorkeling, banana boat ride, glass bottom boat ride, Jet Ski and many others. The view on the way to Elephant beach is also breathtaking.
We had our return cruise for Port Blair
in the evening. We had an awesome time at Havelock especially at Elephant
Beach.
By 6:00 in the
evening, we were back to our hotel in Port Blair –Peerless Sarovar Portico. In
my next blog, I will give the details of exploring the Cellular Jail in Port Blair.
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