A cluster of 570 tropical islands off the East coast of India, most first-time tourists use Port Blair in the Andaman Islands as their base of operations. Family travel activities include any of the multitude of cruises and speedboats available between islands, enjoying the beaches around Corbyn’s Cave, a glass bottom boat tour of the coral reefs around Jolly Buoy Island, a visit to the Sippighat spice farm, Viper Island, wildlife tours of the Nicobar Islands, and landing on Barren Island which is India’s only active volcanic island.
Only 38 of the 500+ lush islands are inhabited but even those offer exciting natural beauty in the form of tropical flora, evergreen and bamboo forests, and the 150 km wide Ten Degree Channel separating the Andaman from the Nicobar Islands. Topography varies among the atolls from flat sand patches floating in the ocean to densely forested hills with jagged rocks and steep cliffs.
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