Adventure Sports
Andaman waters are suitable for adventure water sports like scuba
diving, skiing, sailing, para sailing, wind surfing, snorkeling etc. Trekking
through the dense evergreen forests and island camping in beach front forests
are the other adventure activities.
Rajiv Gandhi
Water Sports Complex
This
unique complex offers all possible aqua-sport facilities like Water-skiing,
Sail boats, Windsurfing, Speed Boats etc., and safe water sports like
Paddle Boats, Row Boats etc. There is a sea water swimming pool and a
change room. There is also a Memorial for the Battle of Aberdeen fought
between Britishers and Andamanese aboriginals in 1859. Nearby is an
Amusement Park with Pleasure rides and a children Traffic Park.
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Snorkeling
One
can enjoy the under-water marine life and view the rarest varieties of
corals by snorkeling in the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park, Corbyn's
Cove, Havelock and other islands on all days from dawn to dusk depending on
the weather.
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Island
Camping
Camps
are just the right choice for the nature-lovers who wish to enjoy the sun,
sea and the pristine beauty of nature by spending quiet holidays right on
the beach. Tourism Department organizes Island Camping (Tented
accommodation) during the Tourist season at Radha Nagar Beach, Havelock.
Contact:
Directorate of Tourism.
Phone
No. 03192-232694 E-mail : diript@and.nic.in
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Scuba Diving
Diving
in Andaman waters offer a fascinating world of under-water marine life,
varieties of colourful fishes, rarest of the coral reefs in the world, mysterious
remains of sunken ships etc. All these can be explored through SCUBA
diving. Cinque Island North Point, South east reef at Cinque Island,
Rutland Island, corruption rock, Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park are
the important dive sites nearest to south Andaman Islands. Other than Fish rock, Bala reef some
sites at Havelock Island offer good scope for SCUBA diving. Most of the
dive operators in Andaman are also based in Havelock Island.
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Trekking
One
can go trekking through the nature trail from Mt. Harriet to Madhuban and
enjoy the rare forest life, flora and fauna. There are other trekking
routes also.
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