Andaman Tourism Opens: The Andaman & Nicobar administration has announced that all tourist spots in the South Andaman district will be opened for tourism activities with immediate effect 8 Feb 2022.
The tourists are allowed to visit Baratang/North & Middle Andaman on production of double dose covid certificate/ All other passengers viz. unvaccinated and partially vaccinated passengers (those who have taken only 1S1 dose of COVID vaccine) shall have to produce RT-PCR negative test report
General Guidelines defined for traveling to Andaman Islands during COVID :
What are the guidelines for testing for tourists coming to Andaman after August 03 2021?
On arrival at Port Blair :
1. The tourists need to carry COVID-19 negative test report from mainland based 1CMR approved lab using Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RTPCR). However, the sample for RTPCR test should have been taken within 48 hours prior to starting the journey from the origin station. (For e.g. if the tourist takes a flight from Delhi at 0600 hrs. on 1st September, 2021, the sample for RTPCR test should have been taken not before 0600 hrs. on 30th August, 2021).
2. The tourists/visitors on arrival at Port Blair airport have to undergo mandatory Covid-19 screening with RTPCR test free of cost. Thereafter the tourists/visitors are allowed to move to their respective hotels. However, they will have to be under quarantine at Port Blair in their hotel rooms until the result of RTPCR tests are received. In case of RTPCR positive test results, the tourists/visitors shall remain in
institutional quarantine in hotels notified by the Hoteliers Association in consent with the A&N Administration, on rates as specified or to the designated hospital/ Covid-19 care centre on case-to-case basis.
3. Tourists may also have to undergo random Rapid Antigen Test conducted from time to time on payment basis as prescribed by A8N Administration.
What if the tourists test positive after arriving at the Andaman Islands?
If the tourists tests positive during their stay in the Islands, he/she will need to undergo institutional isolation as per existing health protocols. The
cost of such isolation for govt. facility will be paid by the tourists as fixed by the administration from time to time.
If the patient wants to stay at hotels, he/she can stay in the hotels if all the conditions below are met:
a) Patients are not symptomatic and not more than 60 years old.
b) Request/ undertaking is made by patient in writing.
c)lf allowed by doctors.
Hotels will make necessary arrangements to designate a part of their rooms for institutional isolation for this purpose.
Adorned by the shimmering water and enclosed with dense forests, Cinque island is a land of hidden treasure. With multiple activities and white sandy beaches, there is a vast option for the water babies to enjoy and explore around. Segregated into North Cinque and South Cinque islands, this island is an untouched beauty of Andaman which every nature lover must explore at least once. This well known submerged jumping spot is on the north side of the mainstream Duncan Passage and amidst Rutland and Passage Islands. The occupied island is an excellent delight to every one of the voyager's touch base here.
This island is on the north side of Duncan Passage, at a distance of 26 kilometres from Port Blair. At the same time, it is 3.5 hours away from Wandoor in 2 hours from Chidiya Tapu. Cinque Island is on the south-western shoreline of South Andaman in the Bay of Bengal. The two divisions of the island separate by a sandbar and are a part of the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park.
There is no scheduled ferry service, but Chartered boats are allowed from Port Blair and Wandoor. To avail this facility, one has to contact private boat operators in Port Blair affiliated with the Forest Department to hire a boat.
Cinque Island has coral reef gardens extending hundreds of meters into the deep sea. It offers a vista of its shells, starfish, coral reefs, seaweeds, colourful fishes, sea anemones, salt-water crocodile, turtles and water snakes to its visitors. This island also has a fine sandy beach and tropical rainforest. Famous for underwater diving and activities like camping, game fishing, scuba diving and snorkelling, the ideal time to visit this island is from October to May. Submerged corals also attract nature enthusiasts to Cinque Island.
The Cinque Islands is an ideal getaway with your family and loved ones as many tourists do not frequently visit the island, and it is just you and the nature that surrounds. The island houses varied species of bird population which are unaffected and free. These islands support ecotourism, and special permits are required to visit this place.
The rarely available licenses and the high cost of these charter boats make it less touched by the travellers and hence ranks as the most untouched visitable island. There is more to this archipelago than what meets the eye. Up for a close encounter with the rarest of corals? Or walk on the seafloor and behold the underwater world? Or with a promise of that and more aqua adventures, the island doesn't disappoint.
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