Havelock Island is a beautiful island to explore in your Andaman trip. Take a havelock island beach resort and enjoy the private beach times without crowd. There are many things to explore in Havelock island, including Scuba diving, Snorkeling, Sunrise & Sunset at the beautiful beaches etc
How to reach havelock island
Transfers between Havelock and other islands is possible in 3 ways:
- Private Ferries
- Havelock is connected to Port Blair (1.5 Hours) and Neil (1 hr) by private ferries.
- Government Ferries
- Havelock is connected to Rangat, Neil, Long Island, and Port Blair by government ferries. Find the schedule here.
- Three times a week, a ferryboat also leaves from Long Island to Port Blair, stopping by Havelock and Neil. However, for government ferries, only 4 days advance booking is possible. (If you are a foreign tourist, don’t forget the photocopies of your passport, visa, and permit before queuing up to buy the ticket.)
- Helicopter
- Helicopters ply to Havelock almost every day unless bad weather and strong winds make it impossible to fly. The tickets are often difficult to get as they are sold one day in advance and mainly meant for locals and/or emergency purposes.
Things to do in Havelock Island, Andaman
Elephant beach havelock island
SNORKELING @ ELEPHANT BEACH
- Rate 950/person. We will be taken in a boat ride for around 20 mins and will get around 2-3 hours in the Elephant beach havelock island
- Around 5 mins (till we see few fishes around) Snorkeling is complimentary.
- After that for more snorkeling (around 20 mins), we have to pay 1000/person. This was really worth the experience.
- Another way to reach Elephant beach is by trekking route.
- Havelock can be covered in scooty as it is a small island and all the places are nearby.
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Havelock Island Scuba Diving
SCUBA DIVING @ Nemo Reef, Beach no 2
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Booking.com- This is the most exciting and never miss part of Andaman trip. It was an amazing experience to explore under water world with lots of corals and varieties of fishes all around.
- We did beginner scuba dive in Havelock Island though Dive India.
We could see nice corals, Nemo fish and more varieties of fishes. Don’t forget to get a pen drive to copy the photos & Videos. - You can consider diving in Neil also if you have time. From few people i heard Neil has less explored corals compared to Havelock.
What are the different types/levels of Scuba diving in Andaman?? Which Scuba Dive to Choose in Andaman?? Which Scuba Dive in Andaman is better : Beginner Dive, PADI certification shore dive or PADI certification Boat Dive ??
- Option 1: Try dive at Havelock island: around INR 5000 per person
- Location: Nemo Reef, Beach no 2, Havelock
- 25 mins dive from shore + 15 mins training in the ocean
- Depth of dive: Up to 7 mts/ 20 feet
- Includes all gear, plus free videos and photos of your dive
- I felt this would be ideal for first timers. As some might not feel comfortable and would stop in the beginning itself. So why to waste money. Get a feel of it and if you want to dive again the same day, it can be done in a charge around 2000 I guess.
- Option 2: PADI Shore DSD at Havelock island
- Location: Nemo Reef, Beach no 2, Havelock
- 45 mins dive from shore + 15-20 mins training in the ocean
- Depth of dive: Up to 7 mts/ 20 feet
- Includes all gear, PADI certification and log book, free videos and photos of your dive
- This would be good for the ones who already dived and would like to stay under water for more time.
- Option 3: PADI Boat DSD at Havelock island
- Location: Boat will depart from Govind Nagar Beach
- 45 mins dive from boat + 15-20 mins training in the ocean
- 20 min boat ride to dive spot
- Depth of dive: Up to 12 mts/ 40 feet
- Includes all gear, PADI certification and log book, free videos and photos of your dive
- In this option, you will be taken in a boat for 20 mins ride and will be diving in the middle of sea. Compared to shore dive, here we are expected to see more untouched corals and will get more depth. It is on costlier side for the same reason.
- You can book any of this according to your choice. As per the info
beginner dive was 25 mins under water, 7 to 20 meter depth and the max depth will be decided by the instructor according to comfort of the diver. - I was very comfortable & went till the down bottom. As per the instructors it was about 7-8 meter depth and I felt it was about 15 mins under water. Regarding the timings, if you have a water proof watch you can be sure to get 25 mins(provided you are comfortable).
- Swimming knowledge is not required for Beginner dive. If you are comfortable swimming under water, you will be more comfortable. We have to take breath in and breath out via mouth. Once we go deep, there will be little tension n pain in ears, but by holding nose and ejecting air through ears (Instructors will help you with all techniques before diving) you will be fine and comfortable in some time.
Book Havelock Island Scuba Diving for best rates
Klook.com- There are many good diving centers in haveloack island. You can book from the above links which are good options.
- DiveIndia,Barefoot,ScubaLov etc to name few
- Basically, all the dive center instructors are diving in the same location Nemo reef ( While we signed in the register before dive, we could see all the diving centers are doing it in same location )
RADHANAGAR BEACH
- Sunset point
- Was named Asia’s best beach and World’s 7th best beach by Time Magazine in 2004
- Very wide beach with white sand.
- We can get in water and swim comfortably.
KALAPATHAR BEACH
- Sun rise point. We couldn’t cover this.
- Check out if you have enough time
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