LONG ISLAND
AT
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR
A UNIQUE VILLAGE NESTLED IN NATURE
Long Island, just 47 nautical miles from Port Blair, having an area of
about 18 sq.km., is a modern village with population of around 2000 having many
plus points and facilities generally not available in other villages of Bay
Islands. It has its own power-house, a well equipped Boat Building Yard, Senior
Secondary School, bank, wireless facilities, hospital, Range Forest Office and
even police outpost. Long Island is a dreamland settlement without any road
network.
Only four feet wide concrete footpath connects different parts of the
‘Panchayat’ area starting from the jetty. Casurina trees make pleasant avenue
astride the footpath leading to Government School and to Police Outpost area.
Islanders cover these footpath kilometers several times just to reach work
place, school, Range Forest Office or temple.
ATTRACTIONS OF LONG ISLAND
Vast marine wealth and exclusive
beaches, cosy caves, green hills and magnificent mangroves – a perfect package
for adventure tourism.
The pristine beauty of Long
Island and adjacent islands in the form of lush green tropical forests,
untouched virgin beaches coupled with unique Marine ecosystem attracts the
tourists from different parts of India and abroad.
The Islands have dense tropical
forests of all types ranging from Tidal Swamp forests to Evergreen Forests.
It has beautiful virgin silvery
beaches along its coasts at Lalaji Bay and Merk Bay of North Passage Island
adjacent to Long Island.
Cruising through the creek at
Yerrata and the sunset view from Long Island can attract any nature lover to
these places. Long Island is also a paradise for birding.
Long Island is located 82 kms from Port Blair or 35kms north of Havelock
Govt. Ferry between islands
BY SPEED BOATS
There are regular boats from Port Blair to Long Island thrice a week
with stopovers at Neil Island and Havelock. Govt. Boat Schedule
BY BUS
You would need to get a bus early from Port Blair to arrive in Rangat
early enough to catch the 4pm boat from Yeratta (near Rangat) to Long Island.
There are later buses up to 11am but the journey takes 6 hours, so you may have
to stay the night in Rangat and get the 9am boat to Long Island.
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