Andaman’s Day 3: Havelock Island

Andaman’s: Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4 - Day 5 - Day 6 - Day 7 - Day 8 - Day 9

First look of Radhanagar Beach is queenly. The sea opens up with a panoramic view, there is not much crowd and the beach is immaculately clean. That’s not the best part. The best part is when you get into the water. I have not encountered a more perfect gredient anywhere in the world.

The queenly Radhanagar Beach

We enjoyed the lukewarm water under the hot sun on a December morning and thoroughly enjoyed it. There is a floating rope that demarcates the limit. We were hovering on the rope most of the time. I had learned swimming recently and tried my hands and legs in the sea thoroughly.

Radhanagar Beach was as clean as possible

We were hungry when we came out. The bathing facility is again the best I have seen for the size of crowd that Radhanagar caters to. After bath we started looking out for food. There are no food stalls close to the beach but there is a line of them outside the gates to keep the beach clean. We ate a few items and drank coconut water before starting back to our hotel for a proper lunch.

Kala Patthar Beach

After lunch and a good rest we decided to go for Kala Patthar Beach. We had time and it was nearby. The beach surprised us more than anything in Andaman’s. It is rocky and shallow which when it reflects the sky and the sunset creates so many different colours and hues that we were mesmerised.

Rocky side of Kala Patthar Beach

We stayed here till dark and only started when we could not see the play of colours anymore. We came back to our hotel with a day well spent and settled at a nearby South Indian dhaba that served hot dosas and uthappams. We enjoyed the dinner that was very cheap also. It was a day well spent.

Sunset @ Kala Patthar Beach

Back to our hotel we settled for a different game - Uno. It proved a running success. We were glued to it till late night. Tomorrow was our last day in Havelock. We planned to try our hand on Scuba Diving and snorkeling at the Elephant Beach.