Baratang Island

Baratang Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are located between the Middle and South Andaman Islands. Approximately, 110 km from Port Blair, Baratang Island is another major attraction for most of the tourist visiting the islands. The Baratang Island trip is considered to be an adventurous trip due to its long distance from the capital town of Port Blair and the journey that starts at 3 Hours pass 1200 Hours. You’ll read more about the way towards Baratang in our section of “How to reach Baratang”.

While Andamans being a beach destination brings thought of Blues and sands coming in your album with your trip memories, here adding Baratang to the travel itinerary can come out to be very fascinating for travelers who want to see the greener version of Andamans. Baratang is the home to the Jarawa tribes who are the major inhabitants of this island following the few Ranchi settlers.

The major attractions at Baratang are The Limestone Caves and Mud Volcano. There is another delightful place to see in Baratang that is Parrot Island. But one has to stay back for the night at Baratang to visit Parrot Island. We’ll show more detailing on getting to this place in our coming sections of the article.

Accommodation at Baratang Island
There is a lone resort in Baratang that is the Dew Dale Resort which was not into operations for the last 2-3 travel seasons due to government restrictions and imposing of several Protection Acts for Tribes (PAT). Now in 2019, the Dew Dale resort has started the operations this season from 2019 and expected to operate for stays. However, pre-booking is mandatory during the high seasons to ensure you have a reservation and don’t get stuck with your plans. There are some departmental guest houses/ lodges also which have to be checked to be availed on the spot only. The next best option to stay back after the trip at Baratang is to move to Rangat and stay for that night, then start for Port Blair on the next morning.