Andaman tourism in South-east Asia is the best option for travelling into some islands there

Tourists from all over the world travel round several countries to enjoy as well as visualize the land, the climate, the people and the Historical monuments found in that place. Even places which are least spoken off have many tourist spots to enjoy. Andaman tourism in South-east Asia is the best option for travelling into some islands there. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands have a plethora of tourist spots which remain still unexplored. Avisit to the islands can only speak of its beauty.

The reserved and protected forests of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands extend over 86% area of the territory and the forest cover is more than 92 %. 50 % of the forests are covered by Tribal Reserves, National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries, which are considered to be the epicentre of andaman and nicobar tourism. Luxuriant mangroves, perhaps the richest in the world, occupy nearly 5 % of the territory. More than 150 plant and animal species are found here. The Islands are considered to be a birds paradise - more than 271 varieties of birds inhabit the pictaresque landscape, out of which 39 are endemic. Megapode, Swiftlet, Hornbill and Nicobar Pigeon are some of the specialities of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Chatham Saw Mill is the first important attraction of the andaman tour. One of Asia's largest saw mills, Chatham Saw Mill was built here during the British rule. Expensive woods like Patak, Marble, Curzon and Satin wood are all cut into various sizes of planks, blocks and sleepers. They are dropped in chemical solutions and then sold. These are used for the islanders as well as the people of other states for their requirements. They must get permits to use these woods for houses, government offices and factories. Containers cater these huge logs of woods by ships to other states in India. Around 1000 employees work in this mill and is owned by the government. Andaman tourists can have a glance of the process in this mill.

The next attraction in the andaman tour is a museum undertaken by the forest department in Hadoo, which is a storehouse of all kinds of trees available in the islands. The trees and its kinds are exhibited by their names. Wooden handicrafts are displayed and also sold here. Hadoo also has a mini zoo where rare species of birds, crocodiles, monkeys, foxes, pythons, deer, wild goats, pigs, parrots and pigeons are found. Then there is a Naval Marine museum set up at Samudrika in Hadoo where Corals, Shells, Fish, and a lot of sea creatures are found. Navy's costumes, equipments and weapons are displayed vividly in the musuem. Few documentaries on the islands are also found here. The andaman tour then includes a Anthropological museum in Phoenix Bay where the weapons, pottery, hut models, wooden boats and the photographs of the native tribes are displayed. Various cultural heritages of the tribes of the island are displayed in this musuem. One of the most memorable places to visit during the andaman tour is the Cellular Jail located in Atlanta point which was constructed by the Britishers. The Jail stands as a symbol of cruelty and brutality the Britishers inflicted on the Indian freedom fighters.