Island in the Andaman Islands of India
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Neil Island, now known officially as Shaheed Dweep (Island of Martyrs), is in the Andaman Islands.
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A PADI Dive Resort offering all PADI courses and daily dive safaris to spectacular new dive sites around the unexplored waters of Neil Island.
Take main road from bazaar towards sunset point, opposite football pitch is Gan Garden, nice family run restaurant, good choice of meals and they will happily cook any fish for you that you manage to catch yourself or buy from the fish market for a small charge! The family will also happily arrange other activities for you, Gan can organise jungle trips and Sanjay can organise snorkelling or fishing trips on their speed boat! Trips are all around ₹500 per person and will be a full day trip including lunch!
The restaurant is very friendly, has great food (try the grilled fish or chocolate pancake) and the service is positively instant compared with the glacial service at the resorts!
Come out of the jetty and walk straight up to main road, turn right and walk about 500m down road, then turn right straight after the football pitch, nice friendly staff, 10 basic cheap huts with decent communal shower and bathroom facilities set in nice large open area, opens out onto beach, 4 bungalows are available but apparently have to be booked from Port Blair.
Near the jetty proved to be a very decent place. The Dorms are clean with proper beds and a community bath/toilet. Good news, there were no other tourists except an occasional day tripper family. They also have a chef who can prepare the food on request. To book contact A&N Tourism
Another 500 metres further west from Tango and pretty much the same except it doesn't front onto the beach. Similar pricing to Tango.
This is a lovely beachfront resort and amazing place to relax. The Cafeteria has wonderful ambience and the sea wind helps you to relax a lot, but service is slow. Connect your phone to the speakers there and you can just spend the whole evening with a good drink (although the resort does not have a bar now so you have to buy from outside). At high tide you can swim here and the reef is 50 metres out and extends west (left) to Sunset Point.
Black Water Resort
This is newly country style made resort. Managed by a young couple, Prakash and his wife Bina. Very unique location, five minutes walk to the sea-shore. enjoy snorkeling, swimming and diving. can have loads of fun by going for fishing and visiting the agricultural farms of the owners. they have a small restaurant also a grocery shop located nearby.
Seven Seas Dream Castle is a hotel located on Neil Island (Shaheed Dweep) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Situated approximately 1 km from Laxmanpur Beach, the property offers accommodation with double and triple occupancy rooms. The hotel provides lodging and dining facilities for tourists visiting Neil Island.
Ferry from Port Blair to Neil. It takes 2 hours and costs ₹195. One return sailing a day. Neil Island has no ticket office, just get on the ferry and then buy your tickets on board.
Read in the guideOn arrival, the guesthouse owners will meet you at the jetty, and give you a free autorickshaw ride to their guesthouse. The return journey will cost ₹50.
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