Duplex room blocks among the coconut groves, with the hillside rising behind
The grounds running down towards the shore
The outdoor pool framed by coconut palms
The room blocks lit along the walkway after dark
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Experiences

The reason you came this far


Havelock’s reef starts a few minutes offshore. Our travel desk arranges every one of these, holds your ferry tickets, and will tell you plainly when the sea is not worth going out on — which is a service in itself.

Snorkelling
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A snorkeller swimming through a school of fish
Snorkelling
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Snorkellers in shallow turquoise water seen from above

01 · Experience

Snorkelling


View the colourful marine life just beneath the ocean surface. The shallowest introduction to the reef, and the easiest to fit around a slow morning.

Scuba Diving
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Two divers descending over a coral reef
Scuba Diving
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A diver swimming beside a school of reef fish

02 · Experience

Scuba Diving


Explore the corals and marine life off Havelock. Best between December and April, when the water is at its clearest.

Best season
December – April
Sea Walk
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A diver just below the surface in clear water
Sea Walk
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Coral and reef fish seen close to the seabed

03 · Experience

Sea Walk


Walk the sea bed under an oxygen mask, with the reef at eye level. No swimming ability and no certificate required.

Requirements
None
Mangrove Forest Tour
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Two people paddling a kayak along a narrow forested creek
Mangrove Forest Tour
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A kayak drawn up beside dense green mangroves

04 · Experience

Mangrove Forest Tour


A slow voyage through the mangrove channels, the water flat and the roots standing clear of it at low tide. Arranged by the travel desk with the boatmen who work these creeks.

Fishing
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A fishing boat working offshore with gulls overhead
Fishing
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A fishing boat silhouetted against the sea at sunset

05 · Experience

Fishing


A sunset or moonlit big-game trip out from the island, booked through the travel desk. The boat, the lines and the crew are the operator’s; the desk arranges the timing around your ferry.

Departs
Sunset & moonlit
Water Sports and Rides
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Two riders on a jet ski crossing open water
Water Sports and Rides
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A jet ski cutting across the bay

06 · Experience

Water Sports & Rides


Everything else the bay will take, booked at the travel desk and paid to the operator. Rates shift with the season and the sea, so the desk quotes against your dates.

  • Jet ski
  • Banana boat
  • Sofa ride
  • Glass-bottom boat
  • Parasailing
  • Kayaking
  • Semi-submarine
  • Bioluminescence
  • Two-wheeler hire

Holiday Packages

See more than one island


Most of these experiences sit on Havelock, but the desk also builds trips that take in Port Blair and Neil in the same run — booked around the ferry timetable rather than against it.