Cellular Jail	Viper Island
Andaman water sports complex	Anthropological Museum
Children's traffic park	Fisheries Museum
Gandhi park	Naval Marina Museum
Corbyn's Cove	Chatham Saw Mill
The Chatham Saw Mill	Cottage Industries Emporium
Ross Island

Cellular Jail, located at Port Blair, is a mute witness to the tortures meted out to the freedom fighters, who were incarcerated in this Jail. The Jail, completed in the year 1906 acquired the name, 'cellular' because it is entirely made up of individual cells for the solitary confinement of the prisoners. It originally was a seven pronged, puce colored building with a Central Tower acting as its fulcrum and a massive structure comprising honey-comb like corridors. The building was subsequently damaged and presently three out of seven prongs are intact. The Jail now a place of pilgrimage for all freedom loving people, has been declared a National Memorial.

The penal settlement established here by the British after the First War of Independence-e in 1857 was the beginning of the agonizing story of the massive and awful Jail at Viper Island followed by the Cellular Jail. The patriots who raised their voice against the British Raj were sent to this Jail, where many perished.

Netaji Subash Chandra Bose hoisted the first Tri-Color on 30th December, 1943 at a place near this Jail. During the 50th year of India's Independence, the living freedom fighters and widows of the freedom fighters, who were incarcerated in the Cellular Jail were honored by the President of India on 30th December, 1997. A commemorative coin and a postal stamp on Cellular Jail were also released on this occasion.

The saga of the heroic freedom struggle is brought alive in a moving Son-et-Lumiere' shown daily at 6.00 PM (Hindi) and 7.15 PM (English). Also there is a Museum and an Art Gallery which is open on all days except Monday from 9.00 AM to 12 Noon and 2.00 PM to 5.00 PM.

This is a unique sports complex in India in its own kind. There are facilities for safe Water Sports such as Rowing Boats, Paddle Boats, Kayaks, Aqua-cycle, Aqua-glide, Bumper boats, etc., and Adventure water sports such as Water-skiing, Water scooters, Gemini boats, Para-sailing, Sail boats, Wind-surfers, Speed boats, Glass-bottom boats, etc., There are Saline Water Swimming Pool, Nature-walk, Change Room, Food Plaza, also. There is a Memorial built to commemorate the Battle of Aberdeen, fought between the British and Andamane aborigines in May, 1859, in which many Andamanese died. There is an artificial water-fall nearby.

This park near Aberdeen Water Sports Complex, is set up by the Traffic Police to educate young children about the traffic rules. There is a Toy Train nearby.

This beautiful Park at Port Blair has facilities like children's park, amusement park, entertainment park, deer and bird park, water sports, nature trail,, lake, garden, restaurant and Japanese temple, as well as a bunker. The erstwhile Dilthaman Tank, which was the only source of drinking water to Port Blair has been developed into Gandhi Park in an unbelievably short time of 13 days.

Corbyn's Cove, 7 Kms., from the town, is the coconut-palm fringed beach, ideal for swimming, surfing and sun-basking. Facilities like water sports, restaurant and bar, change room, etc., are also available.

The Chatham Saw Mill, one of the oldest and largest mills in Asia, built on a tiny island, is connected to Port Blair by a bridge. It is a store-house of timber like Padauk, Gurjan, Marble, Satin Wood, etc. The island has the second largest wharf of these islands, where island-mainland ships can berth.

At the mouth of the Port Blair port lies the 0.6 sq km Ross Island co­vered by small creeks. In the past, the admi­nistrative headquarters of the British were here as well as the residence of the British Chief Commissioner. In 1941 the island was devastated by an earthquake and in 1942 it was occupied by the Japanese. The British recaptured it in 1945 but the headquarters were no longer at Ross, which became unin­habited, bearing only a light house, church, cemetery and tennis court to remind one of the past, standing as reminders of the British and Japanese colonialization of the island. Thiere is also a natural zoo here in the forests of about 200 ft high garj an trees where spot­ted deer and peacocks welcome passers by. In the coastal area you can see corals and trepper's conch shells. Ross Island is open to Indians and non-Indians alike.

Every day ex­cept Wednesdays, at 8-30, 10-30, 12-30, 14-15 and 16-30 hr launches take passengers to Ross Island from the Phoenix Bay Jetty be­low Haddo, the journey by water taking 25 mins. Passengers are given 2 hr to see around and revel in past reminiscences. Though drinking water is available during this tour, you should carry food with you. Tickets are available at the jetty.

Viper Island is very near to Port Blair and was the old Jail were British's used to harbor convicts. It has ruins of gallows atop a hillock. The Jail was abandoned when the Cellular Jail was constructed in 1906.

Above middle point on the way to Haddo, at Phoenix Bay is the Anthropological Museum; open from 9-00-16-00 hr on all days except Saturdays and holidays. Here, models and photographs unfold the lifestyle of the islanders and the social sciences in the past. Also on display are various local hand­icrafts.

The Fisheries Museum is situated along the coast by the side of the prison and Gymkhana Grounds. It has a con­siderable collection of crocodiles, sharks, dolphins, prawns, crabs and 350 more spe­cies of marine fauna and shells. A major attraction of the island, the museum, re­mains open from 8-30-12-30 and 13-30-17-00 on all days except Sundays.

This museum in Delanipur is a major tourist spot in Anda­man, displaying more than 350 species of marine fauna and marine products. The museum is also a repository of information on the islands. Open from 8-30-12-30 & 13-30-17-00.

2 km north of Haddo is the Chatham Saw Mill, the oldest and largest mill in Asia. To go to island like Chatham, you have to cross the bridge over a creek. Here you can see various rare tropical trees, paduk, marble and satins. More than a thousand employees are at work here. They have a show room at Haddo too. All ships from Calcutta go via Chatham.

Zoological Museum : On the south-west of Marine Park in Middle Point at the heart of the city is the Zoological Museum. Nearby is the Cottage Industries Emporium where you can both admire and buy pearl, conch shell and wooden artefacts made by the islanders.

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