How many days do you need in the Andamans?

Four nights is the comfortable minimum for Port Blair, Havelock and Neil Island. Three nights based in Port Blair works if you are happy doing Havelock and North Bay as day trips and unpacking only once.

What does an Andaman trip cost?

Our three-night trip is ₹19,500 per person and the four-night is ₹26,500, including hotels, inter-island ferries, private sightseeing transport and the Cellular Jail entry and show. Flights to Port Blair are extra and are usually the biggest cost.

What is the best time to visit the Andamans?

November to April, when the sea is calm, the water is clear and the ferries run reliably. The monsoon from May to September brings rough crossings and frequent cancellations.

Do ferries between the Andaman islands get cancelled?

Yes, routinely, on weather and sea conditions. It is normal rather than exceptional. A good itinerary rearranges around it rather than dropping sightseeing, and you should leave a buffer before an onward flight.

Is Neil Island worth adding?

If it is your only visit, yes. It is markedly quieter than Havelock, and adding it also means Radhanagar Beach at sunset rather than a four-hour day trip that ends before the light is any good.

Andaman Itinerary: 3 Nights or 4?

There are really only two Andaman itineraries sold, and the choice between them comes down to one question: do you want to see Neil Island, or do you want to stop packing?

Three nights: Port Blair as a base

You stay in one hotel for the whole trip. Cellular Jail and the light and sound show on the first evening. Havelock as a day return by ferry for Radhanagar. North Bay and Ross Island as a second day out from the same jetty.

For: one hotel, one unpack, no dragging bags onto a jetty at 6am.
Against: Havelock as a day trip means about four hours there. Radhanagar deserves an evening.

Four nights: Port Blair, Havelock, Neil

A night in Port Blair, two on Havelock, one on Neil. Havelock gets Radhanagar at sunset and Elephant Beach the next morning. Neil gets Bharatpur, Laxmanpur and the Natural Bridge if the tide has gone out far enough to reach it.

For: Neil Island is genuinely quieter, and evenings on Havelock rather than a ferry deadline.
Against: three check-ins, two ferry mornings, and more exposure to a cancelled sailing.

The ferries are the itinerary

Every Andaman plan is really a ferry timetable with sightseeing attached. What that means in practice:

Sailings are weather-dependent and cancel. It is normal, not a failure of planning.
Private fast ferries are the usual choice; government ferries are cheaper and slower.
Book inter-island tickets in advance in season. They sell out.
A cancelled sailing rearranges the order of the trip. Nothing is dropped; it moves.

What the trip costs

Port Blair, Havelock & North Bay Island4 Days 3 NightsContact for prices

Port Blair, Havelock & Neil Island5 Days 4 NightsContact for prices

The three-night trip is ₹19,500 per person and the four-night is ₹26,500, both including the hotels, the inter-island ferry tickets, a private vehicle for the sightseeing, the Cellular Jail entry and the light and sound show. Flights to Port Blair are not included and will usually be your largest single cost.

When to go

Season	Conditions	Verdict
November–April	Calm seas, clear water, reliable ferries.	The season
May–September	Monsoon. Rough crossings, frequent cancellations.	Cheaper, and a gamble
October	Transitional. Improving, still unsettled.	Reasonable, with slack in the plan

Small things worth knowing

Mobile data is patchy outside Port Blair and slow when it works.
Water sports at Elephant Beach are paid on the spot and not usually in a package.
Carry cash. Card machines fail more often than they work on the islands.
Build a buffer before an onward flight. A cancelled ferry on the last morning is the one that actually hurts.

Andaman in three nights or four: which one to book