Must-see hotels in Andaman Islands

  • Amina Lodge

    Port Blair

    Popular with budget travellers, friendly Amina offers four clean rooms with TV and an hour's free wi-fi, in a handy though somewhat-noisy location in the…

  • Rainbow Resort

    Andaman Islands

    A warm, family-run guesthouse with nine bungalows amid the palms. Rooms are unfussy, with the cheapest sharing bathrooms. Fresh Indian meals, surfboards…

  • Coco-N-Huts

    Neil Island (Shaheed Dweep)

    Plain cottages with Smurf-blue exteriors sit between palms and more contemporary rooms painted in creams, blues and pinks at this welcoming resort, 500m…

  • Orient Legend Resort

    Havelock Island (Swaraj Dweep)

    This popular, sprawling place covers most budgets, from doghouse A-frame bamboo huts (the cheapest share bathrooms) to colourful concrete rooms offering a…

  • Pearl Park Beach Resort

    Neil Island (Shaheed Dweep)

    An ever-expanding world of pricey rooms, from fuss-free wooden cottages to modern, balcony-equipped air-con pads, plus a decent restaurant (mains ₹150 to…

  • Anugama Resort

    Andaman Islands

    Simple, comfortable enough whitewashed concrete cottages attached to a low-key restaurant and a pool, all in a bucolic setting among forest and mudflats.

  • Ieshika Resort

    Andaman Islands

    No-frills tin-roof concrete-and-bamboo cottages for two to three (some bunk-style), plus surfboard hire (₹1000 per day) and home-cooked meals (₹180).

  • Dive India

    Neil Island (Shaheed Dweep)

    Tacked on to the well-established Dive India school, this cluster of modern, concrete-and-wood air-con rooms offers decent value, near Neil's jetty.

  • Sunnyvale

    Port Blair

    Tidy modern rooms with hot water are spread across a top-floor property at helpful, well-operated Sunnyvale, 1km east of Phoenix Bay Jetty.

  • Saddle Peak View Resort

    Andaman Islands

    A small, simple, palm-dotted resort offering five well-kept, colour-walled rooms and home-cooked meals, just back from Kalipur Beach.

  • Pellicon Beach Resort

    Havelock Island (Swaraj Dweep)

    Modern, slightly overpriced concrete bungalows with private porches on a peaceful plot of land trickling down to the beach.

  • Azad Lodge

    Port Blair

    Basic but adequately habitable rooms, some sporting colourful paint jobs, in a central location.

  • Da Bay Inn

    Port Blair

    Overlooking the bay, this slightly modern hotel is fine if you get one of the sea-facing rooms or wood-panelled rooftop 'cottages', which have more…

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