Long Island
– Places to visit in Long Island –
Long Island is a modern village that has its own power-house, a boat building yard, senior secondary school, a bank, wireless facilities, hospital, Range Forest Office and even police outpost. In other words it is an ideal island settlement one can wish for. Long Island boasts beautiful beaches, cosy caves, green rolling hills and stunning mangroves. It also flaunts its lush green tropical forests including Tidal Swamp forests and Evergreen Forests, and a unique marine ecosystem. The top place to visit in Long Island is the silvery beach of Lalaji Bay. It is a gorgeous sandy beach on the west coast of Long Island and a boat cruise through the Mangrove creek here offers one of its kind experience.
Lalaji Bay beach, the pride of Andaman is located in the west coast of the Long island. The beach is synonymous with beautiful sandy coastlines and peaceful vibes that makes the beach a gorgeous site to visit. Lalaji Bay beach is a haven for adventure junkies with swimming and snorkeling being the most popular activity here. For lovers of peace, you can sit on the spotless coastline and watch the waves crash against each other. Lalaji is for all kinds of tourists and everyone will find something on the charming beach to keep them occupied. The waters seem to reflect shiny crystals and the abundant foliage by the side of the shore makes the beach look splendid and inviting. Tourists are advised to bring along with them eateries and water as there are limited facilities available on the beach and near it. The Bay beach is easily accessible by standard ferries from Rangat and Central Andaman. The ferries take you through the unique Mangrove creek lined on your way to the beach that puts together a different experience.
Guitar Island that has been popularized by many either knowingly or unknowingly. As stated earlier in this write-up, there is some resemblance in the shape of this landmass, but never a perfect round hollow space at its center so as to look like a ‘guitar.’ Still, all are not the same here to Guitar Island, especially when gazed from the sky. Nonetheless, some had opined that the Island does form a reflection of it’s uniquely shaped in the calm seawater during the twilight in the shape of a guitar Guitar Island is one of the rarest visited island beaches among the Andaman and Nicobar group of Islands. The uniqueness of this island is due to its shape of a guitar which is evident to see from aerial view by taking a seaplane ride from Andaman. It was a protected rainforest and coral bearing area in the Long Island group. It is one of the excellent beaches to visit by all ages of people. You can see an alluring change in seawater color from this white sandy beach.
