Ross Island, Andaman

Ross Island, Andaman

Peacock at Ross Island

 

At the beach behind the Ross Island

Ross Island is one of the beautiful island in Andaman. The Jetty that takes to Ross Island takes a trip to Northbay Island as well. This Island is a  small one and hardly takes an hour or two to walk its circumstance. With beauty all around it, this Island is pictured in 20 Rupee Indian currency. The Guide in the Boat explained us the same showing the Currency.

Ruins of Church @ Ross island

At the security gate they give you a Swipe in card which must be held safe, without which or if you lose it, you will have to pay a fine of Rs.200 (One of our team mates paid as she lost the swipe card). After you pay for the entrance, you have to swipe the card to enter the island. There are boards explaining the details of the island. This island has been the capital during the British periods and all you can see are the ruins of their cantonment, Church, Distilleries. There are Deers, squirrels and peacocks roaming around. The Light house painted black and white seen from the distillery is an exquisite sight. A good place for photo shoot. Climb up the hilly region to see the ruins of a church and behind is a steep drop leading to terror beach which looks awesome with huge rocks and coconut trees and uprooted trees. The beach is also sandy at places. The islands are under surveillance and quite often you can hear helicopters get down and start off from the helipad in Ross island. the entrance of Ross island has good number of  coconut trees.