Radhanagar Beach

Havelock Island · Andaman & Nicobar

Regularly rated among Asia's best beaches — a pristine curve of powder-white sand and turquoise sea on Havelock Island.

Timings

Open all day; lifeguards until evening

Entry

Free

Best time

October–May (avoid monsoon)

Time needed

A day (or an island stay)

Far out in the Bay of Bengal, Radhanagar Beach on Havelock Island is regularly ranked among the finest beaches in Asia — and it earns it. A long, gentle arc of soft white sand backed by dense forest, fronting impossibly clear turquoise water, it's the tropical-paradise beach that most people don't realise India has.

The Andaman Islands as a whole are a world apart — coral reefs, world-class scuba diving and snorkelling, and a slow, blissful island pace. Radhanagar is the jewel, especially at sunset when the sky and sea blaze with colour.

Don't miss

›Sunset over the turquoise water.
›Swimming and snorkelling in the clear, calm sea.
›Scuba diving around Havelock's reefs.

Good to know

Reaching Havelock means a flight to Port Blair then a ferry — plan a few days to make it worthwhile. Avoid the monsoon (roughly May–Sept). Carry cash; connectivity and ATMs are limited on the islands.