På gång i Port Blair (Andamans), India under året

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Island Tourism Festival

• Regel

  Entry rules for foreign visitors

  1 jan – 31 decBoka tidigt

  Most of the tourist islands no longer need the old restricted-area permit and foreign nationals simply register on arrival, but the Nicobars and the tribal reserves stay closed to everyone and a few nationalities still need clearance in advance. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Island Tourism Festival

  1–20 jan · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  Ten days of stages, craft stalls and food on the festival ground in town, with satellite events out on the other islands. Dates are set by the administration each season and announced late. Källa ↗

• Regel

  Andaman Trunk Road convoys

  1 jan – 31 decStängningar

  The road north to Baratang runs through the Jarawa reserve in timed convoys with a police escort, and stopping, photographing or interacting with anyone in the reserve is an offence. Convoys leave before dawn. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sailing and dive season (15 okt – 10 maj), Christmas and New Year peak (20 dec – 5 jan)

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Sailing and dive season

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Entry rules for foreign visitors (1 jan – 31 dec), Andaman Trunk Road convoys (1 jan – 31 dec), Sailing and dive season (15 okt – 10 maj)

Mycket folk — Sailing and dive season, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Entry rules for foreign visitors (1 jan – 31 dec), Andaman Trunk Road convoys (1 jan – 31 dec), Sailing and dive season (15 okt – 10 maj)

Mest folk — Sailing and dive season, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Entry rules for foreign visitors (1 jan – 31 dec), Andaman Trunk Road convoys (1 jan – 31 dec), Sailing and dive season (15 okt – 10 maj)

Mest folk — Sailing and dive season, Summer vacation (north & east) i India

• Säsong

  Monsoon and rough crossings

  15 maj – 30 sep · vanligtvisRiskStängningar

  The islands take the southwest monsoon early and hard. Inter-island ferries are merged or cancelled at short notice, dive boats stop, and a trip built on tight connections falls apart.

Pågår fortfarande: Entry rules for foreign visitors (1 jan – 31 dec), Andaman Trunk Road convoys (1 jan – 31 dec), Sailing and dive season (15 okt – 10 maj)

Mycket folk — Summer vacation (north & east) i India, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Entry rules for foreign visitors (1 jan – 31 dec), Andaman Trunk Road convoys (1 jan – 31 dec), Monsoon and rough crossings (15 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Entry rules for foreign visitors (1 jan – 31 dec), Andaman Trunk Road convoys (1 jan – 31 dec), Monsoon and rough crossings (15 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Entry rules for foreign visitors (1 jan – 31 dec), Andaman Trunk Road convoys (1 jan – 31 dec), Monsoon and rough crossings (15 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Entry rules for foreign visitors (1 jan – 31 dec), Andaman Trunk Road convoys (1 jan – 31 dec), Monsoon and rough crossings (15 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Sailing and dive season, Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) i India

• Säsong

  Sailing and dive season

  15 okt – 10 majTrångtBoka tidigt

  The sea settles, the catamarans to Havelock and Neil run to timetable, and every dive centre in the territory is open. Ferry seats over the winter holidays sell out weeks ahead.

• Risk

  Bay of Bengal cyclone season

  15 okt – 15 dec · vanligtvisStängningar

  November is the busiest month for depressions forming near the islands, and April to May sees a second, smaller round. Harbour signals stop the ferries and inter-island boats and flights to the mainland go on hold. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Entry rules for foreign visitors (1 jan – 31 dec), Andaman Trunk Road convoys (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Sailing and dive season

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Entry rules for foreign visitors (1 jan – 31 dec), Andaman Trunk Road convoys (1 jan – 31 dec), Sailing and dive season (15 okt – 10 maj), Bay of Bengal cyclone season (15 okt – 15 dec (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Sailing and dive season, Christmas and New Year peak

• Säsong

  Christmas and New Year peak

  20 dec – 5 janJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  Mainland India books the Andamans for this fortnight and nothing is spare: flights, ferries, hotels. Go in November or February and it is a different, emptier set of islands.

Pågår fortfarande: Entry rules for foreign visitors (1 jan – 31 dec), Andaman Trunk Road convoys (1 jan – 31 dec), Sailing and dive season (15 okt – 10 maj), Bay of Bengal cyclone season (15 okt – 15 dec (vanligtvis))