On arrival at Port Blair airport, our representative will receive and escorted to the hotel. After check -
in at the hotel and little relax, we proceed to Corbyn’s Cove Beach & Cellular Jail and watch the Light
and Sound Show at Cellular Jail where the saga of the freedom struggle brought alive.
Overnight
stay at Port Blair.
• Corbyn's Cove Beach
The coconut-palm fringed beach, 3 kilometers away town is ideal for swimming and sun-basking.
Facilities like hotel, restaurant, bar, changing room, adventure water-sports are available here.
Historical remains like Japanese Bunkers can be seen on the way to this beach. The Snake Island
situated just across the beach is popular for scuba diving. The Restaurant & Beer Bar run by
Tourism department provides delightful cuisine at reasonable rates in a soothing ambiance on the
beach.
• Light and Sound Show
The Sound and Light show in the Cellular Jail narrates the saga of the Indian freedom struggle,
brought alive through sound and light effect of the brutal and barbaric atrocities piled on the freedom
fighters deported to these islands and incarcerated in the small cells of this jail. This show is very
popular among the tourists visiting these islands.
• Cellular Jail
The Cellular jail, declared a National Memorial, is located at Port Blair which had stood as a mute
witness to the most brutal and barbaric atrocities meted out to national freedom fighters, who were
incarcerated in this jail. The jail, completed in the year 1906 acquired the name ‘Cellular' because it
was entirely made up of individual cells for solitary confinement. It originally was a seven-block
structure with three stories and a central tower acting as its fulcrum comprising of honeycomb like
corridors. This jail, now a place of pilgrimage for all freedom-loving people draws everyone down
memory lane to the years of freedom struggle. Jail Museum open from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon and
from 1:30 pm to 4:45 pm.