EP-8 BTS Chatham Japanese story | Chatham Saw mill | Baratang Island | Andaman islands

Chatham near Port Blair is the same place where first batch of political prisoners were brought from mainland to the Andaman. This place is historically important because of several reasons like Japanese also made this base as it was an important strategic location.

Japanese had taken over control of Chatham during the world war 2 period and that is when Allied forces threw Bomb at Chatham.

This bomb pit can be visited inside the chatham saw mill.

Following are the activities you will see in this video

Day - 1
We started our day in the morning by Visiting Joggers Park, Andaman.

Breakfast at Megapode Resort - After spending some time in Joggers Park then we returned and had our Breakfast at Megapode Resort ( govt. Property )

Tariff - Rs 5000+ taxes for double occupancy. This is a government-run accommodation. Over all the property is good and big in size.

Website -https://aniidco.and.nic.in/megapode-r...

Chatham - After a 3 km of travel from our hotel we reached Chatham.

Chatham Saw Mill - After this, we visited Chatham Saw Mill. It’s the largest and the oldest Mill in Asia. It was set up in 1883 with the purpose of meeting the local requirements of saw and timber for the construction works. It was Owned by the state government.

Ticket - Rs 20 per person
Timings - 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Chatham Saw Mill Museum - There, we also noticed a Forest Museum. Forest Museum is located with the Chatham Saw Mill. It displays many kinds of wooden artefacts and handcrafts.

Other parts of the day we visited North Bay Island which we shot on the Visa2explore YouTube Channel. You will see that video on 14th Jan

Day - 2
We started our day early in the morning to go to Baratang Island.

Watch the full video of EP- 6 Baratang Island to Wandoor Beach on visa2explore.

Link -    • EP - 6 Baratang Island, Andaman | We saw J...  

Jirkatang - After 50 km of Travel we reached at Jirkatang check post. From here the very first convoy of the day (6:00 am) goes to Baratang.

Limestone caves - Then we visited Limestone Caves.

Mud Volcano - After visiting limestone caves, we headed to see Mud Volcano. We hired a taxi and travelled 10 km from Baratang.

Taxi Charge - Rs 1500

Snacks at Jirkatang - after returning from Baratang we had snacks at Jirkatang.

Mendu Vada
Dal Vada

Wandoor Beach - Then we travelled around 50 kms to reach at Wandoor Beach. The beautiful Wandoor beach is situated at Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park. It's known for its scenic beauty & it’s very popular among tourists.

Dinner at Hotel Vedant - On the way to Port Blair we had our early dinner at Hotel Vedant’s, Sai restaurant.

Chilli Paneer - Rs 210
Veg Fried Rice - Rs 195

After this, we ended our day.