Seven days is the itinerary length where the Andamans stop feeling like a checklist and start feeling like a holiday. The trick isn’t what you add — it’s ordering the ferries so no morning dies at a jetty. Here’s the sequence we build over and over because it simply works.
| Day | Sleep in | The day |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port Blair | Land, Corbyn’s Cove, Cellular Jail + Light & Sound Show |
| 2 | Havelock | Morning ferry (90–120 min), Radhanagar for golden hour |
| 3 | Havelock | Elephant Beach — snorkel/scuba morning, Kala Pathar evening |
| 4 | Havelock | The lazy day — café mornings; bioluminescent kayak if the moon is new |
| 5 | Neil | 60-min ferry; Bharatpur shallows, Laxmanpur sunset |
| 6 | Port Blair | Natural Bridge at low tide, afternoon ferry back (~2 hrs) |
| 7 | — | Chidiya Tapu or shopping, fly out — never straight off a ferry |
Why this order wins: the big crossing happens once, early (Day 2 morning, when seas are calmest); the dive sits mid-trip, clear of the 18–24 hour no-fly rule; and Day 7 is a built-in weather buffer — in monsoon months that buffer isn’t optional, it’s the itinerary’s insurance policy.
This is essentially our 5N/6D signature package plus one breathing day — we’ll happily customise the 7-day version around your dates and the tide/moon calendar. Ferry classes and booking windows are in the ferry guide; the island-hopping explainer covers why the triangle order matters.
Quick answers
Is 7 days too long for Andaman?
Not even slightly — it’s the first duration where you get a genuinely lazy day. Under-planned beats over-planned here; the islands reward slack in the schedule.
Should I add Baratang to a 7-day itinerary?
Only by sacrificing the rest day — Baratang is a 12-hour, 4:30 AM commitment. It fits naturally at 8+ days; at 7 we’d keep the triangle and the buffer.
Which day should the scuba dive go on?
Mid-trip, on the Elephant Beach day — never within 18–24 hours of your flight home. That’s a hard physiological rule, not a preference.
Last verified: July 2026 by the Azure Trails team, on the islands.
