Agatti & bangaram. Review on Lakshadweep

My rating is not for the place but for the things you need to arrange & be ready to face.I travelled in mid dec 2015

So to start with you need permit to enter each island.So one cannot enter kavaratti with agatti permit or minicoy with kadmat permit. So be ready to get police clearance from your area.This is a new introduction and time consuming. U may have to pay 300rs for this.Once u get the police clearance certificate u need to get the permit from cochin. The govt dept which issues permit will not answer your calls(as u know it is govt). So u need to spend some money & time for permit. Without permit u cannot board the flight.Once u reach agatti(only airstrip) u will be picked up by ur homestay guy.

Agatti is a very calm & beautiful place.U cannot do anything other than relaxing in the beach.So book ur stay for not more than 2 days.U may visit Bangaram on one of the days. If u have not booked the tour from sports council u cannot go for snorkelling, scuba diving as it is all managed by sports council & the stay is bit expensive than the normal home stays.U still have 1 place in agatti for snorkelling but a bit expensive and not so great.

So to conclude it is nothing but a failure by the govt in improving/organising tourism.

So few things before u plan ur trip.

1.U need permit to visit each island.Getting permit is a hectic task.

2.Other than relaxing & enjoying the nature u got nothing to do there.

1. Stay is quite expensive.

   
   




2. U need to pay for each and everything.nothing is free.

   
   




3. Lakshadeep tourism is not well organised and hence plan a trip with stay not more than 2 days.

   
   




4. Ship package is still recommended than by air.