Overview

Long fabled among travellers for its legendary beaches, world-class diving and far-flung location in the middle of nowhere, the Andaman Islands are still the ideal place to get away from it all. It's lovely opaque emerald waters are surrounded by primeval jungle and mangrove forest, and snow-white beaches that melt under flame-and-purple sunsets.Located in the Bay of Bengal, the Andamans are a spectacular group of islands encompassed within the Indo-Burma global biodiversity hotspot. With diverse coral reef and rainforest ecosystems occurring in close proximity to each other, the islands offer excellent field opportunities for both terrestrial and marine work. The Andamans also have an interesting socio-political history of assimilation as well as resistance between ancient cultures and outside influences and people. Beginning with a history of violent indigenous resistance to trade and colonisation to present day tussles over land, sea and resources, these islands offer a wide spectrum of developmental and cultural experiences for the interested student.

To customize this trip, kindly get in touch with the below Foliage Outdoors Representative.

 info(at)foliageoutdoors.com

Mob. No. 9689664477

5 Nights 6 Days Available on request
Highlights

Learning Outcomes:

  • Explore the islands in the company of Experts from Foliage Outdoors

  • Learn about its unique tribes, natural vegetation, coral reefs and forests

  • Cooking food at our houses is one thing but cooking outdoors with the help of available resources is something which is an essential life skill that you will learn

  • Apart from basic knowledge of cooking a person needs to be creative enough for the optimum utilization of the resources. Outdoor Cooking will teach you many things including cooking, team-work and patience

  • A quick and easy introduction into what it takes to explore the underwater world. Although this is not a scuba certification course, the students will learn all the steps it takes to be a PADI certified divers. They will learn the basic safety guidelines and skills needed to dive under the direct supervision of a PADI Professional

  • We will be visiting a school located in a small village in Andaman. The experience of interaction with the local school children will be a true reflection of the engagement between two diverse groups and their own processes of knowledge-generation and meaning-making

  • Under the guidance of facilitators, students will learn the basics of planting saplings and tending to trees

  • Visiting students and members of the host community participate in a clean-up of the locality. Through the clean-up activity, facilitation will direct the groups to share experiences and knowledge about waste management and sustainability