📍 Heritage🌄 Viewpoint🏛️ Historical

Minicoy Lighthouse (1885)

Minicoy, Lakshadweep, India

4.5 (0)

Overview

The British-built 50-m sentinel of the nine-degree channel — 200 spiral steps to a view over lagoon, reef and shipping lanes.

Why visit: The archipelago's grandest man-made viewpoint.

Things to do

›200-step climb
›Channel panoramas
›Reef-line views
›Keeper's tales

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–May

Entry fee

₹10–25

Est. budget

₹100–300

Duration

1–2 hrs

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Thundi Beach, Minicoy

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Viringili Islet (Minicoy)

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