Viper Island
Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
A small harbour island with the ruins of a gallows and the pre-Cellular-Jail penal settlement, reached on a boat loop from Port Blair.
Why visit: Early penal-colony ruins on a harbour island.
History: Held convicts and a gallows before the Cellular Jail was built.
- ›Gallows ruins
- ›Penal-colony history
- ›Harbour views
- ›Boat loop
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Best time
Oct–May
Entry fee
Ferry
Est. budget
₹300–800
Duration
2–3 hrs
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