Andaman And Nicobar Islands, Limestone Caves

Andaman and Nicober Islands (India).

Late one summer's afternoon in 1992, a cowboy named Sidu was riding through the arid foothills in New Andaman. Suddenly he was startled by a huge black cloud rising from the ground in front of him. He reined his horse to a stop. This cloud was not like any he had seen before, so he decided to see what made it different.

As he galloped closer, Sidu realised this funnel shaped cloud was formed by a massive swarm of bats! Millions of them were spiralling out of the sandy hillside. Sidu was puzzled. What were so many bats doing here? Where did they come from? He resolved to find out.

With a battered kerosene lamp and a rope ladder, Sidu descended deep into a hole he found in the mountain side. He found tunnels and passageways. Warily he followed one tunnel. Soon it led him to the bats' resting place. The floor was slippery with bats' droppings.

Cautiously Sidu crept back. He followed another passage. Before long this tunnel opened up to reveal something amazing. In the flickering light of his lamp, Sidu realised he was in an enormous room. He could see huge stone 'icicles' hanging from the high ceiling. Great pillars rose from the floor. Slender sticks of stone were everywhere, and in a far corner he could just make out a pond with stone 'lily pads' floating on its surface. It looked like Ali Baba's cave - only these treasures were in stone.

Over the following years, Sidu found miles of connecting corridors in the cave, and bigger and more beautiful limestone chambers.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Andaman
• Limestone
• caves

[162000muf]

where the hell r the caves

[indiaunity]

nice

[bnm088]

what is the cheapest way to reach here from delhi ??? could anyone tell please

[prakusrivastava]

lovely videos



[shahbazkhanback]

god i m lucky as i belong to dis place ....!

[afgswe]

@moudgil21 hi, do u know any good videos of birds of andaman and nicobar islands? i really want to see some birds from there, they are endemic birds to these islands. is it true that nicobar islands is closed for tourism?

[lingyai45]

Daggyz, I didn't see any caves, either. Maybe the crocodiles ate them.

[daggyz1959]

Limestone caves and 2:11 of water? ?????

[daggyz1959]

@Sogdi

Bollocks

[moudgil21]

It was a wonderful place... i visited these caves this year... it was an awesome experience.. and about that crocodile attack.. it was in havelock's and the tourist died because of her own mistake .. she triggered that crocodile for filming ... she could have ran away and saved her life..