The Financial Equations
Now to all important financial aspects..... As mentioned in the beginning, we did a wise thing by going for a local travel operator. In addition to experience and local knowledge of the dealing staff, Experience Andamans turned out to be very competitive in its pricing too. Yes, it is not a cheap destination and for people flying down all the way from the lap of Himalayas, cost is an issue to some extent. Point to note is that max expenditure would be incurred on conveyance, both on land and sea. Premium will have to be paid for private, rather than solo, taxis and smaller boats too! We paid about 77K for all three of us for the land part. AI tickets costed us about 85K though private airlines were cheaper but not available on those dates. This 77K included pick up and drop from airport, all stays and breakfasts, all ferries and taxi and all entrance tickets and passes. They had also offered complimentary snorkeling at Elephanta but that had to be cancelled at the last minut