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Limestone Caves, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Overview
Baratang Island located close to Andamans is also known for the lovely limestone caves that are naturally formed. Tourists love visiting these caves and check it out. To enjoy exploring these caves, they do not even mind taking a long trip to reach this place. They have to take a long boat journey before they can reach these caves. The caves are unique and beautiful. Visitors take a ferry ride to the Baratang Island and go through the Jarawa Forest before reaching these caves. Even if long, a trip to these caves is totally worth the effort. Spelunkers and adventure lovers also enjoy small trek in the area once they reach here.
Once the boat is anchored, it is just a short walk to the caves. The cave has a lot of sedimentary rock formation with limestone hangings in huge chunks from ceiling to the floor of the caves. Here visitors can check out flowstones, speleothem, stalagmites, stalactite and columns besides stalagmites and stalactites. It is prudent to note that this structure took hundreds of years to reach in the way it looks today which is nothing short of distinctive and charming.