Ross island is a small island northeast of port blair roughly 1.6 kms away from the aberdeen jetty and having an area of rougly 1 sq/ km .Ross island was quite a popular and cherished island a century or so ago as it was the place where all the superior most officials of the british empire used to reside .The place had all the ameneties worthy of the royal british officers .It included a huge lavish bungalow , a powerhouse, a bakery , swimming pools , tennis courts and a large ornamental church .Ross island in the past was often referred to as the paris of the east primarily owing to its sheer beauty and the style and the arrangement of its establishments . Ross island was massively dilapidated due to 2004 tsunami. Presently ross is a major tourist attraction and every now and than a large herd of friendly spotted deer can be seen trotting across the island making the place that much more enticing .

Northbay island is another island that lies 3 kms to the northwest of ross island & almost all the tourists visit both ross and north bay island it is approx. 4.5 kms away from aberdeen jetty and takes amost 20 minutes to reach in a speed boat .Northbay offers almost all water sport activities that one can imagine of at andamans let it be –scuba diving , seawalk , parasailing, semi submarine , dolphin ride , jetski , snorkelling etc. Their is a very famous lighthouse at northbay that guides almost all ships sailing towards port blair from inter-islands and mainland india Their is also one notable shipwreck quite close to northbay it was a british ship that sunk during the early 20th century .

The 3rd island in the list is the lesser known viper island it is a small deserted island towards the west of north bay & is remember mostly for the execution of a famous patriot of our country named Sher ali pathan who was a brave and powerful indian soldier. Sher ali pathan was hanged as he was tried on the charges of assasinating lord mayo near the present day rajiv gandhi watersports complex .

In port blair tourists can also visit the anthropological museum , the samudrika marine museum , the kala pani museum , the forest museum & the science centre . additionally their are a few more than decent parks at port blair where one can sit and relax like the marina park , joggers park and gandhi park .These all place mentioned above fall in the jurisdiction of port blair .If one has time he can visit the mount harriet national park from where one can see the entire city .The ocean view from mount harriet national park is simply breathtaking. It takes slmost 45 minutes to reach their in a cab

Other attractive and exotic places closer to port blair worth visiting are wandoor beach and jollybouy island. Jollybouy island is a part of mahatma gandhi marine national park & has a very remarkable white sandy shallow beach and a extended and diverse reef. Jollybouy island is a boat ride away from wandoor and has unusually clear waters with a rich marine life offering great oppurtunity for snorkelling and scuba diving

All the tourists visiting andaman islands have only two destinations in their mind from the very begining i.e Havelock island and Neil island. These two islands are a part of the ritchie’s archipelago in the south andaman and have significantly risen in fame since the last two decades, both these islands are often referred to as pearl islands and presently they are considered to be the crown of andaman islands due to fact that both are sorrounded largely by tender white sandy beaches and deep blue and turquoise waters .