Taj Exotica Resort & Spa 

Enjoy being surrounded by the rainforest with a treatment at the spa. Based on traditional ancient holistic therapies, indulge with an Indian head massage, sea salt scrub or soothing facial. There's also a strong focus on yoga and meditation here.

Explore the forest with the resort's naturalist guide, go cycling or explore in search of some of the island's birds including the Andaman serpent eagle.

There is an in-house dive centre where you can discover Havelock’s marine life. Guests love kayaking through the giant routes of the mangroves. Night kayaking is also very popular: visualise being in the kayak in the dark, plunging your paddle into the water and creating a beautiful trail of bioluminescent light – it’s magical.

Taj Exotica was built with conservation in mind, ensuring that not a single tree in the entire 46-acres was cut. The villas are made from sustainable plantation timber and placed wherever there was a natural clearing. They have a zero single-use plastic policy and instead guests are given glass bottles that can be refilled from their own water treatment plant. A biogas plant and partial solar power assist with the energy.