It is about 90 km away from Port Blair. Regular bus services are available from STS Bus Terminal, Aberdeen Bazar. Journey takes about 2 hrs and 30 minutes from Port Blair to Middle Strait and the fare is just Rs. 45. The journey is in 2 phases - P.Blair to Jirkatang (40 kms, 1 hr 15 mins) and then Jirkatang to
Baratang (49 kms, 1 hr 15 mins, no overtake zone through Jarwa Reserve Forest). From Nilambur Jetty at middle strait ferry Baratang Island to see Limstone cave.
Limstone cave is a treat to watch. The journey on to these cave is equaly mesmerising which covers all the way through Tribal reserves. Travellers may also catch as a glimpse of a sun-bathing crocodile with its jaws wide open and a stone like still that camouflaged in the mangroves. It is a cave with interesting limestone structures and stalactite and stalagmites.These natural caves are a splendid sight.
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