Dhani Nallah is a nature walkway and beach on the outskirts of

Rangat Rangat is a town on the Middle Andaman Island, Andaman Archipelago. It is also one of the three counties (''tehsils'') administrative divisions of the North and Middle Andaman district, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory of Indi ...

Middle Andaman Island Middle Andaman Island is an island of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the North and Middle Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Geography The island belongs to the Great Andam ...

, in the

Andaman Islands The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a maritime boundary between th ...

. It is located 20 km from Rangat adjacent to Andaman trunk road (ATR). Dhani Nallah is named after a mangrove associate locally called as Dhanipatti. The wooden boardwalk meandering through mangrove creek for a distance of 713 m is the main tourist attraction for the place. The beach is well known for turtle nesting, including

Olive ridley sea turtle The olive ridley sea turtle (''Lepidochelys olivacea''), also known commonly as the Pacific ridley sea turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Cheloniidae. The species is the second-smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in th ...

s. Hawksbill Nest, Cutbert Bay, is a guest house run by the tourism department, 2 km from the entry point of Dhani Nallah walkway.

Gallery

File:Entry Point to Dhani Nallah.jpg, alt=Entry Point to the walkway, Entrance Gateway to mangrove walkway of Dhani Nallah. File:Teak logs broadway - Dhani Nallah.jpg, alt=Teak Logs Broadway, Eco-Friendly Teak Logs broadway using rejected teak logs.

References

North and Middle Andaman district {{AndamanNicobar-geo-stub