Independent planning reference · Reviewed 18 Aug 2026
Start with the permit. Then make sure the whole trip connects.
Check how you reach your island, where you stay and how you get back before you pay anyone. Everything that can change is linked to the authority that decides it, with the date we last read it.
Checked against lakshadweep.gov.in 115 samudram.utl.gov.in 35 epermit.utl.gov.in 21 goindigo.in 6 seleqtionshotels.com 5 lakshadweeptourism.com 2
Plan it in this order
A sequence, not a menuEach step depends on the one before it. Choosing an island first is the most common way a Lakshadweep trip falls apart, because the route and the permit decide which islands are reachable on your dates.
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STEP 01
Get the entry permit
Nobody who is not a native of the islands travels without one. The process is online now, and two requirements older guides still list have been dropped.
Open the permit guide → -
STEP 02
Work out how you get there
Agatti holds the only airstrip. The alternative is a passenger ship from Kochi that the Administration puts at 14 to 18 hours.
Compare air and sea → -
STEP 03
Build the budget from quotes
Add up permit, transport, stay and activity costs from current quotes rather than trusting a headline per-person average.
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STEP 04
Choose a bookable island
Compare islands only once the route, the stay, the return sector and the permit can all be confirmed for the same dates.
Choose an island →
Three things this site will not tell you
Where an authority does not publish a figure, we leave the gap open and say what to ask instead. A number that looks confident and is invented is worse than no number at all.
- How long a permit takes to come back. The ePermit portal publishes no processing time, so we quote none. Apply early and track the application.
- A fixed total trip cost. Costs move with dates, island and operator. We show you how to assemble a total from live quotes, not a per-person average.
- Whether a ship sails on your dates. Sailings are released close in and change. We link the official schedule and booking portal instead of copying dates that go stale.
The islands you can actually book
All 11 islands
Agatti
Every air itinerary starts here, because no other island has a runway. What that fact does and does not settle about the rest of your trip.
- Atoll
- Agatti
- Access
- Air and sea
- Reviewed
- 26 Aug 2026
Photo: Rudolph.A.furtado CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bangaram
No residents and a single hotel with its own published page. You get there by a connection from Agatti that has to be confirmed separately.
- Atoll
- Bangaram
- Access
- Sea, or Agatti and boat
- Reviewed
- 22 Aug 2026
Photo: The.chhayachitrakar CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kavaratti
The question is not whether a package names Kavaratti. It is whether you sleep there or only stop for the afternoon.
- Atoll
- Kavaratti
- Access
- Sea, or Agatti and boat
- Reviewed
- 22 Aug 2026
Photo: Thejas CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Planning guides
All 43 guidesLanding at Agatti
A short runway, a small aircraft and a transfer that is somebody's responsibility. Work out whose before you fly.
travel Reviewed 24 Aug 2026 5 sourcesBangaram or Kadmat: resort, or the package route
One is a single hotel on an uninhabited island. The other is tourist huts reached on a package through Agatti.
travel Reviewed 26 Aug 2026 6 sourcesAgatti or Bangaram: the airstrip, or the transfer from it
They are linked in the official route description but they are not interchangeable. One has the runway; the other needs a confirmed connection to it.
travel Reviewed 30 Jul 2026 6 sourcesWhen to go, and when not to
October to mid-May is the usable window. During the monsoon the sea closes in first, which matters most for islands with no airstrip.
practical Reviewed 11 Sept 2026 7 sourcesMobile Network in Lakshadweep: Jio, Airtel, BSNL and Vi
Check what current official sources establish about Jio, Airtel, BSNL and Vi in Lakshadweep, then verify the exact island and stay.
practical Reviewed 3 Sept 2026 3 sourcesLakshadweep Alcohol Rules Changed in 2026: What to Verify
The 2026 Excise Regulation provides a new licensing framework, but travellers still need current commencement, property and transport rules.
Who writes this, and how to correct it
Editorial standardGo2Lakshadweep is an independent planning reference. It is not affiliated with the Lakshadweep Administration, takes no payment for favourable coverage and carries no affiliate links.
A review date is not a publication date. If a page says August, an August reading is what it reflects.
Found something out of date?
Permit rules and sailings change more often than most sites admit. Send the page link and the correction to hello@go2lakshadweep.com. We will fix it and credit you, or keep you anonymous. Your choice.