Straight out of a fairytale, South Button Island is located southwest of Havelock Island. The stunning islet is a part of the Rani Jhansi Marine National Park, and is popular for snorkeling as well as scuba diving owing to rich marine life, healthy coral population, and shallow depths. If you are lucky, then you can spot here Snappers, Barracuda, Trevally, Sweetlips, Groupers, Angelfish, Butterflyfish, Turtles, Devil Rays and Manta Rays. Tourists are not allowed to climb the rocky outcrops on this island. You can spot white-bellied Sea Eagles flying high. You can visit this awe-inspiring island as a day trip from Havelock Island.

If you are looking for dreamlike natural surprises, then your search ends at South Button Island. Its thriving biodiversity, unexploited coral reefs, white sandy beach, adventurous experiences, a notable population of marine life, etc. are a few reasons why you should include this island in your beach vacation. Before you start planning your holiday, let us get you familiarised with its fabulous beauty.

Rattan palm Calamus palustris, the climbing bamboo Dinochloa andamanica and Parishia insignis, Calophyllum soulattri, Artocarpus, Canarium, Dipterocarpus grandiflorus, Dipterocarpus pilosus, Endospermum chinensis, Hopea odorata, Salmalia insignis, Sideroxylon, Aprosa villosula, Baccaurea sapida, Caryota mitis and Dinochloa palustris.

The sea is full of life here but the island is too small to support large terrestrial mammals. Dugongs, water lizards, sea turtles, dolphins, and blue whales make their homes here. The fishes to be seen off-shore include snappers, sweetlips, lion fish, angel fish, butterflyfish, devil rays, manta rays and barracuda, as well as nudibranchs, octopuses and shrimps. Sea turtles breed on the island along with the endemic subspecies of the edible-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus) and the distinctive white-bellied sea eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster).