jarawa reserve forest travel

Although the terror of Jarawa tribals is not so much nowadays, yet a few years ago, a foreigner managed to go to the forests of these tribals and meet

Till a few years ago, there was a lot of terror of Jarawa tribe here. They used to rob food items etc. from the vehicles going on the Andaman trunk road on which we were also going through and often used to injure tourists and common citizens with their poisonous arrows. Therefore a system was implemented here and vehicles started to be passed in the convoy. Eight times were made to pass that convoy. When this convoy moves, the policeman was in front of it and then the big buses, after that the small cars and again is the police.

Tourists also make some mistakes. Although the terror of Jarawa tribals is not so much nowadays, yet a few years ago, a foreigner managed to go to the forests of these tribals and meet them with the help of a local man and by luring him. If he was limited to only here, then it still was fine but he made a video of Jarawa's girl dancing naked form and then went to his country and uploaded it on the Internet. When this video created a stir, the government came into action. Seeing the compulsion of these tribals like the animals of zoos, the government who was protecting them, imposed a ban on meeting them, as well as reducing the number of convoys passing through their area to four.

I will give you more information about Jarawa, but right now I am telling you my travelogue, so I have told you important things. At present, four convoys are released from this check post four times and four times from the Baratang check post in a day. Apart from this, only government administrative vehicles or emergency vehicles get permission. That is why the time has to be taken in mind a lot to travel on this path. As the first convoy goes at 9 in the morning, so you have to reach 8:00 or 8:30 in any situation and get your registration done at the check post here.

Those people who take package tours or hire taxis to go to Baratang have to fill all their data in a form. In this, apart from you and your partner or group members, you have to provide your phone number, address, and address proof. Your driver or tour operator also has to give his details as well as all responsibility was his that you will not make any mistake. If you do, the operator's fault will be considered along with you.

At the right time, our convoy left in which our bus was following the policeman's motorcycle. No one is allowed to take photographs in the bus or car. If you take a photo from the camera, then every person who is sitting near you has the responsibility to inform the police, so you cannot do it. No vehicle can overtake any other vehicle. One can not run at a speed of more than 40. If Jarawa people meet on the way, then giving them anything to eat or drink, etc. is a punishable offense.

We kept our eyes on the road for two hours and then got to see four Jarawa tribals for just 10 seconds. They were taking some goods from the government car on the road. They were not completely naked, they wore underwear. On my asking, the hitchhiker said that yes now some Jarawa's wear the underwear.