The total area of this protected island is about 5 km2 (2 sq mi), which makes it the smallest national park in India.
The island receives much rain during the southwesterly monsoon season between June and October, and most visitors come between December and April.
These tropical coral reefs are at depths as shallow as 6 ft (1.8 m), and the island is a popular site for snorkelling and scuba diving.
[3] Some of the trees and shrubs present on the island are the rattan palm Calamus palustris, the climbing bamboo Dinochloa andamanica and Parishia insignis,[3] Calophyllum soulattri, Artocarpus, Canarium, Dipterocarpus grandiflorus, Dipterocarpus pilosus, Endospermum chinensis, Hopea odorata, Bombax insigne, Sideroxylon, Aprosa villosula, Baccaurea sapida, Caryota mitis and Dinochloa palustris.
Among the animals that make their home here are dugongs, water lizards, sea turtles, dolphins and blue whales.