TRAVEL FACTS

COX & Kings (0203 642 0861, coxandkings.co.uk) offers a seven-night tour to Chennai and the Andaman Islands from £2,845 pp, including flights, ferry, private transfers and two nights’ B&B at Vivanta by Taj — Fisherman’s Cove, Chennai, and five nights B&B at the Taj Exotica Resort & Spa, the Andaman Islands.