Safety & Hygiene Standards Guidelines

We, at Silver Sand Hotels & Resorts, are committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of our guests and employees. Our aim is to make your stay as peaceful and worry-free as possible.

We adhere to all the best practices recommended by the W.H.O. & the local health departments. We take numerous precautions to ensure a safe stay for our guests:

1. All washrooms will be equipped with liquid soap dispensers or packed soap bars.
2. Face masks and gloves will be provided on request.
3. Temperature check of customers will be done at all entry points. Any customers with a temperature above 99.1*F will be refused admission and will be advised to report to the closed medical facility.
4. Record keeping of travel history of customers as per government guidelines.
5. Common places like Swimming Pool, Gym etc will be inaccessible as per government guidelines.
6. Common areas like reception, elevator, restaurants will be sanitized at regular intervals.
7. Strict social distancing will be observed at all times i.e. at reception, lobby, elevators etc.
8. Housekeeping and service staff will wear masks and gloves at all times.
9. Temperature check for all staff will be done.
10. Table seating arrangement will follow strict social distancing norms.

NOTE: The above SOP's are subject to change as per Government guidelines.

Safety hygiene at our hotel in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Covid Ready at our hotel in Andaman and Nicobar Islands5
Covid Ready at our hotel in Andaman and Nicobar Islands1
Covid Ready at our hotel in Andaman and Nicobar Islands2
Covid Ready at our hotel in Andaman and Nicobar Islands3
Covid Ready at our hotel in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Covid Ready at our hotel in Andaman and Nicobar Islands6
Hygienic Food at at our hotel in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Hygienic Food at our hotel in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Current Update on Covid-19 Protocols


Passengers travelling from Mainland:
  1. All incoming passengers from the mainland have to undergo a mandatory RTPCR test on arrival at Port Blair in addition to the compulsory negative RTPCR test report conducted 48 hours prior to their boarding for Port Blair from the mainland.
  2. All such passengers shall undergo compulsory home or institutional quarantine until the reports of their test on arrival at Port Blair are found negative.
  3. Passengers found positive as per the test done on arrival at Port Blair shall be kept under institutional/home quarantine as per Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in Government facilities or will have the option to stay in identified hotels on a payment basis. Any person violating the above directions shall be liable to be fined to the tune of Rs. 5,000/- each time.
Passengers travelling inter-island:
  1. The movement of passenger convoys through Andaman Truck Road shall be permitted in supersession of Order No.580 dt. 26.04.2021.
  2. All passengers travelling to Swaraj Dweep and Shaheed Dweep shall undergo mandatory COVID (RAT/RTPCR) unless they have a valid negative RTPCR report for the test done upon their arrival at Port Blair and will be allowed to proceed further and shall be exempted from quarantine as mandated in Office Order No. 566 dated 23rd April 2021, if reports of their test are found negative.
  3. All passengers travelling to Little Andaman shall undergo mandatory RTPCR tests and will be allowed to proceed further and shall be exempted from quarantine as mandated in Office Order No. 566 dated 23d April 2021, if reports of their test are found negative.
  4. All passengers travelling to North and Middle Andaman shall undergo mandatory COVID (RAT/RTPCR) unless they have a valid negative RTPCR report for the test done upon their arrival at Port Blair and will be allowed to proceed further, if reports of their test are found negative.
  5. All passengers travelling to the Islands in the Nicobar District shall undergo mandatory RTPCR tests before boarding the vessel and will be allowed to proceed further, if reports of their test are found negative.
Passengers who are found positive as per the tests done above shall be kept under Institutional/Home Quarantine as per Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in Government facilities or will have the option to stay in identified hotels on a payment basis. Any person violating the above directions shall be liable to be fined to the tune of Rs. 5,000/- each time.

NOTE: The above SOP's are subject to change as per Government Guidelines