There are certain places in the world where we cannot travel. In this case, we highlight the North Sentinel Island , in India, which is inhabited by indigenous tribes. His desire is to live without contact with anyone, and for this reason the entry of other outsiders is prohibited.
Thus, the Indian authorities recognize it and are not responsible for what may happen in the event that someone goes and does not leave this island alive. It is also a way of protecting such tribes that, as in other places, may end up becoming extinct.
What are the characteristics of Sentinel Island?
North Sentinel Island is part of the Andaman Islands archipelago, and is next to South Sentinel, which is actually uninhabited. It is a paradisiacal place, but you will not be able to see it, unless you face the population that inhabits it.
There was an earthquake in 2004, and before it had an area of about 60 km2. While the reefs stretched across the island between 800 and 1300 meters from the shore. Currently, this island is covered by dense jungle and without any natural harbor.
The exact population is unknown , but there could be between 40 to 200 inhabitants.
What happens to the guests of the island?
Visitors are not well received, as there are some stories around this event that reveal incidents between visitors and the tribe.
For example, in 2018, an American missionary wanted to land there (it is also difficult to get there) but the inhabitants killed him. And it is that everything that steps on the island is attacked by the natives , even the helicopters that have ever flown over the place.
It should be noted that such indigenous people are not cannibals, but they can kill whoever goes to the island. Thus and since 1997 you cannot go and they say it is to preserve its extinction. In neighboring islands, it happens that they are open to outsiders and tourism can then make the tribes surprisingly threatened.
With the 2004 earthquake, it was believed that all the tribes had died, but the truth is that they did not. In addition, since they do not have contact with anyone, they are immunized against possible diseases.
The inhabitants are dark-skinned hunter-gatherers of the Sentinel ethnic group, and it is believed that they could come from Africa.
