Daily, 3.5 hours including lunch
9:45am from Churchgate Station
10:30am from Mahim Station
Please Note: Available spots per day is limited so advanced booking is recommended.
Rs 1,500 per person (Mahim Station)
Rs 1,500 per person (Churchgate Station)
Rs 6,000 for private tour up to 4 people
Minimum: 2 people
Maximum: 6 people
(For larger groups, please get in touch)
Known to many as ‘one of the largest slums in Asia’, we prefer to think of Dharavi as Mumbai’s beating heart. It houses about one million of Mumbai’s inhabitants and its industries have an annual turnover of approximately US$ 665 million.
Through our educational walking tours, visitors experience a wide range of these business activities: recycling, pottery-making, embroidery, bakery, soap factory, leather tanning, poppadom-making and many more.
We’ll also visit the residential areas of Dharavi. People from all over India have come to live in Dharavi, making it a microcosm of India. This diversity is apparent in the temples, mosques, churches and pagodas that stand side by side.
Our three community centres that are funded through the profits from the tours are also located in the residential area. We will visit one of them and you will learn about the programs that our NGO, Reality Gives, offers the community.
Our introduction to Dharavi aims to give visitors a much more nuanced understanding of life and work in Mumbai slums.
Family Lunch: Towards the end of the tour, we will walk to a nearby family home for a vegetarian meal. Not only will you get additional insight into Dharavi, but you’ll provide a local family with some extra income. Get comfortable and feast the local way, sitting on the floor and eating with your hands.
Up for more? Lunch will end with the perfect amount of time to make it to the start of our South Mumbai Market Tour.
Metal and plastic comes from all over the world to Dharavi to be recycled. See the entire recycling process from sorting to the finished plastic pellets.
The tin hutments that house so many human lives stretch on as far as you can see. You will never forget this view!
Our Community Centre, supported by funds from the tour, provides education in English, computers and life skills to the teenagers and young adults of Dharavi. Other activities such as sports, dancing, and yoga are also hosted at our community centres.
The Kumbbharwada neighborhood is more than 150 years old and is the oldest part of Dharavi. Artisans create various types of earthen pots that are shipped all over India.
After the tour, enjoy a vegetarian lunch in a local family’s home.
Churchgate Station or Mahim Station
Churchgate Station:
There are four entrances to Churchgate Station, including two subways. The first photo shows the station as you approach from Colaba and where the entrance is. Once inside the station, go to the book stall about 30 metres before the platforms (as shown in the next two photos). Look for the sign saying “Wheeler.” (Photos: One, Two, Three)
Ends where we eat lunch near 90ft road. The nearest intersection is 60 feet and 90 feet road. Your guide will help you find the best way to get where you’re going next.
Mahim Station:
We meet at the main entrance and ticket office on the West side of the station (photo 1). To check if you are in the right spot, verify that V-Jai Restaurant and Bakery is opposite and Cafe Coffee Day is diagonally opposite. (Photos: One, Two, Three)
3.5 hour including lunch
9:45am from Churchgate Station
10:30am from Mahim Station