Daily
All day (9 hours)
Please Note: Available spots per day is limited so advanced booking is recommended.
From Rs 9,500, total for group up to 4 people
(Depends on pick-up location)
This is a private tour for groups up to 4 people.
(For larger groups, please get in touch)
Dharavi
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 2.5 hour introduction to Dharavi aims to give visitors a much more nuanced understanding of life and work in Mumbai slums. You can also add a lunch with a local family after the morning tour. Not only will you get additional insight into Dharavi, but you’ll provide a local family with some extra income!
Sightseeing
In the afternoon we will show you other, more traditional sights that Mumbai has to offer. For a list of what sights we generally see in the afternoon, see our Sightseeing by Car page.
This tour is individually designed for you, and you can do and see as little or as much as you please. The tour guide, who also has detailed knowledge of the more traditional sights, will be with you for the day. He can give some suggestions for what to see, but ultimately, the itinerary is completely up to you.
As we travel to Dharavi by car, we’ll stop and see the world’s largest outdoor laundry. We’ll see the dhobiwallahs, or washermen, scrubbing sheets from Mumbai’s largest hospitals and hotels at this busy open air laundry area!
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
Your choice where to go! For a list of what sights we generally see in the afternoon, see our Sightseeing by Car page.
Your hotel or residence.
Our office is located on Nowroji Fardonji Road which is the street next to Leopold’s Cafe. You will see our signboard attached to a light pole. Our office is located in the building behind SSS Corner Store. We meet in front of the large blue SSS Corner Store sign. (Photo One, Two)
Your hotel or residence.
Warning: Be wary that there are other tour operators on the street that may claim to be Reality Tours. You will recognize our guide by the light blue button down shirt with our logo on it.
Exact timings are flexible and up to you, but the tour will be 9 hours so an early start is a good idea!
