Dharavi Tours and Tickets

Take a walking tour of the Dharavi slum area in Mumbai with an informative guide who shares a new perspective on life in one of India's largest cities. Glimpse a hidden side of urban India and discover a place that's alive with small-scale industries and community spirit.

You must be aware that Dharavi is one of the biggest slums in the entire world. But there is a lot more to it. Dharavi is home to a number of small-scale industries where people work with infinite enthusiasm and zeal. Dharavi constitutes a significant portion of the cosmopolitan Mumbai. While many people may be irked to make a trip to the slum area but today there are educational trips that organize a Dharavi Slum Tour to know the reality of the life of the residents. The Mumbai Dharavi tour portrays that life in Mumbai is not all glamorous but the city has a reality side too where thousands of workers are struggling to make a living and still people manage to live in harmony. Whenever you visit Mumbai, you must take a Dharavi slum tour, to have a nuanced understanding of the life of the people living in slums as well as have an inspiration for yourself. Dharavi Tourism is available with walking and car tours, people can opt for whichever is convenient. Come. Join us to explore.

Explore one of the world's largest slums, the Dharavi Slum in Mumbai, with a dedicated guide on this private tour. Learn about the history and culture of this area and the daily lives of the inhabitants through your guide's enlightening commentary. See the Dharavi market place, where vendors daily necessities, then visit four different schools and Kumbharwada, a neighborhood of pottery workshops.

India is a country of contrasts, with slums sitting beside opulent palaces. Get an insider’s insight into Dharavi Slum, used as the setting for the blockbuster movie Slumdog Millionaire, during a 2-hour tour. As you walk around the area, you’ll get an intimate glimpse into the daily lives of local residents and learn about systems in place for more than 1 million residents. Plus, you can upgrade to include convenient round-trip transfers from your hotel.

Explore the neighborhood made famous by the 2008 film "Slumdog Millionaire" with a resident guide to illuminate the challenges and issues facing residents who make their home there. Walk through Dharavi and see the way residents make their living, including plastic recycling, soap production, pottery, and other methods. Stop by local schools and churches to get a sense of the community while listening to your guide's sensitive commentary.

The Dharavi Slum in Mumbai is one of the largest slums in Asia but it is more than a place of poverty. The slum produces upwards of one billion dollars a year through various industries. Take a small-group guided tour through the slum to see the bustling plastic recycling industry, leather industries, schools, and local homes to get a feel for the day-to-day life of residents.

Benefit from the personalized attention of a private guide on this tour of Mumbai's Dharavi slum. Made famous by the movie "Slumdog Millionaire", the neighborhood provides an opportunity to learn about the economics and culture of life there. Listen to sensitive commentary from your guide, meet some of the residents, and learn about small businesses there such as plastic recycling, soap production, pottery, and more.

Our guide will pick you up from your hotel or port & then transfer into an air-con car, and the do the whole sightseeing tour and after that do Asia's biggest slum tour where the movie Slumdog Millionaire was filmed. It is an all-inclusive tour with fully guided by a professional English speaking guide. If you have only one day to spend in Mumbai then you are at the right place to see the whole of Mumbai in one day.

Take a walking tour of the Dharavi Slums in Mumbai accompanied by your own local guide to observe daily life for the people who live there. Home to more about one million people, Dharavi is one of the largest slums in Asia, and the filming site for the movie 'Slumdog Millionaire.' Visit some of the filming locations during a walk that lasts about two hours, and hear commentary from your guide about Dharavi's history and residents. Your tour includes private guide and vehicle, snacks, and hotel pickup and drop-off.

Make the most of a day in Mumbai to see both sides of the city — its colonial-era grandeur and Dharavi slum — on this private tour. Walk through Dharavi’s lanes to see the dilapidated huts, cottage industries, recycling projects, and clay potters. Then, explore modern and colonial Mumbai, seeing landmarks including the Gateway of India, Bombay High Court, and others. Includes private transportation from your hotel, or Mumbai port, or railway station.

If visitors are expecting extreme poverty and despair based on movie depictions, they will be disappointed. In fact this tour actively breaks stereotypical depictions of slums. The tour will take you through the proud and industrious area of Dharavi. You will be able to see where people work, where people live and where people relax. We will show you the vast industrial areas with many important industries like the bakeries serving the whole of Mumbai. We will show you the residential areas where whole families live in a small room, local schools and even the pottery industries. Some of the areas will be familiar if you have seen the film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ as much of the film was shot in Dharavi.

Ready to experience a side of Mumbai like a local, with a local? This is a tour, unlike any other! If you want to take a step away from the touristy path, there's no better way than by diving into the city's alternative side. Welcome to Dharavi! If you're done with the main highlights, why not step away and take a less-traveled path that will show you an unexpected side of Mumbai? Follow a local guide on a private tour full of surprises and check out Recycling Street, The After School of hip hop, and more that let the true form of the city shine! Withlocals Off the Beaten Track Tour™ is one of Withlocals' signature tours available in major cities worldwide. We work with passionate local guides who earn a fair fee. We support local economies by only offering local produce and prevent over-tourism with only small non-intrusive groups. Our tours are carbon-neutral and away from the standard tourist routes.

With a private guide in the lead, follow an itinerary designed to show the transformation of Mumbai from a sleepy fishing hamlet into the vibrant Indian city it is today. First, visit one of the country’s largest slums and learn how people make their livings there. Then meet some dabbawalas, or lunch delivery people, who fuel the city’s workers. Visit dhobi ghat, where laundry is done in the traditional way, as well as other city landmarks on this comprehensive tour.

The hidden fact of Mumbai is high-end positivity in every condition. Right from business operations in skyscraping towers to functioning in small scale slum, the city is never short of things. Our Dharavi Tour is eternally devoted to positivities of the human spirit. Our two-hour tour surely depicts the phenomenal spirit of working in any condition. One of the most profound facts of choosing us is that we have friendly and professional tour operators who are acquainted with the areas and even take you to spot where Slumdog Millionaire was filmed. This tour is generally focused on how people are culminating the stereotype negativity and bring in a new phase of change in an economy. With more than millions of residents, you will also witness the large periphery of diversity.

Spend a day exploring Mumbai with a local guide to lead the way with this private experience. You'll see highlights such as the Gateway of India and Chowpatty Beach, with a stop along the way to see the dabbawallas (lunchbox delivery people) sort thousands of lunches at Churchgate Railway Station. This tour also includes a walking tour of Dharavi, a slum community at the heart of Mumbai's recycling industry.

See the inner workings of Mumbai with this private tour. You'll start at Churchgate Railway station, where you'll see dabbawallas delivering thousands of lunches to office workers. You'll then head to Dhobi Ghat, a massive open-air laundry service. You'll also visit the Dharavi slum area, where a local guide will take you to a recycling area, where you can learn about how local residents contribute to Mumbai's massive recycling programs.

Visit Mumbai's Dharavi slum area, made famous by the film "Slumdog Millionaire," with this tour. Your English-speaking guide will take you through Asia's largest slum section, home to more than a million people. You’ll learn about life in Dharavi and plans for its development both from your guide and by engaging with the people who live there.

Walking tour through the slum's narrow alleys is quite an adventure, and you'll undoubtedly feel the strong sense of community and the special spirit that exists here. The total population of Dharavi slum is unknown, and estimates vary widely. Some sources suggest it is 300, 000 to about a million. Dharavi is the second biggest slum in Asia and the third biggest in the world and will dispel negative image about the Slum

Our Driver-Cum-Guide comes with an experience of more than 25 years in the hospitality industry. In this half-day tour they will lead you to 3rd largest slum in the world and you will have the opportunity to go to Asia's largest laundromat.

Mumbai's Dharavi Slum is more than what meets the eye. Once your initial apprehensions are cast aside, you can open your eyes to a growing hive of life, living, and small businesses. Upon meeting your guide, you will head into Dharavi, where you will be able to experience the every day ongoings of this unique area. Numerous small businesses are thriving in every corner, from exotic soaps and handmade cosmetics, to pottery and textiles. Throughout your walk, you'll see how everyday life plays out with the members of the community within it. You'll see how they go to work, make their food, go home, and interact with everyone around them in this community. Along the way, you'll also learn the value of recycling. You'll see sourcing, treatment and reselling in the recycling process. It's a truly eye-opening experience in Mumbai.

Discover Mumbai's must-see attractions on a tour of the city's highlights and the famous Dharavi slums. Enjoy convenient pickup from a location of your choice, travel in comfort in an air-conditioned vehicle, and learn about the city with a local guide.

Dharavi slums in Mumbai the DHARAVI it’s one of the most vibrant centres for extreme entrepreneurship on our Planet. It has a large number of thriving small-scale industries that produce Plastic Recycling, export quality leather goods, pottery, embroidered garments and many more. Most of these products are made in tiny manufacturing and sold in domestic as well as international markets. Most of these things are created innovatively, in a very small space. Dharavi Tour is the 2 Hours Guided (Walking) Tour with the local Dharavi guide. We will visit commercial and residence area of Dharavi. Will also provide refreshment between the tour, so you dont feel tired and dehydrated.

On this tour we will visit: •Gateway of India - Built to welcome King George V and Queen Mary into India •Taj Mahal Palace Hotel •Mumbai University - British heritage building built in 1857 •Rajabai Clock Towers - Big Ben of India •Watson's Hotel Ruins - Tata was refused an entry in this hotel and so he built Taj Mahal Hotel •OvalCricket Ground - Place where we play the most beloved sport of India •Bombay High Court - Beautiful British Heritage Building •VictoriaTerminus Train Station (CST) - UNESCO World Heritage Site •Muncipality Building - Another marvelleous Colonial building •Drive past Marine drive and Chowpatty beach •Kamala Nehru Park - Skyline view of the city & Old woman's shoe •Hanging Gardens - Gardens built on top of water tanks near the Tower of Silence (Parsi burial place) •Dhobi Ghat - Open Air Laundry where clothes are washed in full view of public After Dhobi Ghat we will head straight to Dharavi (Biggest Slum in Aisa). Experience the life of Slum and talk about it.

Get to know magical Mumbai, the beating heart and economic engine of India. Disembark your cruise ship in the morning and get a personalized, full day of activity. Explore highlights such as the Gateway of India and Tower of Silence, watch the industry of the Dhobhi Ghat open-air laundry, and choose to add on a walk through the Dharavi slum. Maximize your time and see the best of the Mumbai shore.