Asia Largest Dharavi Slum Tour in Private Vehicle
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From $43.00
3 reviews (5.00)
Price varies by group size
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Duration: 4 hours
Departs: Mumbai, Mumbai
Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Free cancellation
Overview
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.
What's Included
Air-conditioned vehicle
Local English Speaking Guide
Mineral water
Pickup & Drop
Private transportation
Toll Tax & Parking Fees
What's Not Included
Any Meals
Gratuities
Personal Expenses
Traveler Information
- CHILD: Age: 3 - 12
- ADULT: Age: 13 - 99
Additional Info
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
What To Expect
Dharavi
this is the same place where Bollywood Movie Slumdog Millionaire was shot, Leather Industries, Pottery, Making of soap, Bakery , Colour Dye, Small Alley, Schools & Hospitals, Houses in Slum, Plastic Recycling, Muslim people making a shrine for Hindus, Recycling of veg oil.
Highlight:
Recycling 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.
Rooftop Visit
The tin hutments that house so many human lives stretch on as far as you can see. You will never forget this view!
Community Centre
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 centers.
Popaddom Making
Two tons of food is produced every day in Dharavi and a large part of that is popaddoms, the essential appetizer or side dish of many Indian meals. They are typically made by women in Dharavi in the residential areas.
Kumbharwada Pottery Colony
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.
2 hours • Admission Ticket Included
Reviews
We had a real moral dilemma about visiting the Dhavari settlements. On the one hand we had a genuine interest in the community and the businesses that exist there. But on the other hand we didn't want to be voyeuristic, insensitive or patronising. We had nothing to worry about.
Vikrant's tour was highly sensitive and thoughtful. There were just two of us on our tour, along with Vikrant and our guide Rakesh, who grew up in the slum.
We saw recycling, manufacturing, potteries and leather businesses in action, all conducted in small workshops. We also saw schools, a gym, a hairdressers and shops and even glimpsed private homes.
Please don't think this is a scary or upsetting or dangerous experience. We felt totally safe, even in the narrowest of narrow alleyways in the warren of alleyways in the slum. The people we saw were working hard, happy, proud and confident in the face of adversity.
This was a truly uplifting and life affirming experience. If anything I came out feeling embarrassed about my own petty complaints and moans about my privileged life. This place and its people are beyond inspirational.
A huge thank you to Vikrant for his huge sensitivity and thoughtfulness in putting together this tour. I urge you to take it!
But our outstanding guide “Bunny,” who lives within this sprawling area, really wanted us to see that area too (where photos are prohibited). That part was a bit intense walking through narrow, broken paths with wires overhead, but it showed the reality of living there. That being said, some blocks, like the marketplace, looked like any Indian shopping street.
Bunny shared information and stories about the slum and had such an energetic delivery that he made this an enlightening experience. It was quite an adventure!
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