Dharavi Tour and Family Lunch
Visit Dharavi and also enjoy a lovely vegetarian meal with a local family!
Known to many as ‘one of the largest slums in Asia’, we prefer to think of Dharavi as Mumbai’s beating heart.
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 introduction to Dharavi aims to give visitors a much more nuanced understanding of life and work in Mumbai slums.
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.
Options
Private Lunch Tour-Meet:C/gate
Duration: 3 hours
Vegetarian Lunch
Private: We meet at the “Wheeler” Convenience Store, about 30 metres before the platforms and take a train to the slum
What's included in Dharavi Tour and Family Lunch
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Dharavi
The tour will begin with a walk through Dharavi to see how locals celebrate this beloved festival.
Inclusions
- Experienced Local Guide
- Lunch
- Gratuity
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting Points
- We meet at 9.15am. There are four entrances to Churchgate Station, including two subways. Once inside the station, go to “Wheeler” Convenience Store, about 30 metres before the platforms
- We meet at the main entrance and ticket office on the West side of the station at 10.00am. 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.
End Points
- The tour finishes after lunch with a local family. Afterwards your guide will help you with transport, such as a taxi, to wherever you want to go. If you want to catch a local train to another part of Mumbai, he/she will escort you to the train station and put you on the train
