Dharavi Slum Tour: Experience Mumbai's Heart through its Business Activities

Experience the vibrant business activities of Mumbai’s Dharavi slum through our educational walking tours. Discover the heart of the city and gain a nuanced understanding of life in the slums.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Dharavi - Visit one of Asia’s biggest slums on this educational tour. You will learn about the many industries that operate there as well as the lives of the people who live there.
  • Dhobi Ghat - The world’s largest outdoor laundry! See the dhobiwallahs, or washermen, scrubbing sheets from Mumbai’s largest hospitals and hotels at this busy…
What's Included
  • Complimentary hotel/residence pickup and drop-off
  • Professional English-speaking guide and driver
  • Refreshments: water and cold drinks included
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Food
Additional Information

Often described as ‘Asia’s biggest shanty town’, we choose to view Dharavi as the pulsing center of Mumbai.
Through our informative guided walks, travellers get to observe the diverse range of economic activities such as recycling, pottery, embroidery, baking, soap production, leather processing, poppadom manufacturing, among others.
In addition, we…

Location
Dharavi
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Dawn21
Feb 28, 2025
Amazing! - We did the street food tour then the following day a private tour of the slums and rest of the day seeing the sites we’d not already seen. The guides Raj and Chetan were fantastic. It was great to be able to try foods we would never be brave enough to order. The private tour was perfect as we could customise it. Best Masala chai we’ve ever had from the street vendor. Loved all the history and the slum tour was a humbling and insightful experience not to be missed. Excellent value too and supporting education of the local population so you can’t get much better than that.
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Lulu616
Feb 22, 2025
Amazing a must when visiting Mumbai - We spent two days with our guide Raj and got to see so much . Different drivers on each day but were also very good . We visited temples , historic sites , markets , streets , train station and the slums . So much information was given as Raj knowledge was incredible. This is definitely a trip not to miss when visiting . Timings and arrangements were spot on so no worries if on a cruise they will be there to meet you and get you back in plenty of time
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Sara_m
Jan 19, 2025
Total experience - Today we took a tour of Dharavi and other sights around Mumbai. The experience was like non-other we had experienced before. Our guide Chetan was the best. He was very knowledgeable with ALL of Mumbai’s history and gave us so many interesting facts. We originally were not going to go to Dharavi, but once he shared our safety was the top of the tour’s priority, we changed our mind. Touring Dharavi shared an eye opening experience and an insight to the slums and their daily lives.
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Monique_v
Dec 6, 2024
Mumbai madness at its best - See a lot in one day, so make sure you have the stamina to do so. Great Tour with great narrative!!!
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Helenamt2336xf
Dec 2, 2024
Helena and friends in India with Krishna! :) - My Friends and I did a tour around India for 14 days with Krishna! We started in Mumbai, then we headed to Goa for 3 nights. We went to Badami, Hampi & Krishna village in Herunjal where we experienced a really nice and traditional show!! After that we went to South India, Kochi and we finished our tour in Mumbai again! Krishna was absolutely amazing and showed us the REAL INDIA! Food, people, culture were the best and we are looking forward to visit India again!!! :) 🇮🇳
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Dave_b
Feb 22, 2024
A day that you will remember - Was a bit apprehensive doing a private tour in such a big city. I shouldn't have worried Sabina was there to greet us at the port with a driver in a lovely clean a/c car. What a day we had, she was so knowledgeable about all aspects of the city tour and she packed all the sights in. The most memberal part of the tour had to be the visit to the slums.This could have been a bit scary( it is a slum so it's not gonna be a flower fi!led walk in a park) but in fact we found it quite humbling, the hours these people work and the conditions in which they live has to be seen to be believed. What we found heart wrenching where the children who had nothing but an amazing spirit for life, all they wanted was to know was where we came from and to say Hi all done whilst giving us the biggest smiles ever! (Not an Nintendo switch in sight just good old fashion street games and football...think kids in UK could do with a school trip there to make them appreciate how lucky they are!!) The amazing thing is that a lot of the trip fees go to a charity to help teach English and what's nice is we were shown the classroom. So to Sabina thank you for a truly unforgettable day......ps please show your mum this review so she can be extra proud of you and all the best to your son who sound like a lovely boy.
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Karen_k
Feb 14, 2024
Sabina was a wonderful... - Sabina was a wonderful guide - very knowledgeable, enthusiastic and entertaining. We were able to visit places we never would have discovered on our own, and we had a great introduction to Mumbai. Don't miss this tour!
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Jamiho01
Nov 6, 2023
Wonderful tour, wonderful guide, wonderful day... - I wanted to spend a day seeing the famous sites of Mumbai, including the slum tour. We were greeted by our very friendly guide Chetan who made it an incredibly enjoyable day. If we were interested in seeing something, he made sure that we passed it somehow. He was very sensitive to the people living in the slums and we felt comfortable there, without feeling like we were interfering. If we wanted to stop somewhere for a drink or bite to eat, that was also catered for. It was good having somebody who was aware of the better places to eat. I would not hesitate at all to recommend Reality Tours and will certainly be using their services on my my return to beautiful India.
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Tukang_terbang
Oct 5, 2023
Great company with great value - This company provide more than just tour services. Janna as our guide for 3 days was SUPERB!! My kids love him and his knowledge is outstanding. It’s our first time to India and Mumbai but he make sure we get all tourist and historical site covered and along the way we enjoy every bit of our stay in Mumbai. He was very punctual and all agenda was done perfectly. What impresses me is their company value to give back to community and its a good example for us whats important in life.
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Chlmarseille
Sep 13, 2023
Dharavi Slum tour - Very good, very interesting to discover this side of India, guided by Dhavi (?) a very young girl of 17 years old, full of enthusiasm and energy... She knows her subject, she lives in Dharavi and gave us shows her house! Part of the funds are donated to the NGO which works in the slum Small group of 10 people
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