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Explore Dhobi Ghat, Mumbai's well-known open-air laundry, and Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, with a local guide. Your guide, who grew up in Dharavi, shows you where residents work and live and where children play and rest. See Dharavi's industries up close, including plastic recycling, leather, and garments and textiles, and visit filming locations of the movie "Slumdog Millionaire." This tour goes beyond the movie's portrayal to show real life in Dharavi and focuses on breaking down stereotypes about slums.
On this 3-hour tour, an English-speaking local guide takes you around Dhobi Ghat, Mumbai's open-air laundry, and the Dharavi slum. Because your guide lives in Dharavi, you visit places that only Dharavi residents know. During the tour, you also ride one of Mumbai's local trains.
Many kinds of businesses operate in Dharavi, including plastic recycling, the leather industry, and garments and textiles. Walk through the workplaces of an area with an annual turnover of about 1 billion US dollars and see firsthand what people do to make a living.
Look around the homes where residents stay, the neighborhoods where families live, and the places where children play and rest to learn about real life in Dharavi. You also visit the places where the movie "Slumdog Millionaire" was filmed.
This tour aims to break down stereotypes about Dharavi. Your guide is a local, so they can comfortably show you around Dharavi and the surrounding area, and you can ask questions right away.
※ The tour starts in Mahim and ends in Mahalaxmi.
Meeting point :
Third Wave Coffee - Mahim
Tip Road,Unit no.58, Ground floor Ram Mahal Building, Senapathi, Senapati Bapat Marg, Marinagar Colony, Station, Mahim, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400016, India
Meeting point directions:
Third Wave Coffee Mahim is directly opposite the west exit of Mahim Station and is easy to find. When you arrive at the coffee shop, wait outside or sit inside the café. Your guide will find you, confirm your name, and introduce themselves. You can easily get here by Uber or local taxi from anywhere in Mumbai. Tuk-tuks (auto rickshaws) are not allowed in this area.
Drop-off point :
Mahalaxmi
K K Road, Mahalakshmi, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400018, India
Tip Road,Unit no.58, Ground floor Ram Mahal Building, Senapathi, Senapati Bapat Marg, Marinagar Colony, Station, Mahim, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400016, India