Overview

On our unique Dharavi Slum Tour, the visitors travel on foot across the slums of Dharavi. This slum area in Mumbai is the heart of various small-scale industries in the city. En-route through one of the largest slums in Asia, travelers experience a wide range of these activities such as recycling, embroidery, bakery, pottery-making, soap factory, poppadom-making, leather tanning and many more. Apart from the business aspect of Dharavi, visitors get to witness a secular nation with a spirit of survival through the lives of these slum dwellers. Citizens from all over India dwell in Dharavi and yet create a sense of unity. Through the narrow alleys of the Dharavi slum one can feel their adventurous spirit bursting open while enlightening themselves of a world beyond the cozy cottages.

2 Hours 40 Minutes Available on request Marine Lines, Maharashtra
Highlights
What makes this tour special
  • RECYCLING AREA: Everything old, from plastics to metal, come from all over to be recycled in Dharavi. See the recycling plants in which separation and melting of the wastes takes place.
  • BAKERY: Khari Biscuits hot and fresh from the source, available in every kind and served on a platter!
  • POPADDOM MAKING: Watch the Dharavi women making poppadoms, the essential appetizer before every Indian meal. It is done by drying them on wooden baskets, turned upside-down.
  • RESIDENTIAL HOUSES: Bask in the creativity of the humble dwellings of the incredible people of Dharavi.
  • KUMBHARWADA POTTERY COLONY: Watch artisans create all types of pots out of unfired, sun dried clay and even learn a thing or two.
Itinerary

After meeting at Churchgate Railway Station Ticket counter at 9:00 a.m. we then proceed to the below locations:

 

  • RECYCLING AREA: Everything old, from plastics to metal, come from all over to be recycled in Dharavi. See the recycling plants in which separation and melting of the wastes takes place.
  • BAKERY: Khari Biscuits hot and fresh from the source, available in every kind and served on a platter!
  • POPADDOM MAKING: Watch the Dharavi women making poppadoms, the essential appetizer before every Indian meal. It is done by drying them on wooden baskets, turned upside-down.
  • RESIDENTIAL HOUSES: Bask in the creativity of the humble dwellings of the incredible people of Dharavi.
  • KUMBHARWADA POTTERY COLONY: Watch artisans create all types of pots out of unfired, sun dried clay and even learn a thing or two.
Pickup point
Directions.
Churchgate Railway Station, Maharshi Karve Road, Churchgate, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India View on Map