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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Patrickby9284vh
Aug 15, 2025
Highly recommend Reality Tours to see Mumbai! - I did 4 tours over 1.5 days Aug 5 and 6 - The Dharavi Slum tour, Street Food tour, Mumbai Bike tour, and a Private 1/2-day Mumbai Sightseeing tour. My two tour guides, Raj, who led the Street Food tour, and Chetan, who led the other three tours, did a great job! They were very knowledgeable about the city, it's history, the sights we toured, and the foods we ate (pace yourself!). Since it was the rainy season and few tourists were around, all the tours ended up being private. That gave me an opportunity to get to know Chetan and Raj and allowed me to learn more of them and the city from their pesonal point of view. They both made sure that I got back to my hotel safely. I was also impressed with the way that Reality Tours gives back to the slum community through education and opportunity. Thank you, Raj, Chetan, and the rest of the RT team!!
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Andrzej_b
Jul 14, 2025
Highly recommended if you want to vist slums - That was really a good trip and I am glad I have chosen that team. The trip is really step by step as I wanted and nothing was wrong. I highly recommend this excursion to anybody.
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Kjs20230110
Jul 13, 2025
Amazing experience - Amazing experience. Javed was great at walking us through the life of the area and answered questions with great knowledge. Great to see some of our comes of their NGO work too. Highligh of my time in India.
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Navigator46369519546
Jul 4, 2025
Professional customize tour - This is our first time to Mumbai and Chetan - our guide made it unforgettable ! From the day we asked the company to customize our tour as per our request, they have made it very smoothly and quickly. Everything from the beginning is made professionally. Chetan - our guide met us on time at Mahim station, introduced and explained everything in details with his deep knowledge and enthusiasm. We visited Dharavi, Dhobighat and see Dabbawalas. These are all must-visit when in Mumbai. I would love to go with Reality again in the future if we are back to India. 80% of the profit from Reality is to support the Dharavi community, this is so meaningful and lovely. Keep up the good work. Thank you very much for offering such a good experience. Thanks Chetan and Reality ❤️
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Louiscw651xv
Jun 14, 2025
Educational tour about slums - The guide Cheta was very friendly and knowledgeable about the history of the place. We learnt a lot about how people make a living here. Highly recommend
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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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Guillermo_d
Jul 28, 2025
Mumbai - A great and insightful experience covering historical sites, vibrant street life and delicious food that all stimulate your five senses. It could be a bit chaotic, but that is part of the immersion to explore the unique energy and diverse offerings of Mumbai.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).