Dharavi Slum Tour

Posted By : laylac562
Highly recommend this tour which is educational as well as extremely interesting. It has been created with sensitivity and care
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Posted On : 2024-05-12

Posted By : Quest11396048115
It was an interesting experience to understand life in the slum. Our guide Leena was very informative and welcoming. She guided us safely around the residential and working areas. I absolutely recommend this tour with that company.
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Posted On : 2024-05-07

Posted By : Dunback
Done a tour with guide Varsha from Magical Mumbai Tours,she was great,grew up there and very knowledgeable about the area and its history.Everyone works there recycling plastics and making suitcases,bags and a lot more.Also a tannery and a lot of pottery.2 million people live in ( in 2 square kilometers) Well worth visiting,couldn't find a pub there though
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Posted On : 2024-05-02

Posted By : D692HRdaniell
This is an exceptional tour company. Their communication before the tour was swift and comprehensive - including a precise photo guide for how to find the meeting place. The guide, Shifa, was friendly and engaging, sharing her knowledge and experience of life in Dharavi with great cheer and skill. She also accompanied a few of us to a nearby station in a taxi to ensure we got on the train back into town.
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Posted On : 2024-04-15

Posted By : Essephreak
An excellent, informative, enlightening tour which certainly included areas you could not otherwise easily see. The guide was friendly and knowledgeable. The organization does good things. Strongly recommend. And I know that these folks have though a lot more about this than I have, but my one issue is the blanket prohibition on photography. Of course one needs to be careful and respectful when photographing *anywhere* or *anyone* in public. But the tour major streets with street-side businesses not too different from elsewhere in Mumbai and the rest of India, as well as "industrial" zones (plastic recycling, leather works, pottery), where it's difficult to see how photographs of non-human subjects would cause much harm. Residential zones, of course are more sensitive, and I can understand the overriding need for privacy there. Again, I'm sure Reality Tours has thought this through in a lot more depth than I have, but maybe this will give some food for thought. Or, at minimum, they might consider enhancing the collection of photos that they provide online for their customers. That collection has a number of portraits, but very few photos of the physical environment, the industries, the architecture, etc. Anyway, again, I highly recommend this tour!
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Posted On : 2024-04-14

Posted By : Another_aussie_bloke
Seeing the smiles on the children's faces of this village while playing cricket with a plank of wood as a bat and a broken chair as a stump will make your heart melt. The hard working men and women of Dharavi contribute so much to society and you will see that in this tour. Our guide was very knowledgeable about Dharavi as she has lived there he whole life. Also worth noting that Reality Tours donates 80% of profits back to the slum communities to run education programs.
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Posted On : 2024-04-10

Posted By : Sightsee520703
We thoroughly enjoyed this tour - something we will remember for always. Our tour guide was very informative and we learned so much about life in the slums. So many people misunderstand what the slums are (including us before we took the tour). It certainly changed our understanding and we were left in admiration of the ingenuity and endeavour of the many people who live there. Highly recommend this tour to everyone !
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Posted On : 2024-04-08

Posted By : lorenzr960
We did the slum tour and were so happy with it, that we booked the street food tour. It was awesome. Both Tourguides were really friendly and open.
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Posted On : 2024-04-02

Posted By : Discover55281346688
If you are looking for something unique and an eye-opening experience then you should definitely take a tour with them. I took part in the Dharavi Slum Tour as part of our project for college. It turned out to be unlike any other trip I had taken, providing a distinct and interesting viewpoint. Additionally, the organization conducts an NGO aimed at educating children within Dharavi, with 80% of the tour proceeds supporting this cause. The founder, Mr. Krishna Pujari, showed a great deal of expertise and helped out when needed. Since most of the tourists I saw were foreigners, I hope that their efforts will be more well-known to domestic travelers like me.
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Posted On : 2024-03-29

Posted By : Climber57515937293
Right from the time we arrived, we were made to feel included amongst other fellow travellers, made me feel safe throughout and was indeed a seamless and an enjoyable experience. Had it not been for Reality Tours, I wouldn't have explored this hidden gem on my own.
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Posted On : 2024-03-27