Kolkata Slum Walking Tour: An Exploration of Local Life, Work and Community

Embark on a unique walking excursion in Kolkata. On the slum tour, visitors experience the locals’ lifestyle, observing their workplaces and homes within a constrained space. Stroll through the neighborhood, stop by a neighborhood nursery school, a rubber manufacturing facility, and engage with the welcoming residents of this congenial community.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

The group gathers at a designated meeting spot. This walking tour offers an opportunity to explore one of Kolkata’s slum areas and gain insight into the daily lives of many residents. The goal is to demonstrate that slums are not solely defined by poverty, unpleasantness, and lack. During the tour, a diverse range of enterprises is showcased, including…

What's Included
  • Expert local guides
  • Complimentary packaged drinking water
What's Not Included
  • Food
  • Pick up & Drop off
Additional Information
  • 5% GST
  • 48 hours prior to the tour – 50% of the full payment.
  • Less than 48 hours or no show - NO REFUND.
  • Entry charges & Gifts for Children not Included.
Location
Sunflower Garden, Tower 4
Topsia Road
We meet our Guest outside Sunflower Garden entry gate
Cancellation Policy

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

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Susi_n
Mar 5, 2020
Engaged Children - Interesting and delightful tour walking down the small walkways of the slums in Kolkata. I had also done a slum tour in Mumbai and this was so different. Mumbai focused on work and recycling, whilst Kolkata was focused on the children, their families and everyday life - This is a very memorable tour in the best sense.
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889susin
Mar 2, 2020
Great Experience - Rahul was fantastic, showing us around the slums and meeting all the children and their families. I had done a slum tour in Mumbai which I had enjoyed, but the extra interaction with the children and getting a better insight in how people lived made this extra special.
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741jamilm
Feb 28, 2020
Experience life in the slum - meet the people who make up the Topsia slum. - This was a tour I will not forget. It was a privilege to see what life is like for the people living in the slum and enter their lives, even for a few seconds. The highlight was to meet so many lovely, welcoming children. The school was even opened up for me and I got to spend about 40 minutes with approx. 25 children. Their knowledge of English surprised me. Such happy children who believe education is so important - they really want to learn. SO welcoming! It really opens you eyes to life and puts our own lives into perspective - what should we really be focusing on in life. It made me really think about the sustainable development goals and how the lives of these children could be so different (for the good/bad) if some of these basic goals were met.... Thank you for giving such a great insight into the real life of so many people in Kolkata. I could not believe there are nearly 4000 slums but so few government funded slums! I would recommend this tour to everyone - I only wish I could have spent more time with the children.
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Romanlukasz
Feb 16, 2020
An amazing experience! - This visit was one of the highlights of our stay in Kolkata. The ability to interact with the residents and share in the work that the organization does for the community was simply priceless. It was a pleasure to meet all the children, talk to them, teach them and play with them. Participating in this tour will allow you to see the most genuine smiles on children’s faces, something so rare in some Western countries.
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Sharmashubham_13
Jan 21, 2020
Other Side Of The World - What could be more facinating other than visiting to the slum as i did the tour with rahul and the main aim of this tour is to show the other side of the world which is totally heartwarming as the people in the slum are very friendly and especially the smile of the kids touched me a lot.Rahul was my tour guide and was very good and well prepared and you don't feel like a visitor here.I interacted with the kids they were sooo much happy as we distributed some chocolates and biscuits.I really recommend this heartwarming experience to everybody and i also thank Let's Meet Up Tours for this wonderful tour.
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Drlulua_b
Apr 14, 2024
THE WORST TOUR VENDOR EVER - The vendor NEVER contacted me and provided the worst meeting point where my driver and everyone we asked had no idea where it was. We drove around for 50 mins and still couldn’t find the meeting point and missed my tour (if there really was one!). I called VIATOR customer service who were extremely not helpful and were very frustrating to talk to and would not refund me. HORRIBLE TOUR EXPERIENCE including Viator customer service!
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Roxane_w
Jan 21, 2024
Avoid. Scam. - Never found the tour operator. Trying to get a refund which is a nightmare. Your operator did not respond to messages.
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Zzle1
Jan 16, 2024
Went to the meeting point, nobody there, so the visit did not happen. - Went to the starting point, no tour operator. Really fed up because this tour was expensive and we really wanted to do it. Have applied for a refund but unsure as to whether this will happen. The advertising says that you can pay half the money before tours and the rest after but there was no opportunity for that either, the entire cost was taken immediately.
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Brian979
Apr 8, 2023
Viator needs better standards for their partners - What a horrible business. Confirmed the tour and didn’t bother to show up. Doesn’t Viator hold their partners to any standards? This is the second time this happened to me in just one week.
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Nicholas_k
Feb 14, 2023
I arrived at the meeting... - I arrived at the meeting point on time but nobody was there. I tried to call but couldn't get a hold of anyone.
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