Dharavi Slum Tour: Authentic Local Experience

Immerse yourself in the heart of Mumbai’s Dharavi slum through our guided tour led by local guides. Discover the vibrant culture, interact with residents, and support community empowerment.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Dharavi - Asia’s largest slum, Dharavi, lies on prime property right in the middle of India’s financial capital, Mumbai (Bombay). It is home to more than a million people. Many are second-generation residents, whose parents moved in years ago. In a city where house rents are among the highest in the world, Dharavi provides a cheap and affordable…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Bottled water
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Join us on our original and genuine tour through Mumbai’s lively Dharavi slum, conducted by local guides who were raised in the same community. Our guides provide more than textbook knowledge; they recount their personal encounters and narratives to give you an authentic glimpse into the Dharavi lifestyle.
Throughout the tour, you’ll get to immerse…

Location
Dharavi
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Haleynwillis
Jan 18, 2026
A really thoughtful tour - We had an incredible tour of Dharavi with Kamlesh. I really appreciated his connection to Dharavi and the care he took during the tour, given we were walking through a space where people work and live. We learned so much, and he was able to answer all of our many questions. I’d highly recommend this tour to anyone!
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_m2431eu
Jan 17, 2026
All right. - It was interesting. You can understand how people in the area live and earn their living.
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111sonalp
Jan 7, 2026
Make sure you do this! - We visited the slum today with our guide, Rahul! What a fantastic experience. We went on a private tour with our teenage children and Rahul showed us so many different aspects of the slum (industry, residential, commercial, healthcare etc). Rahul lives in the slum and gave us real insights into how it functions and operates. I think you expect to see dirt and poverty; but what you dont expect is the way people are so accepting of their circumstances, how they live so simply yet happily; how entreaupreanial they are and how much money/industry exists within the slum. Worth the visit! Make sure you use this company...they were great to deal with in terms of communicating and organisation!
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Donna_h
Dec 13, 2025
A Unique & Educational Experience - Our guide, Bharti was fabulous. She had lived in this slum all of her life and her children were 5th generation. She took us on a fascinating tour which included sections where plastic was recycled, where soap was made, pottery produced and garments were dyed and created. We were fortunate enough to meet her lovely children, father and other members of her family. Bharti had perfect English and it was a tour we will never forget. I can't recommend her highly enough!
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Roam52198240628
Nov 8, 2025
What an amazing tour and fantastic guide - This was an excellent tour of Dharavi which was made even better by the quality of the guide, Mayur. Mayur’s in depth knowledge of the community, industry, commercial strengths and residences in addition being able to navigate in a way which built the experience and stories. I would highly recommend this tour and Mayur.
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Carolinelincoln63
Apr 27, 2025
Dharavi Experience - Vivia was an excellent guide, very professional and personable. She gave us an excellent insight into the fascinating community lifestyle of the Dharavi dwellers, preferring to refer to it as a ‘chawl’ rather than the derogatory ‘slum’. The residents are proud of their homes and communities. The myriad of small businesses and enterprises was fascinating, especially the plastic recycling and thresher machine manufacture, as well as pottery making, leather crafting and textile dying and recycling. Definitely a ‘must do’ experience meeting these lovely friendly people.
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Daytrip535479
Apr 15, 2025
Dharavi a billion dollar industrial slum - Bharti gave me the guided tour. Shd was very good and answered all my questions. On the tour we went the the leather factries, cloth dying area, stitching factories, pottery area,plastic segregation and recycling area on the commercial front. Other than that we passed though the slum living area which is just 6*6 per residence and also the area which is marked to go for redevelopment. Overall an amazing eye opening experience
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Maciejk515
Apr 4, 2025
Great tour of Dharavi. - I went on a Dharavi tour with Divya. She is an excellent guide who was born, grew up and lives in Dharavi. She is a very positive, smiling person who has a great knowledge of the place. It was 2,5 hrs tour to see how the everyday life in Dharavi is and it was a great experience. If you plan to visit Dharavi, ask for Divya to be your guide.
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Jacqueline_h
Apr 2, 2025
Experience of a life time - This was the most amazing tour. We weren’t sure about being “those people” who go and look at other peoples situations based on our own, but when I looked into this one a little bit more I read that the proceeds of the tour go back into the community so we went. We had Divya as our guide who was like a local celebrity! Apparently the first female to offer this tour. She gave us the most memorable experiences in every part of the places we visited and has a good knowledge of the workings. She was even stopped by some Dutch tourists who said they had recognised her from YouTube! She also lives there and we got to see her beautiful home and meet her lovely family. If you are worried about going then don’t be! It is an experience I will remember for a lifetime and so glad I went. There is a lovely community here and seeing all of the ins and outs was amazing! I read on some forum that you should only take the kids pens and pencils etc but the reality is the kids wanted chocolate! They were very appreciative of our gifts and seeing their smiling faces was worth every penny but it’s chocolate they love! So thank you Divya for an amazing tour and hopefully see you again! And thank you for our gifts! We love them.
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Jacquihayton
Apr 2, 2025
Beautiful community - This was the most amazing tour. We weren’t sure about being “those people” who go and look at other peoples situations based on our own, but when I looked into this one a little bit more I read that the proceeds of the tour go back into the community so we went. We had Divya as our guide who was like a local celebrity! Apparently the first female to offer this tour. She gave us the most memorable experiences in every part of the places we visited and has a good knowledge of the workings. She was even stopped by some Dutch tourists who said they had recognised her from YouTube! She also lives there and we got to see her beautiful home and meet her lovely family. If you are worried about going then don’t be! It is an experience I will remember for a lifetime and so glad I went. There is a lovely community here and seeing all of the ins and outs was amazing! I read on some forum that you should only take the kids pens and pencils etc but the reality is the kids wanted chocolate! They were very appreciative of our gifts and seeing their smiling faces was worth every penny but it’s chocolate they love! So thank you Divya for an amazing tour and hopefully see you again! And thank you for our gifts! We love them.
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From $44
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).