Elephanta Caves Tour: Ancient Hindu Sculptures

Discover ancient rock-cut temples and intricate sculptures at the UNESCO World Heritage Elephanta Caves near Mumbai. Explore history, architecture, and religious art.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Elephanta Caves - Experience a distinguished tour of Elephanta Island, home to the UNESCO World Heritage Elephanta Caves. This comprehensive excursion offers an in-depth exploration of ancient rock-cut temples and their elaborate sculptures, which date from the 5th to 9th centuries. The tour includes a detailed examination of the principal cave…
What's Included
  • Admission fees to Elephant Island
  • Bottled water
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

The Elephanta Caves are a series of ancient rock-cut temples situated on Elephanta Island, close to Mumbai, India. Originating from between the 5th and 8th centuries, these caves are famous for their detailed sculptures mainly dedicated to Hindu gods, including the remarkable Trimurti, a 20-foot statue of the three-headed Shiva. The caves boast…

Location
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Marg
It’s near the Gate Way of India, traveler’s can travel by local trains, cabs. From the Gate Way of India it is 2 minutes walking distance
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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422snehaj
Nov 9, 2024
Excellent elephanta caves tour with a local guide!! - We had a great time exploring elephanta caves and learning about its rich history from our tour guide Nikhil, who's an elephanta island native. He greeted us at the dock and guided us to the caves through an array of shops, giving us insights into local life and culture. Once at the caves, he described what each sculpture represented and showed us the meditation rooms. He also helped us take some really good pictures, and importantly, ensured we didn't get bullied by the monkeys! I strongly recommend booking a tour with Nikhil and learning about the caves and local life.
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Elizabeth
Nov 9, 2024
A wonderful tour of Elephant Island - Nikhil gave us a wonderful tour of the caves on Elephant Island. He was very knowledgeable about all the statues and we had plenty of photo opportunities. I highly recommend Nikhil for a tour.
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Nishamalaviya
Nov 6, 2024
Great Experience! - Nikhil was a great tour guide. He patiently explained the history in reasonable English, took lots of pictures and was very courteous. I’d highly recommend
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Explorer45750759400
Nov 5, 2024
Amazing tour - Nikhil was an amazing guide and his English was excellent. He gave me so much interesting information and could answer all my questions.
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979neilw
Nov 3, 2024
Elephant caves - Excellent local tour with Nikhil, very knowledge guide with good English. Thoroughly explained the various caves / gods.
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Edouardr794
Nov 1, 2024
Elephant caves Nikhil toptop - Wonderfull with Nikhil, very good guide :) choose him! Visit of his village at the end is really nice, he bring us to his house
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Stay24266482241
Nov 1, 2024
Amazing - Everything for super interested Nikhil is a wonderfull guide and will gives you lots of details regarding Elephanta caves. I recommend Thank you Nikhil :)
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987anum
Oct 29, 2024
Amazing - Me and my brother came here for the first time the people here are so friendly and we got a tour guide here his name is nikhil any one coming here i will recommend him he is a local . We got to know the history of this amazing cave and took a lot of photos. 10/10 in my opinion
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Ionelagabrielag
Oct 26, 2024
Really nice , fun and enjoyable .nik was just fantastic - CNN Nickhill. Was our guide today and was fantastic, good explanation , was even fun the tour , enjoyable and really learned a lot from him . Recommended him 100%.
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Navigator05489343896
Oct 24, 2024
A-Must-Do tour for sure, specially for the solo travellers! Very smooth experience - As a solo female traveler, visiting the Elephanta Caves for the first time was an incredible experience. Rohit, our guide, made me feel completely safe and comfortable throughout the tour. He was not only knowledgeable but also very friendly, which made the whole experience even more enjoyable. It was the best introduction to the caves, and I highly recommend this tour to anyone, especially solo travelers ♥️
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From $41
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).