Elephanta Caves Tour: Explore Ancient Rock-Cut Temples in Mumbai

Embark on a captivating Elephanta Caves tour in Mumbai to explore ancient rock-cut temples, intricate sculptures, and stunning artistry dating back to the 5th to 8th centuries. Discover the historical and cultural significance of this UNESCO-listed site and enjoy a scenic boat ride with breathtaking views.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Elephanta Caves - Join our Elephanta Island tour to discover history’s wonders. Our friendly guide will meet you at your hotel, and together you’ll hop on a ferry to the famous Elephanta Island. A short walk on the island, guided by our expert, leads to the Elephanta Caves

  • a bit of a climb, but totally worth it!

Inside the caves, our guide brings history alive, sharing stories etched in the rock. Heading back with your guide, you can enjoy the island’s beauty once more.

This 5-6 hour journey ends safely at your hotel, leaving you with memories of a day well-spent exploring history.

What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • All fees and/or taxes
Additional Information

Visitors, during their journey through the Elephanta tour, will gain the privilege of exploring the celebrated Elephanta Island, best known for its antiquated cave temples. The tour presents an impressive display of delicately carved sculptures, exquisitely detailed architecture, and fascinating works of art originating from the 5th to 8th centuries. The highlight of the tour is the Elephanta Caves, recognized by UNESCO, where you can observe sculptures representing Hindu gods, mythological tales, and religious stories. Guides will provide insights into the historical and cultural relevance of the site. The tour usually includes visiting the main cave, dedicated to Lord Shiva, complemented by excursions to smaller caves filled with various sculptures. The journey also comprises a picturesque boat ride to and from the island, where visitors can experience views of the Mumbai skyline and the Arabian Sea. Overall, the Elephanta tour is a captivating glimpse into the abundance of India’s heritage and artistic tradition.

Location
PizzaExpress
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Marg
The meetup spot is PizzaExpress, located next to The Gateway of India.The guide will be present there 15 minutes before the tour to meet you. The tour will commence from this point. If you need additional help, please reach out to us on WhatsApp.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Roving16190891352
Sep 15, 2024
Elephanta caves - Great tour. I did a solo tour and the guide Tom gave a fantastic tour and took fantastic photos and give planty of explantions for every single figures in the main cave! I absolutly recomend.
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Liz_s
Sep 13, 2024
Definitely don’t miss this - Fantastic guide with us all day and another local guide on Elephanta island. The island is beautiful and stone carvings so clever and guide told an excellent story about all carvings. . Boat trip lovely
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Sunshine45161609908
Sep 10, 2024
An expert tour of some fascinating history and a pleasant boat ride to the island - A must for your visit to Mumbai. Real Mumbai history pre-dating the British! Knowledgeable guide Mak based on the island guided us expertly around the temples and also knew the perfect photo opportunities. Thanks to Saddam for all the arrangements, transfer and ferry.
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Matthiask2294
Jul 26, 2024
brilliant support - perfect & "tiptop" tour !! - tiptop = very good “Elephanta caves tours” ... - again - third great pick up at the hotel - completely well and safely driven and “picked up” - always provided with fresh water or other drinks - start to the "Elephanta caves tours” ... on our "own" boat, because of the ferry has not been running for 10 days - the guys found a special way for us - great private tour, almost alone in the caves - after four hours - a lot of private wishes fullfilled - help by the wish to produce our "own t-shirts" - printed - help and support by sending parcels to "Germany" - help and support by the genealogy and search for an old acquaintance - help and support by find two perfect SARIs for our two daugthers ... we find them in a shop ... and got the delivery today for free in the hotel = brilliant - again today despite the “rain” part III - GREAT tour !!! - perfectly brought back to the hotel - approx. 8 1/2 hour tour
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Flyer15376270171
Apr 28, 2024
Great combo tour: elephanta + city tour - I have done the combo tour: elephanta caves and city tour and had a great experience with Balaji (guide) and Pranav (driver). Highly recommended. These tours are a must if you want to know more about Mumbai and surroundings and want to make the best of your time.
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Go60714436487
Sep 17, 2023
Kanheri caves visit - Yash was a outstanding guide. Hewas very knowledgeable aboutthe caves and the history. His explanations were clear and he was a pleasure to spend a few hours with.
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D2353ivmaryp
Dec 3, 2023
Amazing tour & tour company! - I felt safe with my driver! Rohit was a Great guide! He was informative and very knowledgeable! His English was good. He made the 1 hour boat trip each way very interesting. I had difficulty with my transport plans for the next day and they were helpful and even offered to bring me to the train station to get my ticket. Only complaint was that the guide at Elephanta (not with the tour company) went too fast up the 120 steps. I’m 62 yrs old & would have liked to go a little slower. But he was very informative and took great pictures. The best part, of course was the AMAZING sculptures! What a place! I would recommend this tour & with this tour company.
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