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: 24 hours
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…
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….

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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Pioneer35397947256
Jan 29, 2025
Nice explanation and very honourable person .not cheating at all I recommend you for all my friend .. - Very good experience and very kind person. I request for you .and very happy to be with him on this tourism trip.thank you a lot
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Flopibitar
Jan 23, 2025
Amazing Guide and visit - Super recommend going to the Elephanta Caves, this is one of the best experiences I had in India. Starting with the ferry I loved the tranquil voyage and views. Then hiring a tour was essential! Not only did I understand more of the history but it made the trip memorable! Thank you Pankaj for being one of the best tour guides I have had! You were funny, clever and gave us all the best tips!
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Alberto
Jan 23, 2025
Great guide for one of Mumbai's most interesting attractions - We took this guide for our group of 5 friends. He was extremely prepared on the sculptures and the history of the caves. He was able to make us understand Hinduism and appreciate the temple. He was by far the best guide we had in our India trip!
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Romainbg5528vv
Jan 7, 2025
Pankaj the fantastic tour guide! - Pankaj was a fantastic tour guide -- knowledgeable, engaging, and witty -- he clearly knew so much about the history of the caves and the island and was able to convey this to us in an interesting and entertaining way. He was kind, courteous and respectful and the tour was great value for money. It was a pleasure to meet his father and brother along the way and we bought a beautiful painting from his father's stall. Would highly recommend!! Thank you again Pankaj and good luck!! From Emma and Romain
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920jinic
Oct 11, 2024
Excellent tour - Mak was a great tour guide, he explained the history of the island and the caves very well. It was a lovely experience and would highly recommend! If you're coming in the summer make sure to bring a fan!
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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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