Private Kanheri- Buddhist Cave Tour: Explore Rock-cut Monuments and Buddhist Sculptures

The Kanheri Caves comprise a network of caverns and engraved stone structures. These sites feature Buddhist statuary and bas-relief engravings, murals, and epigraphs, with origins tracing back from the 1st century BCE to the 10th century CE. Discover the multitude

Duration:
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Kanheri Caves - our tour will begin by Kanheri Caves passing through the green forests of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park. Located 3.5 miles (6 km) inside the park,Explore Buddhist sculptures and relief carvings, paintings and inscriptions, dating from the 1st century BCE to the 10th century CE..The cave complex comprises one hundred and nine caves, carved from the basalt rock.Most of the caves are used as the Buddhist viharas, meant for living, studying, and meditating. Don’t miss the Buddhist shrine, called a stupa, in one of the caves before returning to Mumbai
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Private car and driver
  • English-speaking guide
  • Unforgettable memories
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
  • You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Location
Kanheri Caves
Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Borivli East
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Shihlee_k
Jan 26, 2024
A fun outing to Kanheri-Buddhist Cave - Dev was a great tour guide, informative and entertaining. We enjoyed the Kanheri- Buddhist Cave very much, so much history behind them. A nice day to be outdoors.
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Relax13692823840
Nov 9, 2023
I recommend it - incredible experience, thanks to my guide, we toured all the caves, he explained the whole story to me, he took care of me and was attentive to me
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Ahatn
Sep 1, 2023
Great time at Kaniheri caves in Mumbai - Thank you so much for taking me to Kaniheri caves in Mumbai. It was an incredible experience. The driver and tour guide (Dev) were awesome. Highly recommend!
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Nashville_wahine
Jun 24, 2023
Amazing tour! - Superior experience. Dev was exceedingly gracious and knowledgeable. Highly recommend this tour and company.
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Aniiaawr
Jun 17, 2023
Great job - I’ve had a great tour guide who was very well prepared, organized and friendly! Whole tour was an amazing experience, I recommend it to everyone who would love to learn more about India 😊
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Boardingpass729837
Oct 27, 2022
Fantastic and Educational day out - Travelling as a solo female it was important that I felt safe so I booked online through GetYourGuide. I was also happy to find that the cost of going solo was only a third more - and not double like the other tour companies. I was picked up on time at my hotel by Mystical Mumbai driver and tour guide Anthony who drove me the hour to Sanjay Gandhi National Park. I was met by professional guide Prof Ganesh Vakale and caught the internal bus for the 7km ride to the cave entrance through beautiful lush forests. Prof Ganesh knew everything about Kanheri Caves and we spent an amazing few hours climbing stairs all over the site and learning the 2500 years of history. I really recommend using a professional guide like Ganesh to learn everything that you wouldn’t easily be able to learn on your own. He was Aldi happy to take as many photos and videos as I wanted - very accomodating and friendly. An experience not to be missed while staying in Mumbai. I also recommend going early in the morning as it gets quite hot. Finishing there and catching the bus back to the front gate I returned gratefully to the air conditioned vehicle and drove with Anthony and the driver to a ferry departure place to take a ferry to the Global Vipassanda Pagoda which was an incredible sight. I also had great fun catching the ferry loaded with families beautifully dressed up for Diwali. A really fantastic day out I am looking forward to booking more adventures through Mystical Mumbai tours while staying in Mumbai.
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X9512csalexandrah
May 7, 2022
Interessing tour - We had a longer layover in Mumbai. Dev, our guide, made shure everything went smooth and definetely went the extra mile. Park did not allow any cars in that day, so he arranged some bikes. Dev had good knowledge about the caves and gave us some interessing insights. Highly recommended!
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Jenninil
Jan 15, 2023
Awesome guide and beautiful place - I definitely recommend this tour in January when it is not too hot and seeing many monkeys was a treat 😊
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Nynynz
Nov 16, 2022
Buddhist history within Mumbai surrounds - Requires walking over uneven ground but well worth the effort. You get to see wildlife on the bus drive up and then walk up to view several of the 109 caves. Going early in the morning is a good idea.
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Justine_c
Mar 18, 2020
Enjoyable hike with great guides - My tour guide Dev was very friendly and the driver for the tour was the best driver I had during my stay in Mumbai- both efficient and safe. Although the tour guide wasn't able to spout hundreds of facts about the caves, he knew a good deal of information, enough to answer my questions. The true joy of the tour was just getting out of the hustle of Mumbai and walking around the national park to marvel at the caves. After completing the tour, I still think it was overpriced, but it was the only real option I saw when I was looking last minute.
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