Tour : Mumbai
Day tour of Mumbai
Visit to Worli Fishing Village
When you visit Worli Fishing Village, the eight hundred years old settlement of the original inhabitants of Mumbai, the fishermen community, you will discover the way of life of the local fishermen. You can learn their own methods of catching fishes, selling them, the haggling and bargaining process. Later, visit Worli Fort overlooking the expansive Arabian Sea. The fort has withstood the test of time, seen pirate attacks, sea-wars, and has also served as a garrison during the British rule in India.
Heritage walk in Mumbai
Begin your walk of the city with the emblematic Gateway of India. Right beside the arch is the legendary Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Move on to the many monuments of British India including the Royal Mumbai Yacht Club, the Police Headquarters, the NGMA and the city museum, the Raja Bhai towers as well as the Big Ben of Mumbai. Your guide will also tell you histories and facts of these buildings along with their significance. End your tour with the Victoria Terminus Railway Station.
Warli Art Workshop
Guests can explore this local artform under the guidance of an expert Warli art is a beautiful folk art of Maharashtra. The most important aspect of the painting is that it does not depict mythological characters or images of deities, but community life. The Warlis or Varlis are an indigenous tribe living in mountainous as well as coastal areas of Maharashtra and Gujarat. They speak an unwritten Varli language which belongs to the southern zone of the Indo-Aryan languages. The wall paintings by the Warlis use a very basic graphic vocabulary: a circle, a triangle and a square. The circle and triangle come from their observation of nature –the circle representing the sun and the moon, the triangle derived from mountains and pointed trees.
A day with the Dabbawalas
Guests can get to live the life of a Dabbawala in Mumbai for some time. Start the session with a detailed talk with the head of the Dabbawala association regarding the legendary tiffin service of the city that has been operational over a period of almost 130 years. Guests can also be part of the operations for one day where they participate in the process of distributing dabbas or tiffins on board the busy local trains of Mumbai.
Mumbai Dharavi Slum Tour
Dharavi Slum which is popularly known for being the ‘largest slum in Asia’, but there is much more to this historic area of Mumbai than poverty. Dharavi’s industries have an annual turnover of approximately US$ 665 million. Guests experience a wide range of these activities: recycling, pottery-making, embroidery, bakery, soap factory, leather tanning, poppadom-making and many more. Most of these things are created in innovative ways and in very small spaces! People from all over India live in Dharavi, and this diversity is apparent in the temples, mosques and churches that stand side by side. A tour through Dharavi’s narrow alleys is quite an adventure, and you will leave with an enlightened sense of the purpose and determination that exists in the area.