Private Dharavi Slum Tour with Local Guide & Transport

Dharavi is a working city inside a city, not a museum.

A private walking tour of Dharavi, Asia's largest slum, with hotel pickup and a local English-speaking guide who shows you how residents live and work there. The tour lasts 60 to 90 minutes on foot through the neighborhoods and businesses of the slum, with light refreshments and bottled water included. You'll also see locations from the film Slumdog Millionaire.

Step-by-step itinerary

Dharavi Slum walking tour and transport

• Pick up from hotel or location
• Travel to Dharavi Slum
• 60 to 90 minutes walking tour
• See local businesses and communities

The experience

The tour starts with pickup from your hotel, airport or any location you choose, then moves by private air-conditioned vehicle to Dharavi. Once there, you walk the neighborhoods with a guide who knows the place, not as a visitor, but as someone who lives in it. The 60 to 90 minute walk takes you past the businesses and daily life of nearly a million residents: you see how people work, what trades happen in the tight lanes, and what the slum actually is beyond the name.

Your guide points out locations where Slumdog Millionaire was filmed, but the film is context, not the point. The walk itself is the insight: the scale of it, the density, the fact that Dharavi runs like a functioning economy with leather tanneries, textile mills, recycling operations and small shops all operating inside what outsiders call a slum. You move at a pace the guide sets, stopping where there is something to see or understand.

Light refreshments and bottled water are provided during the tour. The vehicle waits for you, and the same driver brings you back to your starting point when the walk ends. A guide who speaks English is with you the whole time, answering questions as they come up.

What’s included

• Private air-conditioned vehicle with pickup from your hotel or airport.
• local English-speaking guide for the entire walk.
• light refreshments and bottled water during the tour.
• hotel drop-off at the end.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDeparts at 10:00

Book up to2h before

AgesAdult (18 to 65 years) · Senior (66 and older) · Youth (13 to 17 years) · Child (3 to 12 years) · Infant (under 3)

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

Prices and times updated 8 days ago

Good to know

Moderate physical effortNot recommended during pregnancyNot recommended with heart problemsNot recommended with back problemsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by World of Bollywood Tours

Is this one for you?Book this private tour if you want to move at your own pace with a guide who knows Dharavi from living there, rather than joining a group. The private format and local guide mean you can ask questions as they come up and spend time on what interests you most.

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Top questions

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Youth (13 to 17 years); Child (3 to 12 years); Infant (under 3).

How long is the actual walking part of the tour?

The walking tour itself lasts 60 to 90 minutes, depending on the pace and where your guide stops to explain something. The full experience, including pickup and the drive to Dharavi, takes longer.

What exactly will I see during the walk through Dharavi?

You'll walk through the neighborhoods where people live and work, seeing leather tanneries, textile mills, recycling businesses and small shops operating inside the slum. Your guide will also show you filming locations from Slumdog Millionaire and explain how residents actually live and earn their living there.

Is this tour private, or will I be with other travelers?

This is a private tour. Just you and your group with your own guide and vehicle. You don't share the experience with strangers.

What's included in the price?

Hotel or airport pickup and drop-off, private air-conditioned transport, a local English-speaking guide for the full tour, light refreshments and bottled water are all included.

Do I need to be in good physical shape to do this tour?

You should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness, since the tour involves 60 to 90 minutes of walking on foot through the slum's neighborhoods. The tour is not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries, poor cardiovascular health, or if you're pregnant.