Amaze Tours · Dharavi, Mumbai
A shorter walk through the Dharavi that Slumdog Millionaire made famous: soap, cosmetics, textiles, recycling, and a finish at a pottery. Pick it if you have half a morning, or if you want to add a vegetarian meal in a family's home.
The film is the hook, not the content. Danny Boyle told NPR in 2008 that Slumdog Millionaire was shot in two slums, one of them Dharavi, and this Amaze Tours walk uses that name to draw people in. What you see is Dharavi at work: soap and cosmetics units, textiles, the recycling trade, and a talk with residents along the way. The walk ends at a pottery factory, where the guide can call you a taxi.
The listing gives 1.5 to 3 hours by option, and its description calls the core walk a two-hour tour in a small group. The add-on is the interesting part: a vegetarian meal in a local family's home, which slows the morning down. Other options pair it with Dhobi Ghat, give you a female guide, make it private, or start at the Gateway of India.
Photography and video are not permitted at most places, per the listing, and you should ask the guide before taking anything. The tour runs rain or shine. It is not suitable for pregnant travellers or anyone with mobility or heart problems.
The default meeting point is a pin in Dharavi. The Gateway of India option starts in south Mumbai instead.
Small units making everyday goods, and the people who run them.
How the city's plastic gets sorted, cleaned and sold on.
Finish at a pottery factory; the guide can call a taxi for you.
If you booked it, a vegetarian meal in a local home.
★★★★★Fantastic guide. Really professional, knowledgable and a gentleman.
★★★★★A profound experience, highly recommended beyond all other mumbai tours
★★★★★It was respectful to the locals with rules in place.
★★★★★Slum has many problems but also it has strong communities and that's is what we almost lost.
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The listing uses the film's name for Dharavi itself. The walk is about the workshops and lanes, not a set-by-set tour of locations.
1.5 to 3 hours by option. The core walk is described as about two hours.
Yes, as an add-on. The listing describes it as a vegetarian meal in a local family's home.
Not at most places, per the listing. Ask the guide before you take any picture.
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A shorter Dharavi walk past soap, pottery and recycling units, with an optional meal in a family home.
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