Private Full-Day Mumbai City Tour with Kanheri Caves Excursion
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Private Full-Day Mumbai City Tour with Kanheri Caves Excursion
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9 to 10 hours (Approx.)
Pickup offered
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Offered in: English and 3 more
Good for avoiding crowds
Overview
Take in the many wonders of Mumbai on a private full-day tour that starts with an excursion to Kanheri Caves. You'll also see city highlights including the Gateway of India, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Victoria Terminus), Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai (Crawford Market), Marine Drive, the Hanging Gardens on Malabar Hill, the Gandhi Museum, Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat, and the Prince of Wales Museum. Includes private guide and vehicle, and pickup and drop-off from your chosen location.
- Private full-day Mumbai tour with Kanheri Caves
- Travel to Sanjay Gandhi National Park to explore Kanheri Caves, the ancient Buddhist cave complex
- View the Gateway of India, Victoria Terminus, the Gandhi Museum, and Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat
- Cruise along the Arabian Sea to Malabar Hill via Marine Drive, aka the Queen's Necklace
- Includes private guide and driver, and pickup and drop-off from your chosen location
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Start your day with a complementary morning pickup from your chosen location (excludes port pickup), then relax in your private air-conditioned vehicle on the 1-hour drive to Sanjay Gandhi National Park, where the Kanheri Caves are located.
The 109 basalt rock caves were carved between the 1st century BC and 9th century AD, and the site served for more than 1,000 years as a center for Buddhist monks.
Return to the city and visit the Gateway of India, a colonial-era monument that overlooks Apollo Bunder Harbour. At 1pm, stop for lunch at a local restaurant (own expense) then drive past Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Victoria Terminus), a historic railway station in Mumbai and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Continue to Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai (Crawford Market), a famous classic wholesale market. Peruse the stalls, then continue with a scenic drive along Marine Drive. The roadway follows the Arabian Sea’s shoreline from Nariman Point past Girgaum Chowpatty to Malabar Hill.
Stop at the Hanging Gardens (Pherozeshah Mehta Gardens) on Malabar Hill to take in panoramic views of South Mumbai. Next up, visit Mani Bhawan (Gandhi Museum), a Gujarati-style residence that was Mahatma Gandhi’s headquarters.
Head to Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat, a140-year-old dhobi ghat is the largest unmechanized laundry facility in the world. Finally, go to the Prince of Wales Museum (closed Mondays) before your tour ends at 6pm.
The 109 basalt rock caves were carved between the 1st century BC and 9th century AD, and the site served for more than 1,000 years as a center for Buddhist monks.
Return to the city and visit the Gateway of India, a colonial-era monument that overlooks Apollo Bunder Harbour. At 1pm, stop for lunch at a local restaurant (own expense) then drive past Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Victoria Terminus), a historic railway station in Mumbai and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Continue to Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai (Crawford Market), a famous classic wholesale market. Peruse the stalls, then continue with a scenic drive along Marine Drive. The roadway follows the Arabian Sea’s shoreline from Nariman Point past Girgaum Chowpatty to Malabar Hill.
Stop at the Hanging Gardens (Pherozeshah Mehta Gardens) on Malabar Hill to take in panoramic views of South Mumbai. Next up, visit Mani Bhawan (Gandhi Museum), a Gujarati-style residence that was Mahatma Gandhi’s headquarters.
Head to Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat, a140-year-old dhobi ghat is the largest unmechanized laundry facility in the world. Finally, go to the Prince of Wales Museum (closed Mondays) before your tour ends at 6pm.
Itinerary
After pickup from your Mumbai hotel, airport or sea port, set off by private, air-conditioned vehicle with your guide. then relax in your private vehicle on the 1-hour drive to Sanjay Gandhi National Park, where the Kanheri Caves are located. The caves comprise vihara (monasteries), chaitya (halls) and dwellings, and were used by Buddhist monks between the 1st century BC and 10th century AD as part of a monastic university complex.
Duration: 2 hours
Admission Ticket Not Included
View the UNESCO-listed Victorian Gothic masterpiece of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CST), Imposing, exuberant and overflowing with people, this monumental train station is the city’s most extravagant Gothic building and an aphorism of colonial-era India.
Duration: 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Free
Previously known as Crawford Market is the largest in Mumbai, and contains the last whiff of British Bombay before the tumult of the central bazaars begins. Fruit and vegetables, meat and fish are mainly traded, it's also a touristy spot to stock up on spices.
Duration: 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Free
Also known as Pherozeshah Mehta Gardens, are terraced gardens perched at the top of Malabar Hill, on its western side, just opposite the Kamala Nehru Park. They provide sunset views over the Arabian Sea and feature numerous hedges carved into the shapes of animals.
Duration: 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Free
As poignant as it is tiny, this museum is in the building where Mahatma Gandhi stayed during visits to Bombay from 1917 to 1934. Exhibitions include his personal room, a photographic record of his life, along with dioramas and documents, such as letters he wrote to Adolf Hitler and Franklin D Roosevelt and tributes from Ho Chi Minh and Albert Einstein.
Duration: 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Not Included
This 140-year-old dhobi ghat (place where clothes are washed) is Mumbai’s biggest human-powered washing machine, every day hundreds of people beat the dirt out of thousands of kilograms of soiled Mumbai clothes and linen in 1026 open-air troughs. The best view is from the bridge across the railway tracks near Mahalaxmi train station.
Duration: 15 minutes
Admission Ticket Free
Formerly known as the Prince of Wales Museum, it was designed by George Wittet — who incidentally was also the brains behind the Gateway of India. Apart from the gorgeous architecture, the museum is known for harbouring artefacts from the Mughal empire, as well rare heirlooms from Europe, Nepal, Tibet, Japan, and China.
After viewing some of India’s most precious historical art here, your tour concludes at the starting point or other desired location in Mumbai.
After viewing some of India’s most precious historical art here, your tour concludes at the starting point or other desired location in Mumbai.
Duration: 1 hour
Admission Ticket Not Included
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