Mumbai - The City of Dreams is also the home to innumerable multi-millionaires and star icons and the houses to Asia’s largest slum area named Dharavi. The word Slum mind evoke the terms like poverty, dirty lanes, lack of sanitation, and bad lifestyle in your mind. Though, Dharavi slum of Mumbai is far different from this slum and also an important tourist attraction in Mumbai. Dharavi is a large area which can be easily explored within a day.
Highlights:
Day 1: Dharavi - Witness the lives of Slum
Dharavi is located in the center of Mumbai which also has its credibility of being one of Asia's largest slum. It is densely populated and everyone here works on the basis of day in and day out to earn their livelihood. Numerous thousands of small trades are prevalent here. Surprisingly, in spite of supporting many small scale industries, this area is underdeveloped. Lack of proper healthcare facilities, cleanliness, hygiene, and some essential services like clean drinking water, electricity, etc will be found here.
An assisted drive will be taken to Dharavi where on your arrival you will be taken through the constricted lanes to have a glimpse of reality into the lives of slum people and their occupations. People producing leather goods, plastic goods, running pottery business and more where you can also have a look at the grand recycling business of Dharavi. While roaming around the streets, you will also visit the local doctor’s clinic and barber’s shop. Even the rings of school bells and sounds of children reciting poems and learn counting will be experienced here. You can capture their lifestyle in your cameras.
Therefore this Slum Tour will bring sheer excitement in your and an experience that will make you familiar with the tough realities of a slum.