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Mumbai City + Dabbawala aka Lunchbox + Train Ride Tour - The Unfeigned Mumbai.
Mumbai, India
$110
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
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Overview
The Dabbawalla Tour in Mumbai showcases the remarkable lunchbox delivery system that has been serving the city since 1890. With around 5,000 dabbawallas delivering over 200,000 home-cooked meals daily, this tour provides a unique insight into Mumbai’s culinary culture and vibrant sights.
- 🚴♂️ Learn about the Dabbawalla system, a flawless delivery network that transports hot lunches from homes and restaurants to offices using bicycles and trains.
- 🏙️ Visit iconic landmarks such as the Gateway of India, a grand monument commemorating the visit of King George V and Queen Mary in 1911.
- 👕 Explore Dhobi Ghat, an open-air laundromat where dhobis clean clothes and linens from Mumbai's hotels and hospitals since 1890.
- 🏛️ Discover Mani Bhavan Gandhi Museum, where Gandhi launched key movements during his time in Mumbai from 1917 to 1934.
- 🌳 Stroll through the Hanging Gardens, designed to protect Bombay's main water reservoir from pollution, built in 1881.
- 🌼 Enjoy the sights at Kamala Nehru Park, featuring a unique shoe-shaped structure inspired by a nursery rhyme.
- 🌊 Drive along Marine Drive, a picturesque 3.6 km promenade along the coast, known for its stunning views of the bay.
- 🕰️ Pass by the Rajabai Clock Tower, a striking structure within the University of Mumbai, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1878.
- 🚉 Experience the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, a historic railway station and architectural marvel, once known as the most expensive structure in Mumbai.
- 🚗 Comfortably travel in an air-conditioned vehicle with pickup and drop-off included, along with bottled water and a knowledgeable English-speaking guide.
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
Dabbawalla With Sightseeing
Duration: 5 hours
Mineral Water Bottle
Air-Conditioner Vehicle
Pickup included
Duration: 5 hours
Mineral Water Bottle
Air-Conditioner Vehicle
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 5 hours
The experience offers several options, check yours above
- Coffee and/or Tea
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- All Fees and Taxes
- Bottled water
- Private transportation
- Lunch
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Churchgate Railway StationThe dabbawalas (also spelled dabbawallas or dabbawallahs, called tiffin wallahs in older sources) constitute a lunchbox delivery and return system that delivers hot lunches from homes and restaurants to people at work in India, especially in Mumbai. The lunchboxes are picked up in the late morning, delivered predominantly using bicycles and railway trains, and returned empty in the afternoon.
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Dhobi Ghat (Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat) was an open air laundromat (lavoir) in Mumbai, India. The washers, known as dhobis, work in the open to clean clothes and linens from Mumbai's hotels and hospitals. It was constructed in 1890.
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Mani Bhavan Gandhi MuseumMani Bhavan was Gandhi's Mumbai headquarters for about 17 years, from 1917 to 1934. The mansion belonged to Revashankar Jagjeevan Jhaveri, Gandhi's friend and host in Mumbai during this period. It was from Mani Bhavan that Gandhi initiated the Non-Cooperation, Satyagraha, Swadeshi, Khadi and Khilafat Movements.
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Hanging GardensThe Gardens, also known as Pherozeshah Mehta Gardens were first built in 1881. Designed by Ulhas Ghapokar, it is said to have been built over one of Bombay's main water reservoir to protect it from getting polluted, particularly by the nearby towers of silence.
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Kamala Nehru ParkThe Kamla Nehru Park is named after the wife of Jawaharlal Nehru, Kamla Nehru. It is one of the oldest parks in Mumbai. The shoe structure made in the park is inspired from the nursery rhyme; there was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe.
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Marine DriveOften, the names Marine Drive and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road are used interchangeably to refer to this 3.6km stretch. The road and promenade were constructed by late philanthropist Bhagojisheth Keer and Pallonji Mistry. It is a 'C'-shaped six-lane concrete road along the coast of a natural bay.
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Gateway Of IndiaThe monument was erected to commemorate the landing of King George V and Queen Mary at Apollo Bunder on their visit to India in 1911. Built in Indo-Saracenic style, the foundation stone for the Gateway of India was laid on 31 March 1911. The structure is an arch made of basalt, 26 metres (85 feet) high.
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Rajabai Clock TowerThe Rajabai clock tower is a one of its kind as it stands tall in the University of Mumbai premises. It was designed by architect Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1878 and was financed by the founder of the Bombay Stock Exchange Premchand Roychand. The clock tower is named after Roychand's mother Rajabai.Ma
- It was on August 14, 1862, the Bombay High Court was established under the Indian High Courts Act, 1861, enacted by the British Parliament. The functioning of the High Court commenced with 7 Judges, with Sir Mathew Richard Sausse as the first Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court from 1862 to 1866. (pass by)
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it was known as the most expensive structure in the city of Mumbai. In 1996, the Minister of Railways renamed it as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and is coded as CSMT or CST (Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus). Mumbai also witnessed a terrorist attack in 2008 and CST was on the hit list.
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Mumbai City + Dabbawala aka Lunchbox + Train Ride Tour - The Unfeigned Mumbai.
Mumbai, India
$110
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!