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Happiness, Home Delivered: The Dhobis and Dabbawalas of Mumbai
Happiness, Home Delivered: The Dhobis and Dabbawalas of Mumbai
Happiness, Home Delivered: The Dhobis and Dabbawalas of Mumbai
Happiness, Home Delivered: The Dhobis and Dabbawalas of Mumbai
Happiness, Home Delivered: The Dhobis and Dabbawalas of Mumbai

Happiness, Home Delivered: The Dhobis and Dabbawalas of Mumbai

By Breakaway
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$123 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Some bring home clothes empty of stains, some take away wholesomeness in the trains. Meet the people who keep Mumbai shining with joy. You can interact with the Dabbawalas closely.

Activity location

  • Dhobi Ghat
    • Dr. E. Moses Rd., near Mahalakshmi Station
    • Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Mahalakshmi
    • Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Happiness, Home Delivered: The Dhobis and Dabbawalas of Mumbai
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m2h 30m
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 1:00 am
Price details
AU$122.85 x 2 AdultsAU$245.70

Total
Price is AU$245.70
Until Sun, 1 Dec

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedGST (Goods and Services Tax)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Dhobi Ghat
  • 5h
  • Admission ticket included
This is a walk around the bustling heart of Mumbai for an inside look into the workings of those who this dependable city depends on. How? By experiencing a day in the hectic life of the washermen of Dhobi Ghaat and the dabbawalas. Our walk is led by Ramanand with whom there is never a dull moment. He makes sure you look at things you wouldn't normally pay attention to, and he knows of all the best eating places few others know. Dhobi Ghaat at Cuffe Parade is unlike any laundry service you have ever seen. Washermen are hard at work beating the dirt out of clothes at stone cubicles, while others hang a kaleidoscope of clothes out to dry on makeshift lines quite ingeniously, without the help of clothes pins. Whether it is two thousand white sheets a day for the Four Seasons Hotel, or the saris of women from high-rises across the city, these dhobis get the job done cheerily and efficiently. You haven't experienced Mumbai if you haven't used its lifeline - its public transport. On this experience, you will enjoy unusual views in all-too famous local train. Feel the sea breeze on your face as you whizz past Marine Drive on your way to Churchgate to meet with the dabbawallas. A word of caution: those guys don't have the time for interviews and photographs. You will just about manage to scramble into their compartment on the train , where the floor is covered by tiffins and lunch packs of every possible shape and size. It's fascinating to see those dabbas carted from one end of the city to the other, and to everywhere in between. The footpath outside Churchgate station serves as a reconnaissance point, where the men in Gandhi topis wade among rows of hundreds of dabbas, and take them to offices where hungry executives wait in earnest for their home cooked meal to arrive, each day. Discover a league of Mumbaikars who are as intrinsic to the city as its own soul.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESDhobi Ghat
    • Dr. E. Moses Rd., near Mahalakshmi Station
    • Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEMahalakshmi
    • Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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