3 days/2 nights
Departs: Mumbai daily
Grading: Easy
Mumbai is truly the financial capital of India and with a population of over sixteen million it offers a vibrant modernity and bustling diversity like no other city in Asia. Famed for Bollywood movies, terrible traffic and a cosmopolitan lifestyle not often found in India, Mumbai is an enthralling and surprisingly enjoyable destination with much to offer.
Day 1:
Arrive and transfer to your hotel
Day 2:
We visit Mani Bhavan, a former residence of Gandhi and now an interesting museum dedicated to his life and work. We visit a fascinating Jain temple and learn more about this unique religion before continuing on through Mumbai’s picturesque Hanging Gardens. We finish our tour of Mumbai with some of the city’s most famous sights of daily life, we visit the Dhobi Ghat, a huge municipal laundry where up to 5000 laundry men (or dhobi wallahs) daily clean clothes and return all in spotless condition to their rightful owners by a complicated and mysterious system of tagging.
Take in some of the city’s grand Gothic colonial architecture, a Mumbai feature. Around midday, we head to the train station to watch the Tiffin wallahs at work. Here, home cooked lunches are delivered to workers via a remarkable system unique to this city, the fresh cooked meal in its own ‘Tiffin’ container passing through the hands of a dozen or so carriers before arriving on its owner’s office desk ready for the midday meal!
Day 3:
There will be free for our own shopping and exploration of this lively city until your transfer to the airport.
Cost: $410 AUD / $532 NZD per person twin share
Inclusions:
- 2 night’s accommodation with all meals, all transport, sightseeing as specified, transfers, entrance fees (does not include camera fees)
- Local English speaking guide
- Arrival and departure transfers from Jodhpur or Jaisalmer
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