Colaba Courtyard
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
5 days, planned by The Monsoon Ledger
Marine Drive is called the Queen's Necklace because of how the streetlights curve, and the whole city walks it in the evening.
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| Gateway of India |
| Marine Drive |
| Taj Mahal Palace |
Mumbai has the second-largest collection of art deco buildings in the world after Miami, most of it facing the Oval Maidan opposite the Gothic revival ones.
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| CSMT |
| Bombay High Court |
| Kala Ghoda |
| Dhobi Ghat |
| CSMVS museum |
The Trimurti — a six-metre three-headed Shiva — is sixth century and was defaced by Portuguese soldiers using it for target practice.
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| Elephanta caves |
| Trimurti |
| Cannon hill |
Dharavi turns over something like a billion dollars a year in leather, pottery and recycling. The walk is run by an organisation that employs residents and bans photography of people.
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| Dharavi |
| Recycling workshops |
| Bandra |
| Bandstand |
Sanjay Gandhi is a hundred-square-kilometre national park inside the city limits with a resident leopard population, and a hundred and nine Buddhist caves cut from the first century BC.
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| Sanjay Gandhi National Park |
| Kanheri caves |
| Leopards |
Day 1 · Fri, 18 Sept, 2026
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Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
4 breakfasts and 1 dinner across 5 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 5.
5 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking
“India on licensed guides and heritage stays”
Licensed guides in every city and heritage properties where they exist. Named after the ledgers Rajasthani havelis kept, which is where several of the stays came from.
Well paced over 5 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Accommodation was a notch better than the price suggested. Plenty to eat and they were happy to work around a gluten allergy. Recommended.
Maharashtra done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. The lead was calm and knew when to slow the group down.
Well paced over 5 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Would book with them again.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Solid operator.
Thank you. We've taken the point about the transfer and are reviewing it.
Well paced over 5 days with enough free time to not feel herded.
Thank you. We've taken the point about the transfer and are reviewing it.
Maharashtra done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Worth every rupee.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. No hesitation recommending them.
It depends entirely who runs it. The operators here use an organisation that employs residents as guides, returns most of the fee into local education programmes and prohibits photographing people. The jeep tours that drive through taking pictures are a different thing and are widely resented.
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