Best India Ferry Trips — Our Top 4

1.Half-Day Elephanta Caves Tour with Ferry Ride

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 284 reviews · 4 hours · from $26Our pick

Travel from Mumbai’s Gateway of India to Elephanta Island by ferry, then explore its rock-cut temples with an English-speaking local guide. Guides such as Danish, Hamid, Fahad, Vaibhav, and Krishna help with tickets, queues, transfers, and the walk uphill. Allow four hours, bring comfortable shoes, and avoid Mondays when the caves are closed.

“fahad a very good facilitator and kudos to elephanta guide vaibhav he is outstanding.”

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3.Mumbai City Tour with Ferry Ride and Dharavi Slum

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 38 reviews · from $96

Spend about eight hours with a private guide and driver visiting Dharavi, Dhobi Ghat, Mani Bhavan, Marine Drive, the Gateway of India, and CST. You also get a 30-minute ferry ride from Colaba. Guides such as Rahul, Divya, Kirtan, and Kamlesh have been praised for personal, thoughtful tours, though the exact guide varies.

“We only had 1 day to see Mumbai and feel super lucky to have Rahul as our tour guide. It was great to have a native tour guide who is so proud of his city. He was able to accommodate us very well and it was super easy to schedule even thoRead more”

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4.Private Bollywood Tours With Elephanta cave Inculiding Ferry Ride

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 23 reviews · from $190

Spend 6 to 7 hours seeing two sides of Mumbai. Your private guide takes you by air-conditioned vehicle and ferry to the Shiva temples of Elephanta Island, then to a Bollywood studio for production facilities, a small dance show, and a drive past stars’ homes. Sanjay and Ajay are among the guides associated with the tour.

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