When your cruise ship docks in Mumbai, see the city's most popular attractions on a comprehensive 8-9 hour shore excursion. Highlights include the Gateway of India, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus — a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai market, Marine Drive, the Hanging Gardens, Haji Ali Dargah, the Gandhi Museum, Dhobi Ghat, and the Prince of Wales Museum. Includes guide, transportation, and port pickup and drop-off.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Cruise Port pickup and drop-off
✔ Bottled water
✔ Professional local private tour guide
✔ Transport by air-conditioned private vehicle
✖ Entrance fees
✖ Food and drinks
✖ Gratuities
✖ Anything not mentioned in Inclusions
Additional Info: From Cruise Port in Mumbai
Itinerary
1
Gateway of India
After pickup at the cruise port in Mumbai, ride in your air-conditioned private vehicle to the Gateway of India, This bold basalt arch of colonial triumph faces out to Mumbai Harbour from the tip of Apollo Bunder. It was built to commemorate the 1911 royal visit of King George V, but wasn’t completed until 1924. Ironically, the British builders of the gateway used it just 24 years later to parade the last British regiment as India marched towards independence.
Duration: 30 minutes
2
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
See the World Heritage-listed Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Victoria Terminus), The historic railway station serves as the headquarters of the Central Railways. Imposing, exuberant and overflowing with people, this monumental train station is the city’s most extravagant Gothic building and an aphorism of colonial-era India. It’s a meringue of Victorian, Hindu and Islamic styles whipped into an imposing Dalí-esque structure of buttresses, domes, turrets, spires and stained glass. It's also known as CSMT.
Duration: 30 minutes
3
Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Market
Make your way to Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai (formerly Crawford Market). Crawford Market is the largest in Mumbai, and contains the last whiff of British Bombay before the tumult of the central bazaars begins. Fruit and vegetables, meat and fish are mainly traded; it's also a touristy spot to stock up on spices.
Duration: 60 minutes
4
Hanging Gardens
Around noon, visit the Hanging Gardens, also known as Pherozeshah Mehta Gardens are terraced gardens perched at the top of Malabar Hill. It provides one of the most spectacular sunset views over the Arabian Sea and feature numerous hedges carved into the shapes of animals. The park was designed and laid out in 1881 by Ulhas Ghapokar over Bombay’s main reservoir.
Duration: 30 minutes
5
Mani Bhavan Gandhi Museum
Delight in a visit to Mani Bhavan Gandhi Museum. It is here that Gandhi laid the foundation for many independence movements. The three-story building now honors the man who put the interests of the nation above all. This museum is in the building where Mahatma Gandhi stayed during visits to Bombay from 1917 to 1934.
Duration: 60 minutes
6
Dhobi Ghat
You're taken to Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat to see the 140-year-old un-mechanized laundry facility, which houses more than 1,000 open-air troughs for beating the dirt out of thousands of pounds of soiled clothes and linens. The best view is from the bridge across the railway tracks near Mahalaxmi train station.
Later a 1-hour stop is made at one of the best local restaurants in the area (own expense).
Duration: 15 minutes
7
University of Mumbai Library
Drive past the University of Mumbai informally known as (MU), looking like a 15th-century French-Gothic mansion plopped incongruously among Mumbai’s palm trees, this structure was designed by Gilbert Scott of London’s St Pancras station fame.
8
High Court Principal Bench Bombay
Drive past the colonial building of the Mumbai High Court, one of the oldest High Courts of India. The newly Unesco-recognised High Court is an elegant 1848 neo-Gothic building. The design was inspired by a German castle and was obviously intended to dispel any doubts about the authority of the justice dispensed inside.
9
Haji Ali Mosque
Drive past Haji Ali Dargah — the tomb of the Muslim saint that sits on an offshore inlet like a mirage. Built-in the 19th century, it contains the tomb of the Muslim saint Pir Haji Ali Shah Bukhari. Legend has it that Haji Ali died while on a pilgrimage to Mecca and his casket miraculously floated back to this spot.
10
Formerly known as the Prince of Wales Museum, it was designed by George Wittet — who incidentally was also the brains behind the Gateway of India. Apart from the gorgeous architecture, the museum is known for harbouring artefacts from the Mughal empire, as well rare heirlooms from Europe, Nepal, Tibet, Japan, and China.
Duration: 60 minutes
11
Marine Drive
Photo stop at Marine Drive - Lined with flaking art deco apartments, it’s one of Mumbai’s most popular promenades and sunset-watching spots. Its twinkling night-time lights have earned it the nickname ‘the Queen’s Necklace’. After touring Mumbai's most magnificent sights. Your full-day tour ends with cruise port drop-off. Alternatively, you can choose a drop-off location anywhere in Mumbai.
Duration: 30 minutes
Additional info
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
• Refunds will not be issued if tour/activity is missed due to late or non-arrival of cruise ship
• Dress code is smart casual
• The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
• This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
• Travelers should be vaccinated and carry the covid vaccination certificate
