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Mumbai Dabbawala Tour: Experience the World's Best Food Delivery System
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27 Ratings
Mumbai
Experience the world's best food delivery system with the Mumbai Dabbawala Tour. Discover the secrets of their near-flawless efficiency and live the lives of these iconic Tiffin Men for a day.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- mumbai dabbawala ( official ) - Spend a day with the ‘Dabbawalas’ – the cool superheroes of the city and get to live their life!
For the first stop, we head straight to the Headquarters of the Association, located in Dadar, where can observe the sorting of the ‘Dabba’ or ‘tiffin yourself.
- Churchgate Railway Station - Once the sorting process is over, you’ll also brave the local trains and not just that, you also get to interact with the tiffin men en route! On reaching your particular destination, you will not only deliver the freshly –cooked home food, but
also deliver a bundle of smiles together.
- Nariman Point - After a long day of hard work, sit back and enjoy a much deserved Thali meal with a variety of delicious Indian dishes.
What's Included
- Train ride & tickets
- Bottled water
- Goods and Services Tax (GST)
- Guide fees
What's Not Included
- Carbonated beverages
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Gratuities
- Private transportation
- Lunch
Additional Information
Begin your day with an insightful journey alongside Mumbai’s Tiffin Men!
The Dabbawalas of Mumbai, also known as the 6 sigma workers, astonishingly deliver over half a million lunch boxes to their rightful recipients with impeccable accuracy. Their near-perfect efficiency has been the subject of study by consulting firms and business schools globally. They’ve been applauded by British royals like Prince Charles, industry giants like Richard Branson, and even logistics specialist FedEx has delved deep into their operations.
While in Mumbai, partaking in the Dabbawala experience offers valuable understanding of how this community-based business operates with such ease, significantly simplifying the lives of Mumbai locals. This experience invites you to step into their shoes for a day.
Location
mumbai dabbawala ( official )
Ranade Road
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Christophel502
Mar 8, 2024
A beautiful and unique experience! - A beautiful and unique experience, incredible encounters, extraordinary moments: no words to explain, you have to live and follow the Dabbawala to understand and understand the system.
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Oliversjo
Feb 15, 2024
Cultural tour of Bombay - We had a fabulous tour of Mumbai where we saw the Dabbawala’s , rode a train visited the wash rooms, saw cricket at the Mumbai Oval and ate Farali for lunch. A wonderful experience provided by Adi whose incredible local knowledge and history combined with comedy and fun made for a brilliant time for all. Would highly recommend. .. Thanks Adi. 👍🏼
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Trip65194640209
Jan 25, 2024
Dabbawala Tour highly recommended - Excellent tour! I was amazed to see their great operational system. How accurately and on time they collect and deliver tiffin to different places. Specially our guide Aditya was amazing! He is very knowledgeable, friendly, caring and went extra mile to exceed our expectations!! Thank you Aditya for showing us around and explaining everything so nicely!!
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Cayzacs2021
Jan 23, 2024
Incredibly immersive - This was incredible , we met first the supervisor at his office, then we went with our guide and him to collect a box .
After we began to go with a dabbawala to the station and took the train with all the box to join in dadar station the others.
We had the chance to deliver one box to the client.
Such an expérience...we loved to much
A donation was done to the group to pay food for the Dabbalawa team.
Thanks to our guide Aman for the story of this service that began in 1890
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Anna
Jan 5, 2024
Nice guide and interesting Dabawallatour - Very interesting tour covering a workday of the Dabawallas. From picking up the tiffin at home to join the Dabawallas on the train and the the delivering at the correct office.
This guide was very nice and interesting, not only regarding the Dabawallas but also among other things in India.
We had a tasty Indian lunch before heading back to the hotel.
We can highly recommend both this tour and the guide Adi.
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H2888ikbriant
Dec 13, 2023
Irishman in Mumbai - On a cruise ship with Fred Olsen this was suggested. I’m glad I did the trip it was one of the best so far….we had two great guides Abhi and Adi who spoke perfect English and were easy to understand. I could recommend this trip to anyone. Brian
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Sonia
Dec 13, 2023
Brilliant tour - Thank you Adi & Abha your knowledge was brilliant and very interesting . It was great to be part of your history . To meet the dabbawala and follow them from start to finish was amazing and so glad we went on the train the station was an experience I won’t forget . Sonia & Kev ( 1 & 2 lol ) 🙏🏾
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Freedom552221
Dec 8, 2023
Mumbai delivery of lunches - I had an absolutely amazing tour it has been the highlight of my trip. Our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable friendly and took care of every detail to the fullest to ensure our experience was totally awesome.
Highly recommend!
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Walter0482015
Dec 5, 2023
The Dabbawallas, super heroes! - This was one of the best tours ever with an incredible guide, Aditya (Adi). He did a wonderful job. Thanks again Adi!!
Walter & Elly from Belgium.
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Maximelb4714kj
Nov 24, 2023
Dabbawalas trip ! - We did the guided day with dabbawalas with our guide Adi and it was a great experience.
He gave us a lot of informations about Mumbai, the culture, the history etc ...
I really recommand this experience !
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