Cultural & Heritage Trails of Old Town Mumbai Guided Walking Tour

Great Tour!

We had a great time on this tour! Our guide Tanvi was personable, helpful, and informative. This was a great first thing to do on our trip because it have us an idea of what we wanted to see more of later on.

Great tour of the...

Great tour of the highlights of South Mumbai and explanations of the history behind each point. Great time

A waste of time

I had booked this tour prior to arrival in India as I thought that it would ease us in to our independent journey around India. Our guide was Nisar. He had been our guide for a street food tour the previous evening and our hearts sank when we discovered that he would again be our guide. A lot of his information was either irrelevant (the names of architects and how much they were paid) or incorrect (Gateway of India built for Queen Victoria - WRONG - she never visited India, it was built for George V) (Flora Fountain named after a member of the British royal family - WRONG - a Roman goddess) (the Indian Mint is a 'secret' building that nobody knows about - WRONG - it is shown on Google Maps). We spent a lot of time wandering around with no clear idea of where we were going and returned to the same place a few times. He took us to some shops when we mentioned a few things we had thinking about buying. We thought we did a good job of haggling the price down. However, our subsequent travels revealed that we had still substantially overpaid. The only positive was that Nisar took me to a kiosk where I got an Indian sim card. But overall it was a long, tedious day where we learnt little that we couldn't have found ourselves. Nisar claims to be doing guiding to support a large number of orphaned children. If that is true then he needs to seriously improve his knowledge and his organisation of the tour.

Nasir is great

Nasir was a great guide, very friendly and we enjoyed what he had to say. Gave a good insight into Mumbai including places we would not have visited.

A great tour.

My walking tour was very enjoyable. It was easy going and my tour guide went out of his way to make I felt comfortable as he explained everything about the beautiful city of Mumbai. He explained all and answered off of my questions. And also helped further with getting my phone all sorted. A great day. And Thankyou. So much.

2 hours well spent

A great tour to do if you’re short of time and want to get your bearings. Our guide Ali met us at our hotel and showed us around all the beautiful buildings of Mumbai. We skipped the gateway of India as it was opposite our hotel and we’d been. He did take us instead for local tea which was delicious. We had an added treat it being Sunday that we saw a Bollywood movie being shot, and witnessed a minor bike vs car accident outside the library, huge fun as the car driver had a mini meltdown, and Ali was there to translate.

No guide, no tour

Most memorable? That the guide DID NOT SHOW UP. Have requested a refund but have heard nothing from the company at all. Very very disappointed. Has made me rethink whether I will book another tour in Delhi.

Average experience

My tour was with Rahul. Nice guy, but was 40 minutes late and the “90-120 minute tour” that was supposed to start at 5pm, went until 8:15pm. He had good information, but walked very slowly. Probably why we ended at 8:15pm. Also felt like we didn’t see that many interesting things other than the hotel and India Gate (which I had seen earlier that day).

Hassled for money, better off walking by yourself

My partner and I did the free Mumbai walking tour on 5 Oct 2022 5pm (can’t remember guides name). We have done many walking tours around the world and this was the worst we have ever done. At the beginning the tour guide immediately informed us we would pay him at the end and the money is “for the children”. On the tour the main info we got was the name of a building, the year and the architect. An example includes the flora fountain who the guide said the architect was “david” (no last name). I fact checked and this was not even correct. When we asked questions he would either ignore, answer “yes/no” (to a non-yes/no question) or provide an answer that was so obviously false (e.g. the high court has only ever seen three cases). We would ask multiple times to ensure he understood but he was clearly not wanting to answer them. The other tour attendee answered our questions more than the guide so at least we got some info! This person also appeared frustrated with the guide. One of the few bits of info included a rumor from his dad about a building, and telling us multiple times how a post office can post items. The info gained was truly awful. Towards the end he asked us to take a video of us smiling saying how great the tour was - we did that to avoid confrontation, noting the absurdity given the tour was awful. At the end he showed us a to a restaurant, he sat next to me in a booth so I couldn’t get out and demanded we pay him. Before reading the below, note that In the booking/confirmation email, it stated the company would never force anyone to pay a fixed amount and that 500 rupees was a standard example. So before the tour My partner and I agreed 500 rupees each if the tour was standard, more if it was good. It was awful but we gave him 500 rupees for his poor attempt. He proceeded to get angry and demand more money (he started the convo with saying we need to pay an absurd amount, by the end he was only demanding 500 rps each). He called his boss and made my partner speak to the boss who demanded more money too. This happened more than once. I tried to tell him if he wants a set fee he should advertise that. He ignored me, only wanting to speak to my (male) partner. He kept saying the money was for the children but would also accidentally say it was for the “company”. When we called him out on that he said “oh yeah it’s for the children”. We have been in India a few weeks so are used to people asking for money but this is the worst we have experienced. He was very intimidating so once he finally left after 5 mins of demanding more money, we only left the restaurant once our Ola was right at the door. It might have been dramatic on our end but we really thought he would be waiting outside for us (he wasn’t - but that is the level of intimidation he used). Given the company wants to use intimidation tactics, they should at least put on a good tour!

Free walking tours Mumbai

Akansha was excellent and very responsive in organising the tour. We learnt so much and thoroughly enjoyed the guided walk which included a great mix of past and present history. Thank you

best way to start your trip in Mumbai

I took the tour with my 2 other friends in our first day in India. The tour introduces you in the charming atmosphere of Mumbai and gives you an overview of the history of the city. Our tour guide, Akansha, was very friendly, helpful, and had answers to all our questions. Thank you Akansha! Oana

Very recommendable walking-tour!

Great, informative and personalised tour with Divyanshu who answered all our curious questions about culture, religion, traditions and going out in Mumbai. Thanks :)

Mumbai Walking Tour

Nice walking tour that started at the Gateway of India and ended at he park in front if the public Library. Our guide explained a lot and provided lots of histori al background knowledge and fun facts. The spots itselg were not so new to us but anyways, the tour was insightful and fun.

Great way to introduce yourself to Mumbai

I really liked the walking tour of Yo tours with guide Akansha. She lives in the city and can tell also about the life in the city. And I really like the formula of a walking tour where you "feel" it more than if you are behind the glass of vehicle. I was the only one in the group, but they still held the tour just for me....

Fun and informal

It was hard to find out tour guide, but 10 minutes and a few phone calls later we were on our way and very fortunate that the only people on our tour were ourselves, a family of four. Our guide, Shubham, was very good and patient, and made a special effort to involve our 9-year-old.

Didn't make the tour but he was still accommodating!

Unfortunately, we overbooked our time in Mumbai and were unable to do this tour; however, our guide was so accommodating and reached out to see if there was a better time to schedule it and was so kind and helpful. I would reach out again and for sure recommend him- very professional!

Not As Advertised

I signed up for the free walking tour of Mumbai. It was advertised as an evening tour that started at 5:00 pm and would last for 90 minutes. We were asked to arrive ten minutes early. Our guide showed up at 5:15, and more than two hours later we hadn’t even reached the (geographical) halfway point of the tour. I repeatedly asked about the end time and he said, “The company has guidelines about how long the tour should be but I ignore them.” I don’t think the guide really knew how to guide - it was mostly standing around in one spot while he lectured... he would start off with something related to what we were in front of, but then he would go off on endless tangents while we awkwardly stood around in the heat. Because the tour was so slow it became dark very early, and we could barely see any of the buildings and monuments he was talking about (photos were definitely out). I honestly felt the value was about 100 or 150 rupees, certainly not the 400 recommended on their website or the 500 recommended in the confirmation email. Better staff training is essential.

Walking toue

We took a walking tour of Mumbai with Khush. It was enjoyable, and we learned about Mumbai's and India's history. Khush provided us with restaurant recommendations, as well as a place for quality shopping. Would recommend this walking tour. Be sure to come with questions!

Great and informative!! highly recommended !!

It was a short tour of 90 minutes all and around gateway way of India. Actually amazed to see there was so much hidden history behind every building here. The guide Grishma was so good and informative with splendid story telling skills ! A great way to spend an evening at Mumbai! Highly recommended for anybody who wants see Mumbai through a different eye :))

Amazing Tour

The free walking tour was amazing. The guide woman Grishma was so friendly and professional. I get many informations about mumbay and had a great last evening in this big city. Thank you grishma. I can recommend this tour 100 %, Jenny from Germany

Mumbai free walking tour

Excellent free walking tour! Our guide was Vrushali and she was wonderful. We highly recommend this tour. Very informative and we saw places we wouldn’t have seen on our own. Her descriptions of the places visited were valuable for our understanding what we were seeing. Thanks.

Fabuloso

Nuestra guía, Grishma, fue super agradable y divertida!! Un paseo por el centro de Bombay de lo más recomendable! Un placer

Gran experiencia

Tome el tour de las 5 y caminamos por más de 90 minutos, sitios increíbles y muy buena guia. Muchas gracias!