Mumbai's Timeless Elephanta Caves: UNESCO Island Journey

We had a great experience going to see the Elephanta caves. The Elephanta guide was very knowledgeable and informative. Juveria was very helpful with coordinating the whole experience. All in all a good tour!

I’m quite happy for having got to see Elephant island and the famous Elephanta Caves, a collection of cave temples predominantly dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva that are now UNESCO World Heritage Site. The preservation of the place is impressive and it is interesting to know more about what is depicted there, as well as the history behind some of its destruction. Grateful for Madoo for having us go up those 120 steps (not as daunting as it sounds) and for teaching us about Shiva, the caves and the island and his community. It took around 1h with him. Grateful as well to Marshal who accompanied us from Mumbai there and back, dealing with ticket and ferry hassle, further to providing very interesting information about the city and its history and culture. The ferry was smooth, 1 hour each way. Do note that ferry and cave tickets are not included in the price of the tour and you’re going to have to pay these extra, but they’re less than 1000 rupees altogether. The whole activity lasted a morning. It was good to have a bit of leave and quiet. I do recommend doing this tour and visiting Elephanta island. Retrospectively, it seems fairly easy to arrange it on your own and get a local guide on arrival to the island, but I liked to do it with Magical Mumbai Tours and have the support all the way through.

Marshall is a pro. Great insight from our guides and a seamless experience overall. The tour ran smoothly like a well-oiled machine

Marshall was an amazing tour guide getting us to the Elephanta Caves. At the Elephanta Caves we were able to get a guided tour of the history of the caves and Indian culture from a 4th generation inhabitant of the caves, Trikal. He was very knowledgeable and Marshall was very attentive to us. It was a 5/5 experience on our India trip!

Excellent communication from start to finish with the tour company to adapt the 3 tours we wanted into the time we were in Mumbai. Elephanta private tour was very good. Marshall met us and looked after us to and from the island and on to our next tour exceptionally well. He was friendly, knowledgable, very professional and ensured we were safe and happy.The tour guide on Elephanta island was a resident there, highly knowledgable and also ensured we were well informed and that the tour met our needs. The tour delivered what it said it would.

A lovely morning Our guide Marshall was at the designated meeting point and took care of getting us to and from the island. He was knowledgeable and friendly and also helped with getting the transport for the afternoon part of our tour The guide on the island was knowledgeable and gave lots of good information An enjoyable and informative tour Thankyou!

This tour was great. Really well organised and helpful over WhatsApp in advance. And when we met our guide Marshall he was brilliant. Really nice and chatty and as well as the useful information for the tour, he was also really insightful to chat to about life and culture in Mumbai. Would definitely recommend this tour.

It was an awesome tour with Nikhil and Hassan as guide and driver! Nikhil was really knowledgeable and kind throughout the day.

Excellent trip, guide very informative and well worth the effort to get there. The cave temples are amazing! Loved the toy train to take you along the pier.

Wonderful experience! The guide took very good care of us- the whole trip was very smooth. Be prepared to stay most of the day as there is a lot to see and the boat trip takes some time.