Dabba Wala Tour with local Local Train Journey

Destinations:  Mumbai

Duration:  5-6 Hrs

The word "Dabbawala" can be interpreted as "box‐carrier" or "lunch pail‐man". In Marathi and Hindi, "dabba" means a box (usually a cylindrical aluminum container More specifically, the word dabbawala implies a person in the Indian city of Mumbai who carries and delivers freshly made food from home in lunch boxes to office workers.

Highlights.

• Meet with dabawallas and interact with them

• A brief introduction with dabbawalas and their exact arrangements

• Enjoy the Local Train Journey.  

• Visit the world largest open air laundry Dhobi Ghat.

The concept of the dabbawala came into being when a person named Mahadeo Havaji Bachche

Started the lunch delivery service with about a hundred men. At the present time, Indian

Businessmen are the main customers for the dabbawalas, and the service often includes both

Cooking and delivery.

10:00 Hrs: The guests will be picked up by the Tourist Guide from the Hotel and drive to the

Church gate Railway Station, where they will see the Dabbawalas boarding the Dabbas in the

Wooden crate in the Train.

10: 30 Hrs: At Church gate station the Guest will see how the people stand in the Ticket Counter

Q and take their tickets to reach their offices. Now the guests will escorted towards the platform

to board the Local Train for Maha Laxmi Station. Local Train are the major means of transport in

Mumbai. The extensive network of Railways has three lines, namely the Western Line, the

Central Main Line and the Harbor Line. Being a linear city, Mumbai is totally covered by local

Train network.

11: 00 Hrs: ‐ Guests arrives at Maha Laxmi Station is served by the Mumbai Suburban Railways.

The station is situated next to municipal dhobi ghats at Mahalakshmi, on the suburb of Mumbai.

Most of the Dabba walas get down at Mahalaxmi Stn all the Offices are close to the this railway

stn here the Dabbawals sorting outt their Tiffin boxes as per the area wise. A brief introduction

here with the dabbawalas and their exact arrangements how the Tiffin’s are coded and

Distributed at the right place at the right time.

12:00: 12:30 Hrs: ‐ The Guests will escorted out from the Maha Laxmi Stn. The guests will

Proceed to Washer Man Laundry firmly knows as DHOBI GHAT. A unique feature of Mumbai, the

Dhobi is a traditional laundryman, who will collect your dirty linen, wash it, and return it neatly

Pressed to your doorstep. All for a pittance. The "laundries" are called "ghats": row upon row of

Concrete wash pens, each fitted with its own flogging stone. The clothes are soaked in sudsy

Water, thrashed on the flogging stones, then tossed into huge vats of boiling starch and hung

Out to dry. Next they are ironed and piled into neat bundles, where almost two hundred dhobis

And their families work together in what has always been a hereditary occupation.

12:45 :‐ 13 :00 Hrs :‐ Drive Straight to Chruchgate Stn. At this Stage the Dabbawalas taking out

their dabba carriages and carry them on their head to one place where they do the re –

arrangement of tiffins as per the destination area and building. In the particular areas like

Nariman point, Maker Chambers with high density of customers, a special crate is dedicated to

the area. This Crate carries 150 Tiffins and driven by 3‐ 4 Dabba walas.

13:30 Hrs :‐ Here the guest will meet these dabawallas and interact with them, they are very

keen to welcome us. After meeting them you will be proceed back to Hotel.

Package Cost (per person basis)

• Single sharing basis - $  98

• Twin Sharing Basis  -  $  49

• Triple Sharing Basis - $  48

• PKG cost for 4 Person- $ 40

• PKG cost for 5 Person - $ 35

• PKG cost for 6 Person - $  33

• PKG cost for 7 Person - $  32

• PKG cost for 8 Person - $  30

 

Package Tour includes

• Hotel Transfer by Private air condition Car.

• Services of English speaking tour guide.

• Train Tickets in Ist Class compartment for Churchgate to Mahalaxmi Train Station

• All taxes and service charge.

 

Package does not include

• Air or train fare

• Camera fee at monuments

• Expense arising out of unexpected circumstances like natural calamities, flight cancellation or delay

 

Payment & Cancellation Policy

• 30 days prior commencement of tour, No cancellation charges.

• 29-10 days prior commencement of tour, 25% of travel cost.

• 09-3 days prior commencement of tour, 50% of travel cost.

• Less than 03 days prior commencement of tour, No Refund.