Responsible travel
Good for you, and for the people you meet
Private travel only works when the places you visit are better for your visit. These are the rules we keep, written down so you can hold us to them.
No commission shopping
Many tours in India end in a shop that pays the guide a cut of what you spend. We never do this. If we take you to a market, it is because the market is worth seeing. If you ask where to buy something, we send you to the best place, not the most generous one.
Dharavi, with respect
Our Dharavi Community Tour is about work and daily life: recycling, pottery, leather, food. It is not about poverty as a spectacle. Your guide is part of the community, and the rules are simple:
- No photos of people without asking them first, and none at all in homes or the school.
- Private, small groups only, so lanes are never crowded.
- Workshops and families we visit are paid for their time: every visit is paid.
- The school and family visits are optional and happen only when the hosts invite us.
Fair work
The guides and drivers who travel with you are people we have worked with for years. We pay fairly and on time, and we make room for women guides in an industry where they are still rare.
Lighter footprint
Where it makes sense we walk, ride the local train or take the ferry, rather than drive. We favour family-run hotels and kitchens, so more of your money stays where you spend it.
Questions about how we work? Ask Suraj directly on WhatsApp. He will answer honestly.