Mumbai Bicycle Tour
About this tour
Mumbai has perhaps two hours a day when you can cycle through it properly, and they happen before the city wakes. This tour uses all of them. You ride from Colaba to the fish docks and back on roads that are empty, past buildings you would otherwise only glimpse from a taxi window.
It is a gentle pace with frequent stops, not a fitness ride. If you can ride a bicycle, you can do this tour.
Join the group ride at 6:30am, or book a private tour and set your own start time between 6:00am and 7:30am with the guide to yourselves. Both start and finish at Happy Cycle in Colaba.
What you will experience
- Sunrise at the Gateway of India, before the crowds arrive
- Ride past the Gothic heritage buildings on empty early morning roads
- Stop at Victoria Terminus for the view around the station
- Crawford Market as the morning fruit arrives
- Zaveri Bazaar, watching traders set out their goods on quiet streets
- A chai stop with your guide
- Mumbadevi Temple and an introduction to Hindu culture and daily worship
- Ride the flower lane and feed the cows at Bombay Panjrapole
- Marine Drive with the sea on one side and the city waking on the other
- Sassoon Dock and the fish auction in full swing
- Vegetarian breakfast at Madras Cafe to finish
What is included
- Bicycle and helmet for the full tour
- Expert English-speaking local guide
- Vegetarian breakfast at Madras Cafe
- A chai stop along the way
- Bottled drinking water
What you will see
What our guests say
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Common questions
No. Basic riding ability is enough. We start at 6:30am when the roads are at their quietest, the route is flat, and we stop regularly. It is a sightseeing ride, not a workout.
Yes. A bicycle and helmet are provided at Happy Cycle in Colaba, where the tour starts and ends.
Yes. We finish with a vegetarian breakfast at Madras Cafe, a Colaba institution. South Indian breakfast after three hours of cycling is one of the better things Mumbai offers.
Because that is the only time Mumbai roads are quiet enough to cycle comfortably, and the markets and docks are at their busiest. By nine the traffic makes the same route unpleasant.
Around fifteen kilometres over three hours, flat throughout, with stops roughly every fifteen minutes. There is far more standing and looking than pedalling.
Riders should be comfortable cycling in light traffic on their own bicycle. Contact us with your group details and we will advise honestly.
During the monsoon we may reschedule or move you to another tour. We will contact you the evening before if the forecast is bad.
Often booked together
Booking more than one tour? Contact us and we will build a combined itinerary with a single guide across your day.