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Elephanta Caves

Elephanta Island · Mumbai & the Konkan · India

★★★★☆   Museum & culture

What it costs a family of four

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What to know

UNESCO listed. Rock-cut Hindu caves from the fifth to eighth centuries on an island an hour by ferry, with a six-metre three-headed Shiva. CLOSED MONDAYS. FERRIES DO NOT RUN IN THE MONSOON, roughly June to September. There are 120 steps up from the jetty and monkeys along them.

Closed on Monday. Plan around it — this is the single most common wasted morning.

The details

Adult ticketCheck official booking
Child ticketFree under 15
Typical visitHalf day
Opening hoursTue-Sun; CLOSED MONDAYS; ferries weather-dependent
Indoors or outBoth
RegionWest India, India
Prices quoted inINR

When to go

The planner warns of wet in June, July, August, September. Outside those months it says nothing, which is the point — a warning that fires every day is one nobody reads.

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The planner prices a whole day for your exact party, warns about closures and drive times, and totals the trip in your own currency.

Official page: https://www.asi.nic.in/

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