New Delhi · COMMUNITY AND LOCAL LIFE WALKS
Every trip has one free day too few. These 15 community and local life walks tours justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the fun part.
Walk through Delhi’s Sanjay Colony with a local guide, meet a working community, and support education projects on a respectful 1-hour-45-minute tour.
“That’s was such a great trip. I totally recommend. Very good tour guide who shared lots of information and an excellent price-value-ratio. Thank you!”
Explore Delhi’s Zakhira settlement with local guide Santan, using public transport, walking its lanes, and learning about community life.
“This tour was beyond incredible. The guide was nothing but welcoming and knowledgeable, but most importantly made everyone involved and welcome. The experience I gained from this was incredible, and I genuinely couldn’t recommend it enough to anyone interested.”
Walk Sanjay Colony with a local guide, see garment recycling and small businesses, and support education through an ethical Delhi community tour.
“Very interesting experience. You learn everything about the slum and people‘s life there. Also the company invests any kinds of profit into educating the citizens. Jatin was a great guide! Thank you very very much!”
Walk through Sanjay Colony in Delhi with a local guide, learn about work and daily life, and see a side of the city beyond the usual sights.
“Vijay and his wife gave us a very informative tour of the slums. His knowledge of Sanjay Colony was impressive and he showed us parts of the slums we would never had been able to see with him. I highly recommend this tour.”
Explore Sadipur Slum in Delhi with a local guide, meeting artisans, families and community workers on a respectful two-hour walk.
“Sunny is very knowledgable and personal and gave an insurer positive tour of the slums and an understanding of the projects within the slums to empower the lovely children!!! I highly recommend this tour!!! Craig”
See Sanjay Colony with local guides, visit a community NGO and school, learn about work and daily life, with tea, water, and small groups.
“My mother and I spent a week and a half traveling through India before ending in New Delhi. This tour was one of the best parts of our time there. I'd gotten sick the day before, and our tour guide called an extra guide to walk with me whilRead more”
Walk Sangam Colony with a local guide, meet residents, visit a training center, and support Delhi community projects on this small-group tour.
“Our guide Sunny saved the day after some administrative confusion, by showing up at short notice and taking us on an interesting and insightful tour of the slum area where he lives. We felt safe and welcome at all times, with residents smilinRead more”
See Sanjay Colony through local eyes, from clothing work and faith to water and education, with 50% of profits supporting a community nonprofit.
“Delhi by Locals is an amazing organisation really making a difference in their community. We’ve been on both the slum tour and evening food tour and they were the most memorable tours we’ve had. Very good, kind and knowledgeable guiRead more”
Explore Delhi’s Sanjay Colony with a local guide, hotel transfers, and Agrasen ki Baoli, with an honest look at the tour’s value and limits.
“Great experience, Viktor has been fantastic in giving us a real vision of the life in the slum. we also had the opportunity to visit the inside of the slum and it was really astonishing to see how they organize their life. don't think to a degradated plRead more”
Explore Delhi’s Kusumpur Village on a respectful half-day slum walk with hotel pickup, local guides, community stories, temples, school visits, and chai.
“As a single female traveler, it was excellent to get amongst the poor side of deli and feel completely safe to a guide was knowledgeable and spoke very clear English highly recommend”
Meet Delhi’s street artists at home, watch puppetry and music, and learn Kathputli’s story on a small-group walking tour.
“10/10 - highly recommend. This is a unique experience you will have in India. I've joined a slum tour in Mumbai before, but this one was unique as it focused on the artists. The tour guide was also open to spontaneous joiners that I met at my hostel. He knew a lot of people in the colony, so we felt very safe.”
Explore Sanjay Colony, ride Delhi Metro, taste Old Delhi street food, visit Khari Baoli, and see two very different sides of Delhi.
“Really interesting tour- included places that don't tend to feature on many " Highlights of Delhi " Tours.”
See Delhi’s grand monuments, Old Delhi markets, a Sikh langar, and Sanjay Colony on a private AC tour with guide and rickshaw ride.
“Sunil was great! Very informative and helped us get around and take us to many new places”
Walk through a Delhi slum, meet local businesses, see a chapati factory and chicken market, and share chai with a guide for $13.
Explore New Delhi’s Sanjay Colony with a local guide, visit a temple and school, meet residents, and support education through a small-group tour.
“L' 'esperienza è stata fantastica. la guida ci ha mostrato la vita nello Slum. La consiglio veramente a tutti!”
Pick a monument, a market or a morning train.
