Elephanta caves are in a island, off the Mumbai coast.
Take a ferry either from the Apollo Bandar near Gateway of India or CBD Belapur ( Navi Mumbai).
Gateway of India
This the most popular ferry point for Elephanta from Mumbai city.
A catamaran levers every 30 minutes for Elephanta island from 9 am to 3:30pm, takes about 1 hour to reach Elephanta.
CBD Belapur Jetty
Belapur-Elephanta ferry point is located at CBD Belapur Jetty in Navi Mumbai area.
You can take either catamaran (50+ seater) or speed boat (20 to 32 seaters) from CBD Belapur Jetty to Elephanta.
For catamaran its Rs660 for a round trip ticket. For the speed boat cost is Rs800+ per single way. For shared water-taxi ticket costs about Rs750 for a round trip.
Speed boat is a 20 min trip while the catamaran takes about 45 minutes to reach Elephanta from CBD Belapur.
For advance online booking for the pre-scheduled trip from CBD Belapur Jetty check www.myboatride.com.
Ferry point from Gateway of India has more services to Elephanta than CBD Belapur Jetty.
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