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1. Gateway of India to Mandwa : There is a ferry Services from Gate way of India to Mandwa only in 45 minutes.

This was the easiest way to reach on mandwa from Gateway of India. There is a different ferry companies operate from gateway of India .the mandwa are very famous for water-sport, beaches, etc. Many tourists are coming to mandwa for picnic and to spend weekend.
2. Elephanta caves Across the Mumbai Harbour, lie the seventh-century rock-cut temples of Elephanta. the Caves are now designated as a World Heritage Site and visited by hundreds of tourists both for their art historical and scenic value. The Portuguese renamed this island Elephanta after a large stone elephant found near the shore ( the elephant sculpture collapsed in 1814, when the British relocated it to the Victoria Gardens now Mumbai's zoo, where it still stands).

Getting there:
Approach to the Island is by boat. Luxury and ordinary launches as well as catamarans leave for Elephanta from Apollo Bunder at the Gateway of India. Boats usually leave every half-hour from Apollo Bunder and reach in 40 minutes Elephanta Island. During the monsoons the ordinary boat services are usually suspended.

3. Hovercraft Service from Belapur to Mumbai


These two British-made hovercraft named Triton-I and Triton-II, were owned and operated by Triton -- a 1996 joint-venture between the Mahindra Group, CIDCO, IL&FS and SICOM. Triton had only two craft. The one registered as VTZW was named Triton-I and VTZV was named Triton-II.

They ferried 1,000 passengers a day, regularly on a 30-minute trip between Juhu and Chowpatty beach.

The government had guaranteed Triton that they would provide jetties and access roads on the beaches. However, even two years later, these facilities were non-existent. The government alloted Triton a plot of land to land the hovercraft at Free Press Journal Marg at Nariman Point. Trial runs, ran successfully. However, local fisher folk obstructed the hovercraft by anchoring their boats in the path of the craft. To add to that The BMC demolished Triton's booth at Nariman Point.

The service, originally intended to run between Nariman Point and Juhu beach was truncated to terminate at Chowpatty.

The last hovercraft plied between Chowpatty and Juhu beach in April 1998. After a lengthy monsoon break, the service was killed off. It had made losses of Rs. 1.5 crore per year.

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