Start early to visit the city’s oldest and largest working dockyard, where Mumbai's fishing life plays out in full color. Murals and a weathered clock tower mark the entrance to this 1875 Sassoon-built site on reclaimed land, still a vital hub for the Koli community – Mumbai’s original fisherfolk.
Arrive before 6am to watch trawlers unload jawla, kolambi and Bombay duck as buyers jostle and workers haul ice-slick baskets through narrow lanes. The dock is split between a local wholesale market and an export zone, both buzzing.
You can take a guided tour the dock as part of No Footprints’ Mumbai by Dawn experience (nfpexplore.com; ₹17,000 for two).
