Elephanta Island Warnings and Dangers

In order to reach the ticket counter by the entrance to the caves, you have to climb up a series of steps. These must number well over 100 if not over 200, so it's a bit of a climb up. However, there is an answer to this. There are some guys waiting at the bottom with wooden chairs known as palanquins and they literally carry you up the steps. This, of course, doesn't come for free and I suppose you would have to negotiate a price with them first.

Make sure you wear mosquito repellent to the island especially in the warmer months. Inside the caves in particular those mozzies are rampant. You will spend all your time fending them off if you don’t.

The monkeys on this island are really something you have to be careful about as they can suddenly come up from behind you and snatch anything you are eating or even drinking. There are a lot of them around so be wary of them when eating anything on the way up to the caves or even inside the caves complex.

Picture: Monkey playing with a Coca - Cola bottle!!! They are used to eating and drinking everything you give them or even what they snatch away from you!!! HAHAHA!!! So be careful. You have been warned now!!!