Good Advice: The Right Way to Slum It

Find out how a tour works and ask yourself how you would feel if you were on the other end of the process. Most people have good instincts they can rely on.

What is the maximum size of the group? How will we be traveling? How much interaction with the residents can we expect? How do the residents benefit from the tour? How much of the tour cost is reinvested in the community?

Examples include Favela Tours, Rio, $30; Beauty's Ghetto Bus Tour, Chicago, $20; Micato's AmericaShare program, Nairobi, free for safari clients; Reality Tours & Travel, Mumbai, from $10.

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