By road, even over the Atal Setu, Alibaug is about three hours from South Mumbai. Across the harbour it is about an hour. There are two ways to cross — on foot with a car waiting at Mandwa, or with the car itself on the Ro-Ro — and the house arranges either, so that the journey to the door is one journey.
A catamaran from the Gateway of India to Mandwa jetty, about an hour across the harbour. Your sarathi sees you to the jetty with the cases; a second car of the house is waiting at Mandwa when you step off.
The Ro-Ro ferry from Ferry Wharf at Bhaucha Dhakka carries cars as well as people, about an hour to Mandwa. You sit in the cabin; the same car and sarathi drive off with you on the other side.
Twenty to thirty minutes on to Alibaug; a little more to Kihim, Awas, Nagaon, Revdanda or Kashid. Your sarathi knows which lane the villa is down.
The catamarans usually stop from about June to September. The Ro-Ro sails in most weather, but not on a warning day. The house confirms the sea on the morning; the road is always there instead.
By catamaran, when you would like the quickest crossing and do not need your own car on the other side: a car to the Gateway, the boat, a car from Mandwa. By Ro-Ro, when the car should stay with you — a family with a week's luggage, a Marque car for a wedding at the other end, a journey that goes on past Alibaug. A Marque car crosses only where its owner agrees; otherwise a second car waits at Mandwa, the same class or better. By road, over the Atal Setu and down the coast — about three hours from South Mumbai — when the sea is closed or you would rather not cross: Mumbai to Alibaug by road.
The Gateway of India (Apollo Bunder): cars cannot stand on the promenade, so the car sets you down close by and your sarathi walks you to the jetty. Ferry Wharf (Bhaucha Dhakka, Mazgaon): for the Ro-Ro, the car queues for its place in good time before the sailing. The Gateway jetties page has the rest of the harbour.
The sailings are the operators', and they change with the season, the tide and the day. The house does not print them here; it reads the day's timetable, tells you which sailing to make, and times the car to reach the jetty with room to spare. The tickets are the operator's too — the house tells you how to hold them, and buys them for you where the operator sells ahead.
Inside every written figure: the car, your sarathi, fuel, every toll, parking at both ends and GST. Nothing is added on the day, and no meter runs.
Last checked against the operators and the railways on 19 October 2026. Timetables are theirs and change; the house reads the day's before your car is timed.
Reserve Alibaug by seaTell the house the day, the house you are going to, and how many cases.