You can travel to places where the movies were filmed and have a real Jurassic Park Island experience. As a cult film, Jurassic Park is iconic and a masterpiece in many ways. Every set was better than the other in the movies, and they are real-life places, so you could go and recreate scenes.
Taking your vacations to the next level sometimes means exploring film locations. For example, even though the characters were about to die in the film, the locations are mainly in Hawaii. In other words, you could go to a paradisical island and also have fun pretending there are dinosaurs close.
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Explore Kualoa Ranch
As our first mention, we put this in the first place because this park is the original Jurassic Park. Located in O’ahu, Hawaii, you can have a complete tour of the iconic places you saw in the film. For example, you could hide behind the giant fallen tree from the first film. Also, there are many extreme activities you can do here.
If you are here early or booked ahead of time for the activities, you could spend the day here and never run out of things to do. Some zips go across the whole park so that you could meet the original Jurassic Park Island from the skies. If this isn’t enough for you, there is an all-inclusive beach and catamaran cruises you could enjoy too.
Walk in the Allerton Garden
This time, we go to Kauai. As a part of the National Tropical Botanical Garden, Allerton Garden is where many scenes were filmed. One of the most iconic scenes we can remember is one from the first film. In that one, Dr Alan Grant and everybody else finds a dinosaur nest. We recommend that you book a tour before you go.
Discover Kahili Ranch
Even though most of the movies — yes, the whole saga of movies — were filmed in the Kualoa Ranch, some scenes were filmed here. This one is located in Kauai, as many of the newest films locations. There is a lot to do here, but mostly you can connect to nature, and know more about the island, overall.
Right now you can only have a private tour because the ranch is mostly a film location. However, if you go to their website, you might book a tour through all the film locations on the ranch and get to know more about Jurassic Park Island 2.0.
Go deep inside the Amber Mine
Ho’opi’i Falls is a gorgeous place on its own in East Kauai, and you should take your time visiting it. However, this Mine is a very important location, best known in the film as Mano De Dios Amber Mine in the Dominican Republic. Here, we saw for the first time what started all the film disasters, a mosquito.
Hammond’s team, during the first film, saw here a mosquito enclosed in amber. Thanks to its DNA, they could populate Jurassic Park with dinosaurs. The falls aren’t like the ones in the film; they are even more gorgeous and impressive. We recommend you to spend a day hiking here through the scenic view.
Get lost in the Limahuli Garden
The Tropical Botanical Garden is a must-go in Kauai because you can learn a lot about endangered species. However, the Limahuli Garden was one of the principal filming locations from the original film, where we saw a Raptor. A dinosaur won’t chase you in this Jurassic Park Island, but you can enjoy the incredible natural scenery.
Fly over Manawaiopuna Waterfall
A helicopter tour over the location where we saw the helipad in Jurassic Park for the first time sounds fantastic. Well, you can do this in Manawaiopuna, also known as the Jurassic Falls, and enjoy a gorgeous view. Try not to miss this tour and take as many pictures as you can because the falls are impressive.
Swim in the Napali Coast
We know this coast thanks to the Lost World. We saw it when the team approached Isla Sorna, and the view was breathtaking even on camera. The way the cliff and the ocean come together and go deep into the Iush Napali Valley is astonishing. The way the coast looks and the nature surrounding it seem so paradisal, which make it a perfect Jurassic Park Island.
Enter through the gates of Mount Wai’ale’ale
The original Jurassic Park gates were built in the base of Mount Wai’ale’al. You won’t open the gates, but the poles are there for a perfect photo spot. More film locations near this area, but you must be an excellent hiker to reach them. However, you still have the possibility of having a photo on the gates from the original Jurassic Park Island.
