The Travelling Celts

Jurassic Park

by Michael Cameron

As part of our retirement trip we went to Hawaii, staying at Honolulu on the island of Oahu.

As planned we hired a car for a few days and our first stop was a beach on the West Coast to watch a sunset. We stopped at Lanakea Bay, and a nice suprise was the sight of some turtles. Turns out that Lanakea bay is also called Turtle Bay

A full day was spent a Kualoa Ranch. It is a 4,000-acre private nature reserve and working cattle ranch, as well as a popular filming location. It is about 24 miles from Honolulu. The ranch consists of 3 valleys: Kaʻaʻawa Valley, Kualoa Valley, and Hakipuʻu Valley.

We had booked the 'movie' tour, and lucked out with the driver/guide, she was very funny and very informative. The tour lasted just over an hour and was worth every penny.

More than 79 movies and TV shows have been filmed at Kualoa over the years, including Paradise, Hawaiian Style, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Mighty Joe Young, 50 First Dates, You, Me and Dupree, Hawaii Five-0, Pearl Harbor, Godzilla, Kong: Skull Island, Jumanji, and much much more.

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