A Dino-mite Tour of Hawaii: Jurassic Park and Jurassic World Movie Locations

On the grounds of Oahu's Kualoa Ranch

Kauai's Na Pali Coast-

This beautiful green coastline can only be seen by air or by sea. Our cruise ship captain was awesome enough to take us around just to see this amazing sight.

Does it look familiar? This coast is used in the scenes approaching Isla Nublar in Jurassic Park and Jurassic World.

The shape of the coast is pretty recognizable, so you're sure to notice it the next time you watch!

Kualoa Ranch on Oahu-

This ranch resides on some of the most beautiful land I have ever seen, and it's no surprise that Hollywood discovered it would be a great place to film many hit movies.

Not only is Kualoa Ranch a location for Jurassic Park AND Jurassic World, but also Pearl Harbor, 50 First Dates, LOST, and Godzilla among many others!

The ranch offers movie location tours, which, of course, we signed up for! Our guide, Leonard, drove us around the property explaining the locations and letting us take all the pictures we wanted.

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Mark being chased by an "enormous" dino! Be sure to follow us on Instagram for photos like this as we travel!

Leonard made a few of our photos extra special and memorable by adding in a "huge" dinosaur (actually a small dinosaur toy he kept in his pocket. He just held it close to the camera. So great!).

The most recognizable "Jurassic" site at the ranch has to be the fallen tree. If you are familiar with the film, you will know it immediately.

In the scene where Dr. Grant and the kids come across the gallimimus flock, they run to this tree to escape the stampede.

Of course, I had to reenact the scene and duck under the tree just as they did in the movie, but you already knew I did, didn't you?

This little building, near the Jurassic Park fallen tree, served as the entrance and queue to the sphere ride in Jurassic World.

If you have seen the movie or the previews, you should remember the clear spheres that people could ride in to view the dinosaurs up close.

We were originally told that it was some sort of train station, but we recognized it immediately on the big screen!

The Jurassic World crew set up lockers and filmed in this hallway at Kualoa Ranch. We didn't catch the scene when we saw the movie on Friday, so we're not sure if it was cut or if we were just so caught up in the story that we simply missed it!

If you see a hallway with lockers in the movie, let us know! We're already excited to own the movie so we can watch for these locations!

The beauty and landscape of Hawaii seems so surreal on its own without being linked to any pop culture.

If a dinosaur had come out of the trees and walked past us, it would have seemed totally natural in those surroundings (glad one didn't, but you know what I mean!).

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I've seen those hills so many times, so to see them in person and really understand the size of the mountains, hills, and trees was simply amazing.

You don't have to be a movie buff to enjoy any of these locations in Hawaii, but it is a paradise in many ways for those of us that love Jurassic Park!