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[Honolulu] Day 03 - Kualoa Ranch - Movie Site and Ranch Tour

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About an hour's drive north away from Waikiki is the large Kualoa Ranch ! This Ranch has been used by many Hollywood directors to film adventure/blockbuster movies with jungle and vast grassy knoll/plain settings! Prior to our arrival in Hawaii, Baby had already booked a 'Movie Site and Ranch Tour' online at a morning slot.  We boarded the tour bus, and the duration of the tour was about 1.5 hours! There was a jovial tour guide on the bus who provided us with great information, as well as a friendly narrative of the history of the ranch. She also pointed out various parts of the ranch which had official movie filming locations for our viewing! Some of the movies that were filmed here were 'Jurassic Park', 'Godzilla', '50 First Dates', 'Hawaii Five-O', and 'LOST', which are just to name a few! There was even huge mad made crater which was made to look like Godzilla's footprint! ...