Kualoa Ranch

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A 4,000-acre working ranch whose three valleys have stood in for half the jungles in Hollywood. Entry is by tour only; the Movie Sites & Ranch Tour covers the sets below.

Time there: 1½ hours for the Movie Sites tour; half a day with lunch
Best time: A morning tour
Cost: Movie Sites & Ranch Tour $59.95 adult
Good to know: Book ahead and arrive early to check in. The valleys can’t be visited without a tour.

Filmed here

Kong: Skull Island (2017)
The boneyard of Kong’s ancestors was built here in Kaʻaʻawa Valley; the bones are a stop on the Movie Sites tour.
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
The jaguar shrine, the motorbike chase and the clearing where the players find their strengths and weaknesses, plus Ruby Roundhouse’s dance-fight, which the Movie Sites tour shows.
Godzilla (1998)
A Central American village set was built and flattened here, and Nick Tatopoulos (Matthew Broderick) stands inside a giant footprint without noticing; the prints are still on the tour.
Windtalkers (2002)
One of the ranch’s valleys was turned into a Saipan battlefield, with foxholes, Japanese tanks and burned palms for the big battle scenes.
Tears of the Sun (2003)
One of the windward locations for the jungle trek, where Oʻahu’s red dirt stood in for Nigeria.

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