Lost Virtual Tour

As you may have have noticed from the enhanced captions of the catchup broadcasts, the helicopter scenes were filmed at Kualoa Ranch. However it was not in the main Ka'a'awa Valley that most locals associate with the ranch and call "Kualoa Valley", and most Lost viewers associate with Hurley's golf course. Instead it was in the adjacent Hakipu'u Valley.



Our friend Ed Kos of Kos Hummer Tours just sent us a batch of photos from the valley that are exact matches with the helicopter scenes from Season 4. He earlier sent us photos that match Season 3 scenes such as the sonic security fence, and the campsite of the Others by the ruins where Locke's father was tied up. See all his photos, including his newest ones, on our Hakipu'u Valley page.



Contact Ed Kos at his website above to inquire about a personal tour into this valley; it's just about the only way you'll get to see it in person, since it is private property of Kualoa Ranch.



Also, we reported earlier that Ed Kos' Lost tours were featured by The Denver Channel, a news crew from Colorado. He was featured in a FIVE-part segment on Lost filming location, and all have now aired so we now have the links for you:



Kos Tour The Denver Channel Part 1

Kos Tour The Denver Channel Part 2

Kos Tour The Denver Channel Part 3

Kos Tour The Denver Channel Part 4

Kos Tour The Denver Channel Part 5

Lost filming locations have started to pop up in the captions of ABC's "Enhanced" versions of the week before's Lost episodes that are aired as a rehash along with the current episode. I don't know if they are running out of things to comment on, or if it really helps the general viewer, but it sure is fun from our point of view to see Hawai'i's filming locations highlighted.





Some of the captions from 4x03 The Economist include:

1) "This scene was shot in Kualoa Ranch on the island of Oahu. Kualoa has been a location for many films including Jurassic Park and Pearl Harbor. "

2) "The 375 yard, par 4, 17th hole on the Fazio Course at Oahu's Turtle Bay Resort is doubling as a Seychelles golf paradise."

3) "Crushed ice and special FX turn Honolulu into snowy Berlin."



Also there were two captions related to locations in the enhanced version of 4x02 Confirmed Dead, including a fun fact:

4) "This scene was shot at a rock quarry in Hawaii."

5) "This looks like LA, but it's not all but 15 scenes in 77 episodes of LOST have been shot on the island of Oahu, Hawaii."

Quick note:

We've been running behind this week, so we'll post the locations for Episode 4 for sure, but it'll be a little bit later than usual.



In the mean time we have some new photos from Hakipu'u Valley from Kualoa Ranch from Kos Tours, and will post them very soon!