We all know Indiana Jones, he’s the daredevil in search hidden treasures, ultimate truths all topped with a rush of adrenaline. The first 3 blockbuster of the series, “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Temple of Doom” and “The Last Crusade,” took us across the Americas, in Asia and Africa.

For the highly anticipated “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” we can expect to see Indy in places such as ancient temples hidden deep within the jungles. We don’t want to rain on your parade, but the shooting for the movies took place in Elstree Studio, a cavernous filmmaking facility in England.

That doesn’t matter if you’re the adventurous type. You get to experience what you saw in the Indiana Jones movies.

“Raiders of the Lost Ark” features Indy with an Incan statue taken from a ancient temple. The star location for this adventure is Machu Piccu, one of the most ancient and fascinanting lost cities of Peru. There are plenty of things waiting to be discovered while wondering through the remains of the ancient city. And the surrounding jungle is perhaps the place where you can find a rush of adrenaline to complete the adventure.

According to the script of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, Indy acquires the Staff of Ra in Nepal. As for the Egyptian scenes, George Lucas picked a place familiar to him, where scenes of Star Wars were also shot. We’re talking about the Tunisian city Kairouan, translated as “Little Cairo, where the Star Wars desert races or Indy’s confrontation with the master swordsman took place.

For the next movie, “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” the makes turned to the Elstree Studios and to fascinating Sri Lanka. The main setting for the movie was supposed to be a real Indian temple, but the government didn’t approve it due to the way Maharaja was depicted in the movie.

“Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” makes its debut with the young Indiana Jones, played by River Phoenix. The treasure-hunters in Utah’s Moab desert. Surrounded by some of the most diverse terrain the world, the Moab region is a magnet for all those in love with extreme sports but also for sightseeing and photographing.

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