Where was Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom filmed?

Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) enters the Obi Wan Club and heads straight to the table of Lao Che (Roy Chiao), a notable gangster, and greets him in Mandarin. Lao is surprised and says, "You never told me you spoke my language, Dr. Jones." Indy looks at him and says, "Only on special occasions." Lao asks Indy, "So, it's true? You found Nurhachi?" Indy replies, "Yes, last night, one of your boys tried to get Nurhachi without paying for it."

Lao tries to deflect by claiming Indy insulted his son Wu Han. Still, a fight breaks out after introductions are made between Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw) and Indy over the diamond payment for the remains of Nurhachi.

This daring act is one of the opening Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom action scenes shot at the Elstree Film Studio in Hertfordshire, UK. The Obi Wan Club is an ode to Harrison Ford's Star Wars role and is a set built specifically for this movie. Like many of the earlier Indiana Jones films, Elstree has been instrumental in providing sets for indoor scenes. Getting here is easy if you hop onto bus number 107, hop off at the Elstree Studio stop, and walk for 2 minutes.

While escaping Lao Che's clutches, the plane that Indy, Willie, and Short Round (Ke Huy Quan) escape on also belongs to Lao Che. The Chinese pilots navigate the Himalayas, empty the fuselage, and jump from the plane, trying to kill the three passengers. Willie realizes something fishy when she hears the air flowing throughout the cabin and rushes to the cockpit to notice the pilots are gone.

She panics and runs to Indy screaming, "Oh No! Mister! Mister! Wake up. Please! Dr. Jones! Dr. Jones!" When he wakes up, she pulls him to the cockpit screaming, "No one's flying the plane! They've all gone! You know how to fly, don't you?" Indy gets in the pilot's chair, holds the controls, and tells Willie, "No. Do you know how to fly the plane? How hard can it be?"

This incredible Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom filming location is not the Himalayas but the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area in California. Driving to this scenic location is easy if you catch the US-395 S and keep going towards the Mammoth Scenic Loop.

As Indy, Willie, and Short Round jump out of the plane on a life raft, they fall straight onto the snow-covered mountain tops and start sliding downwards. The plane crashes into one of the peaks as they go down the white Himalayan mountains. They dodge trees and large rocks while going down the hill.

Short Round yells, "Slow it down!" Indy turns to him and Willie and screams, "That wasn't so bad, was it?" While he's still completing his statement, the life raft goes over the mountain and careens straight into the river below, falling from a massive height! The three somehow manage to land straight on the water without capsizing. However, they are still in danger yet since they land directly onto grade 5 rapids and are being carried down river.

This feat of utter courage and daring is considered one of the best scenes in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The place where the raft careens is the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River at the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. Getting here is challenging since there are several unnamed roads. However, speaking to a park ranger will help get you where the raft goes over the mountainside and into the river rapids below.

After Indy, Willie, and Short Round manage to find land, they come across a Shaman who brings them to the poor village of Mayapore. All the people speak to the three in a foreign language, and Indy and his companions cannot understand what they're saying. As they are seated, a poor woman brings them some food. Indy accepts the meager fare and thanks their hosts in English.

Willie misbehaves and rejects the plate of food, saying, "I can't eat this." Indy tries to explain to her, "That's more food than these people eat in a week. They're starving." Willie looks around and thinks they should eat the food, but Indy interrupts her and says, "Eat it." She continues to misbehave and raises her eyebrows at Indy, "I'm not hungry." Indy tries to explain to her, "You're insulting them, and you're embarrassing me. Eat it. Eat."

This filming location of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom of the village of Mayapore was built on the Hantana Tea Plantation site in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Getting here is accessible only by car via the AB42 to Keppetipola Rd and Hantana Rd.

Indy, Willie, and Short Round leave the village on elephants. Willie manages to bungle her climb on the elephant's back and sits the wrong way. As the elephant moves, she screams, "Wait a second! Indy! I can't go to Delhi like this!" Indy turns around (while on his own elephant) and says, "We're not going to Delhi, doll. We're going to Pankot Palace." Willie starts behaving hysterically and screams, "Pankot? I can't go to Pankot. I'm a singer. I need to call my agent. Is there a phone? I need a phone!"

While passing through on the way to Pankot, they cross a beautiful, picturesque river and wild natural surroundings. Still, Willie doesn't appreciate the beauty and instead keeps cribbing about the smell of the elephants and the flies. She pours perfume on the elephant's head, and when the elephant roars at her, she says, "Oh! Quit complaining. This is expensive stuff."

Out of all the Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom locations in Sri Lanka, this one is always open to tourists and visitors. The Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka allows visitors to spend the day caring for and learning about elephants, their maintenance, and their lives. Getting to the Elephant Orphanage is relatively straightforward. To reach the orphanage, simply drive via Karadupana Jct towards Karandupona-Rambukka Rd/ B199.

Indiana Jones steals the three sacred stones from the underground temple of the Kali Goddess while the head priest Mola Ram (Amrish Puri), tries to sacrifice Willie. Indy tells Willie and Short Round to head to the rope bridge as a means of escape. as they cross to the other side of the rope bridge, they get captured by Mola Ram.

As Indy comes from behind, he is being followed by the bad guys. Mola Ram's swordsmen surround Indy from both sides of the bridge. As the thugs come closer to Indy, he pulls out the bag with the Sankara stones and holds it over the open water, saying, "You want the stones? Let them go! Let her go!" Mola Ram starts laughing and says, "Drop them, Dr. Jones. They will be found. You won't."

This scene is shot at the Victoria Dam Observation Center, Mahaweli Ganga, Sri Lanka. If you want to visit this Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom location, you would need to drive up from Teldeniya Rd and turn onto Moragahamula – Victoria Damtop/ B493 and keep driving till you reach the Victoria Dam Observation Center.