[Family Travel] Taiwan’s Jurassic Park: Dinosaur Chase at Baiguo Mountain Amusement Park

Recently, everyone’s Facebook feeds must have been flooded by this new dinosaur attraction, right? Thanks to free admission during the trial operation from December 17 to 19, you could say that little Yuanlin town was packed to the brim with people!

It just so happened that today (Monday) was a makeup holiday for CenCen’s school sports day, and I naively thought there wouldn’t be that many people today — but I was wrong!! (kneeling) When we arrived around 10 AM, the line was literally stretched out for kilometers!! (It went all the way past the longest slide at Baiguo Mountain and still didn’t seem to end)

So we decided to go play on the “longest slide” to pass the time for now. And sure enough, by around noon, the queue had thinned out a bit!! (At least we could see the end of it now!! But it was still by the super long slide at Baiguo Mountain) It probably took us less than an hour in line before we finally got in!

The predecessor of Baiguo Mountain Discovery Park was “Klimt Manor,” located near the super long slide at Baiguo Mountain. The entrance area really has a Jurassic Park vibe!

Even though it was a Monday today, it was also the last day of the trial run, so there were still tons of people!! Scared our baby a bit. The line stretched all the way to the end of the road, (up to the longest slide) and even after turning the corner, people were still lining up. (And there was no end in sight)

So we decided not to wait in line anymore and took the two sisters to the longest slide to kill some time first. We’ve been here before — there are lots of novel amusement facilities, and there are plenty of booths on holidays. Plus there’s a super tall grapevine slide that can easily take up your whole day.

There’s also a watermelon house here, which is super cute!

And you can actually walk inside and walk around it — there are little windows on all four sides.

After playing for a while, around 11 AM, the line did get a bit shorter indeed!! At least by the super long slide, you could see the end now!! So we got in line too, and luckily there were breaks as we moved along — it took us less than an hour to get in!

Finally saw the entrance!! The weather was absolutely amazing — after standing in line, we all felt like we’d gotten a serious tan!

There were more tourists than dinosaurs. This one here is a boxing dinosaur at the entrance. (It moves and has sound effects!)

Going up the path, there’s a small dinosaur egg display that lots of people are rushing to take photos with. (But I saw two kids from another family squeeze into one egg, and the whole thing almost toppled over!! Scared everyone, remember to be careful)

While waiting in line outside the park, we saw this really tall brachiosaurus. (It moves and also makes sound)

There were just too many people, and it was really hard to back up far enough to get a full shot of it!

Just how many people are there? Take a look at this photo and you’ll see.

This T-Rex even has a car under its foot — very Jurassic Park movie vibes.

We finally found a kind visitor who offered to take a family photo for us, but Xinxin threw a tantrum and refused to look at the camera.

Do these few dinosaurs look familiar to you, giving off a sense of déjà vu? We only found out from the owner of Moonlight Mountain Lodge that these dinosaurs were actually relocated here from the “Jurassic Park” event that used to be by Tiger City in Taichung!! There’s photo proof — just compare our photos from the Tiger City event to see for yourself!! (Same eggs, haha!! How did I not notice before?)

Same super tall brachiosaurus, haha!!

Could that be the T-Rex stepping on the car?

Alright!! Little detective session over — there are still some differences here, like this dinosaur that kids can actually climb onto and slide down from. (But remember to line up nicely!)

You can climb up using the stairs in the middle.

Then you can get all the way to the top. (Definitely take a commemorative photo here!!)

And then you can slide down along the dinosaur’s tail!

At first, seeing so many kids climbing on the dinosaur from afar, I thought it was such a bad example — but when I got closer, I realized it’s actually a climbable dinosaur!

A two-story trampoline climbing area.

Sisters Cen and Xin also squeezed in and had a blast jumping around!

It’s like feeding small animals!! (And the best part is, they really enjoy it!)

Further up, it suddenly becomes very open, and you can still enjoy the view when you look down.

There are fewer people up here—it turns out… most of the attractions are paid experiences. (There’s also a restaurant.)

Virtual Phantom Dynamic Pavilion, 100 NT dollars per entry. (It’s an indoor ride where you watch thrilling videos like roller coasters.)

Children's Discovery Museum—we didn’t seem to go in. There’s also virtual reality with glasses and a souvenir area. (Didn’t get a photo.)

In the middle, there are many small red tents that serve as little rest huts.

We took another path down the mountain, thinking it led to a small lake.

Up close, there’s actually a steering wheel? It must be something like driving a remote-controlled boat.

There are also many small moving dinosaurs with sound effects here. (They occasionally play dinosaur introductions too.)

These velociraptors look like they’re caged up like in Tiger City.

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