Photos, videos: An adventure among the dinosaurs of Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge
"Jurassic Park" is only a movie, right?
Right?
Well, that's technically true. You can experience your own Jurassic-like adventure at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge. That is, minus the running and screaming.
But there definitely will be some roaring in the background as the park's looped soundtrack amplifies a T-rex's displeasure at human visitors invading her territory. Not to worry, though — she's static, meaning she doesn't move. Neither do any of the other of the park's dinosaurs.
There are 28 in all, and they're built to scale and lifelike. And you can see them all beneath the tree canopy-covered trail winding through the 12-acre park in Breaux Bridge.
The park is open noon-7 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors age 60 and older and $8 for children ages 3-12. Children age 2 and younger are admitted free.
For more information, call (337) 981-3466 or visit prehistoric-park.com.
Make no mistake, you will be stalked at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge, especially by this allosaurus. The good news? All of the dinosaurs are static displays, though they still look hungry.
Welcome to Prehistoric Park, a 12-acre enclosure covered by a tree canopy featuring 28 static dinosaur displays in Breaux Bridge.
Welcome to Prehistoric Park, where visitors can come face-to-face with scale-sized dinosaurs along a canopied trail. The park is a subsidiary of Margaritaville RV Resort in Breaux Bridge.
The the gateway to Prehistoric Park's tree-covered trail featuring 28 static dinosaur displays in Breaux Bridge.
Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge featured 28 static dinosaur displays along a tree-canopied trail covered 12 acres.
Fans of the 'Jurassic World' movie series surely will recognize a likeness of the velociraptor called Blue running through Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
Lots of menacing dinosaur teeth can be seen along the trail at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A toothy dimetrodon awaits visitors along the trail at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
The trail through Prehistoric Park winds through 12 acres covered by a canopy of trees.
Fall flowers grows along the trail leading to the brachiosaurus display in Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A brachiosaurus peers down at the visitors walking on the trail below at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A brachiosaurus peers down at the visitors walking on the trail below at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
Gazing upward at the brachiosaurus display along the Prehistoric Park's trail in Breaux Bridge, La. The 12-acre park opened in 2014 and features static dinosaur displays along a tree canopied walkway enhanced by T-rex sound effects. Staff video by Robin Miller
Fall wildflowers bloom across the trail from the brachiosaurus display in Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A turn in the trail delivers a surprise to visitors: The T-rex, always the star of any dinosaur exhibit, bears her teeth.
The mother T-rex protects her eggs at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
The mother T-rex protects her eggs at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
Prehistoric Park is enhanced by a looped soundtrack of a T-rex's roar. Though all of the dinosaurs are static, the appearance of the T-rex near the trail's end is chilling but fun.
Each of the dinosaur displays in Prehistoric Park is fronted by an explanatory sign providing information about the specific prehistoric creature. This sign discusses the T-rex.
A triceratops family stands along the trail in Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
Looking into the eye of a triceratops along the trail at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A triceratops family stands along the trail in Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A triceratops family watches passing visitors at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge, La. The 12-acre park opened in 2014 and features static dinosaur displays along a tree canopied walkway enhanced by T-rex sound effects. Staff video by Robin Miller
Well, this creature doesn't exactly look prehistoric or out of place in south Louisiana. But it is. The sarcosuchus, or prehistoric crocodile, is on display in Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
Fans of the 'Jurassic World' movie series surely will recognize a likeness of the velociraptor called Blue running through Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A well-armored kentrosaurus stands along the trail at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A stegosaurus family huddles along the trail at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A ferocious utahraptor awaits visitors in Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A stegosaurus family huddles along the trail at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
One of many lamp posts along the trail in Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge. The lamps light up at dusk.
An edmontonia watches passersby at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A utahraptor appears to stalk visitors in Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A velociraptor runs through the forest at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A stegosaurus stands in the distance at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
Velociraptors are on the attack in Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A utahraptor appears to be stalking visitors in Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
Each of the dinosaur displays in Prehistoric Park is fronted by an explanatory sign providing information about the specific prehistoric creature. This sign discusses the Utahraptor.
Fall wildflowers bloom along the trail in Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A parasaurolophus emerges from the trees along the trail in Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
Each of the dinosaur displays in Prehistoric Park is fronted by an explanatory sign providing information about the specific prehistoric creature. This sign discusses the parasaurolophus.
A dilophosaurus flares in anger along the trail in Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A gastonia appears to emerge from the foliage of Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
Make no mistake, you will be stalked at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge, especially by this allosaurus. The good news? All of the dinosaurs are static displays, though they still look hungry.
An olorotitan towers over the trail in Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
An olorotitan hovers over the trail at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A smaller variety of dinosaur, the protoceratops, stands along the trail in Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A styracosaurus passively waits at the trail's end as if bidding goodbye to visitors to Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
Some animated dinosaurs roar at the end of Prehistoric Park's trail in Breaux Bridge. The 12-acre park opened in 2014 and features static dinosaur displays along a tree canopied walkway enhanced by T-rex sound effects. Staff video by Robin Miller
The high voltage signs along the wire fence surrounding Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge are actually harmless props paying homage to the 'Jurassic Park' movies.
A reproduction T-rex skeleton serves as the centerpiece for the Prehistoric Park gift shop in Breaux Bridge.
Visitors can have their photos made inside a T-rex's mouth before leaving the gift shop at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A mixed media T-rex mural in the gift shop at Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
A velociraptor trophy head in the gift shop in Prehistoric Park in Breaux Bridge.
Visitors can try their hand at gem mining outside the entrance to Prehistoric Park's gift shop before leaving the Breaux Bridge park.