Where was Mogambo filmed?
1953 film directed by John Ford
Mogambo (1953) was filmed in Mount Kenya, Kagera River, Lake Naivasha, Thika, Isiolo, Mount Longonot and 2 more places, 8 places named in its Wikipedia article's Shooting section, in the United Kingdom, Kenya, Tanzania. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as Hertfordshire, Kenya. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data
Places per Wikipedia's Shooting section
Wikipedia’s Shooting section names 8 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏙 Towns & cities
Borehamwood
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town in Hertfordshire, England, UK
“Interiors were shot at the MGM-British Studios, in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Mount Kenya
🇰🇪 Kenya
African stratovolcano
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🏙 Towns & cities
Thika
🇰🇪 Kenya
human settlement in Kenya
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Mount Longonot
🇰🇪 Kenya
Volcano in Kenya
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Lake Naivasha
🇰🇪 Kenya
lake in Kenya
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
🇰🇪 Kenya
part of an intra-continental ridge system that runs through Kenya
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Kagera River
🇹🇿 Tanzania
river in East Africa
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🏙 Towns & cities
Isiolo
🇰🇪 Kenya
city
“Other scenes were filmed in the area of Archer's Post and Isiolo.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Hertfordshire, Kenya, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: United Kingdom · Kenya
Also shot in these places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Mogambo have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 8 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
A Clockwork Orange (1971), each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.