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(at Woody’s Driving Range)

11801 Leesburg Pike
Herndon, VA 20170-2106
(703)430-8337

Price: $9.50

Par: 41 Other Activities: Driving Range

2003 Ratings 2009 Ratings

Difficulty: 7 Difficulty: 5

Creativity: 6 Creativity: 6

Atmosphere: 11 (Our tribute to Spinal Tap) Atmosphere: 11 (Our tribute to Spinal Tap)

2003 Rating

Hands down, no questions asked, one of the best (if not the very best) miniature golf courses we’ve ever played. That’s it, we’ve made the statement and we’re sticking to it. This course was like walking into a miniature golf version of the Jungle Cruise at Disney World, that’s how much effort went into making this course. Each and every hole has something to keep you interested and something that keeps with the theme. There’s skeletons stuck in quicksand, totem heads in the waterfall, talking tiki gods, snakes (why’d it have to be snakes?), crazy monkeys, a witch doctor, and an alligator with a surprise. There’s so much more that to even list all the little things they did to make this course great would take up pages (for example: watch for the “spider webs”, the crazy fog machine and the animal trapped in a shipping crate). Did we mention that you can actually play mini-golf too? We ended up playing the course twice in two days because we were so enthralled with all the props that the mini-golf got lost the first time around (and it’s a lot cooler to play the course at night as we found out). The holes themselves are pretty creative and a lot of them are a bit longer, creating some extra difficulty. Most of the holes are makable in one or two, which means that the par is online with the difficulty.

The only two knocks we have against the course is a) it’s expensive, but you get your money’s worth and b) the tee mats are beat up a bit. When you work it out through that’s one negative point stacked up against 200 positive points. There’s only so much words can describe, so I urge you to talk a look at the pictures on the course’s website and what we have posted here as well.

Reviewed by: Pat, Mandy, Scott and Putt

Reviewed in 2003

2009 Rating

Back in 2003 The Putting Penguin reviewed Perils of the Lost Jungle and deemed it one of the best courses we have ever played. In 2009 this course maintains its position at the top of our list! This course is like an amusement park. There are animatronic animals, props galore, and even frogs that spit water. Many of the features have remained the same since 2003 with only slight changes. Since we last reviewed this course the most notable addition is the Tarzan who swings overhead across the course. There is music played throughout the course. The most recognizable is the Indiana Jones theme.

The course is designed in such a fashion that you can’t really see what is coming up on the next hole until you get to it. There are constant surprises. It’s not a bad thing if there’s a wait to play the next hole so you have time to look at everything. Even on a busy day there is no such thing as a tedious wait.

This course is worth the price and the drive, and is convenient to anywhere in Northern Virginia. The course is well maintained, and the staff is friendly. It’s also well shaded for the hot summer days. For the sake of adventure and discovery we’ll leave out the details, and we encourage you to experience it for yourselves!

Reviewed by: Mandy, Krystal & Dale

Reviewed in 2009

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Course Pictures 2003 (click to enlarge)

Course Pictures 2009