The Great Office Escape: Scavenger Hunt Edition
If your idea of corporate team building involves awkward icebreakers, trust falls or forced fun, we have some good news. There’s a new adventure in town.
Our new Corporate Scavenger Hunt gets your team out of the office and into the action. Teams explore their surroundings while completing clues, puzzles and creative challenges. Along the way, they’ll hunt for landmarks, tackle photo missions and compete for points.
Best of all, we don’t run the same scavenger hunt for every group. Instead, we customise the experience around your team, your location and your event. As a result, every hunt feels fresh, local and completely different.
Not Your Average Corporate Scavenger Hunt
Forget getting a list of 20 random objects and being told to go and find them. Our corporate scavenger hunt ideas take things much further.
Once the clock starts, teams head out with a collection of challenges to complete. Some might involve finding a landmark, piece of street art or tiny detail hiding in plain sight. Others could involve solving a clue, recreating a photo or filming a hilarious video.
Every challenge earns points. Therefore, teams need to think carefully about their strategy. Do you smash through the easier challenges first? Do you travel further for the big points? Or do you spend far too long perfecting a team photo worth five points?
There’s no set route and no single way to win. Instead, teams choose which challenges to tackle and where to go next. They’ll need to work together, manage their time and keep an eye on the points.
So, How Does the Scavenger Hunt Work?
On the day, our purple-shirted pros will greet your group and kick things off. After a quick briefing, we’ll split everyone into smaller teams and explain how the hunt works.
Then, it’s game on!
Teams receive their first set of scavenger challenges and head out to explore. From there, they’ll search for hidden details, crack clues and complete photo and video missions. We can even release new challenges throughout the event to keep everyone guessing.
Meanwhile, our team runs Race HQ and keeps an eye on the action. We check submissions, track points and make sure the competition stays moving.
Want to add another surprise? We can place our hosts at secret locations along the way. When teams find them, they might need to complete a bonus challenge to earn extra points.
Finally, everyone heads to the designated finish location. We tally the scores, reveal the results and crown your Scavenger Hunt champions.
Simple enough, right?
Just wait until Dave from Accounts discovers another team is 20 points ahead.
Corporate Scavenger Hunt Ideas Designed Around Your Location
One of the best parts of a Corporate Scavenger Hunt is the location itself. Rather than dropping the same activity into every city, we use your surroundings to help create the hunt.
Planning team building in Sydney? We can send teams exploring Martin Place, Circular Quay, The Rocks, Hyde Park, Barangaroo or Darling Harbour. They’ll search for landmarks, hidden details and plenty of surprises along the way.
Heading south? Team building in Melbourne gives us laneways, street art and famous landmarks to work with. Meanwhile, team building in Brisbane can take teams through the CBD, South Bank and riverside precincts.
We can also travel to regional locations throughout Australia and New Zealand.
If there’s somewhere to explore, chances are we can turn it into a challenge.
You can also choose your preferred start and finish locations. For example, we could start at your office, conference venue or hotel. Then, teams could finish at a nearby bar or restaurant ready for the next part of your event.
Want to Make It Completely Your Own?
This is where the fun really starts.
We can customise your Corporate Scavenger Hunt to suit your group. That means we aren’t limited to challenges about the city. Instead, we can bring your company, conference or event into the game.
For example, we can include company trivia, industry references, inside jokes or branded clues. We can also create challenges around your conference theme or event goals.
Your workplace can become part of the hunt too. Perhaps teams need to give your concierge a secret codeword to unlock a challenge. Maybe we hide a clue inside a locker or leave a mystery item at reception. We can even send teams searching for a particular person.
The possibilities are huge.
For conferences, we can add questions about the event. For Christmas parties, we can turn up the silliness. Alternatively, leadership groups might prefer more strategy and problem-solving.
That’s the beauty of customised corporate scavenger hunt ideas. We can create something that feels like it was made for your team. Because it was.
Why Scavenger Hunts Work for Corporate Team Building
The best fun corporate team bonding ideas don’t feel forced. Instead, they give people a reason to communicate, laugh and work together.
A scavenger hunt does exactly that.
Teams need to make decisions from the moment the clock starts. They’ll choose challenges, solve clues, navigate the area and manage their time. If their original plan doesn’t work, they’ll need to change tactics quickly.
Different strengths also start to appear. Your eagle-eyed teammate might spot something everyone else missed. Meanwhile, your creative colleague could take charge of the photo challenges. Someone else might become the strategist and start calculating which challenges offer the best points.
Then there’s the person who insists they know exactly where they’re going.
They usually don’t.
Most importantly, the activity gives everyone a chance to contribute. You don’t need to be the fastest runner or the strongest person in the group. Instead, teams need creativity, observation, communication and problem-solving skills.
That makes scavenger hunts a great choice for companies searching for team building activities everyone can participate in.
Perfect for Small Teams, Big Groups & Everything In Between
A corporate scavenger hunt works for groups of all shapes and sizes. Small teams can enjoy a fun afternoon together, while larger groups can battle it out across the city.
For bigger events, we split everyone into smaller teams. This keeps people involved and gives each person a chance to contribute. At the same time, everyone remains part of the wider competition.
As a result, scavenger hunts work brilliantly for corporate team building events, conferences and company off-sites. They’re also perfect for Christmas parties, staff celebrations, graduate programs and leadership days.
They work especially well when different departments or offices come together. Instead of forcing people to make small talk, give them something fun to achieve together.
The conversation tends to take care of itself.
Corporate Team Building Across Australia & New Zealand
While Team Building Sydney is one of our most popular locations, we certainly don’t stop at the Sydney CBD.
Tailored Team Building runs events across Australia and New Zealand. That includes major cities, regional centres and plenty of places in between.
Whether you’re planning corporate team building in Melbourne, an event in Brisbane, a conference activity on the Gold Coast or a team day in Perth, we can bring the adventure to you. We also run events in Adelaide, Canberra, Newcastle, Hobart and regional locations across Australia.
In New Zealand, you can find us creating team building events in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and beyond.
Most importantly, we don’t simply copy the same event from one location to another. Each destination gives us new landmarks, hidden details and interesting places to use. Therefore, the location becomes part of the adventure.
Ready to start hunting? Check out our Corporate Scavenger Hunt Australia or explore our Corporate Scavenger Hunt New Zealand to see how we can turn your next team day into one seriously fun adventure.
Scavenger Hunt vs Corporate Amazing Race: What’s the Difference?
If you’ve explored our corporate team building ideas, you might be wondering how the Scavenger Hunt differs from our Corporate Amazing Race.
Both activities get teams exploring, competing and working together. However, the format is quite different.
Our Corporate Amazing Race follows a more structured route. Teams move between checkpoints and meet our hosts along the way. They’ll also tackle Roadblocks, Detours, Fast Forwards and hands-on challenges.
In comparison, the Corporate Scavenger Hunt gives teams more freedom. Teams receive challenges with different points values and choose what they want to tackle. They decide where to go, which challenges are worth their time and how to build their score.
Both activities are competitive. Both encourage teamwork and problem-solving. Plus, both usually involve at least a few questionable navigation choices.
However, the Scavenger Hunt gives teams more control over their adventure. So, if your group loves strategy and freedom, this could be the perfect choice.
Looking for Fun Corporate Team Bonding Ideas?
Corporate team building doesn’t have to feel like corporate team building. In fact, we think it’s much better when it doesn’t.
Our new Corporate Scavenger Hunt combines exploration, creativity, strategy and problem-solving. Add some friendly competition and a little chaos, and you’ve got one seriously fun team day.
Better still, we’ll tailor the hunt around your team, your city and your event.
Ready, Set… Hunt!
Tell us where you’d like to start, where you’d like to finish and a little about your group. We’ll take care of the rest.
From hidden clues and local landmarks to creative missions and surprise checkpoints, we’ll build the hunt around your team. We can even throw in company-specific challenges for an extra personal touch.
All that’s left to decide is who in your office actually has a sense of direction.
Spoiler: it’s probably not the person who says they do.