5 Scavenger Hunts in Canada Worth Booking

1.Montréal Scavenger Hunt and City Highlights Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 25 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $15Our pick

Use the Explorial app to guide your private group through Old Montreal. Solve questions, find landmarks, complete photo tasks, and learn about places such as Notre-Dame Basilica, Place Vauquelin, Bonsecours Market, and La Grande Roue. Plan on roughly two hours, with breaks whenever you like.

“Nice way to discover or rediscover Old Montreal. To do at our own pace with family or friends.Auto-translated”

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2.Victoria Scavenger Hunt and City Highlights Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 17 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $15Top rated

Use the Explorial app to explore Victoria from the Steamship Terminal, solving location-based questions and creative photo challenges as you walk to sights such as the Parliament Building, Fairmont Empress, and Fan Tan Alley. The private, self-guided experience takes about two hours, with breaks whenever you like.

“We had lots of fun playing this game! Victoria is a lovely place, and it was cool to play this. Thanks”

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3.Foxtrail Scavenger Hunt – Amphibious Trail Vancouver

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 17 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.)

Start in Yaletown and follow a three-and-a-half-hour Foxtrail route using your smartphone, physical clues, mechanical games, and team puzzles. You set the pace, discover familiar and lesser-known Vancouver spots, and return to the starting point. English instructions, groups of up to six.

“This tour is for sale on Tripadvisor but the truth is, it doesn’t exist! We paid to do this tour yesterday, drop over an hour into the city, did the first clue, and then the next clue, which was supposed to be a lock box with a map in it, was empty! The proprietor at the store said that they no longer support the tour! Why is it still up for purchase? The local contact info and email address don’t respond, so I called Tripadvisor/Viator and after nearly 30 min, the only result was that they’d contact the tour provider to confirm if we would qualify for a refund. My…”

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4.Foxtrail Scavenger Hunt – Compass Trail Vancouver

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 14 reviews · 3 hours (approx.)

Foxtrail Compass sends you through Vancouver’s Yaletown area on a self-guided hunt of mechanical puzzles, physical clues, codes, and app-based challenges. You set the pace, work in a group of up to six, and return to the starting point after roughly three hours.

“This is very poorly maintained. We couldn't finish because of missing/unreachable clues. DO NOT RECOMMEND! When we arrived at the first stop, they didn't have lanyards for us. Not a huge deal. We set out to continue our hunt. When we got to the parking lot, we searched & searched for the clue that was supposed to be on the fence. We never found it. We finally checked the hints & compared the picture on the hints to where this box should have been. It's not there, it's been removed. This was a letdown, we had spent a lot of time circling this lot. A few in our bunch were…”

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5.Ottawa Scavenger Hunt and Highlights Self Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 5 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $9Best value

Use the World City Trail app to guide yourself through nine Ottawa landmarks, from Parliament Hill to the National Gallery. Solve observation-based riddles, hear short stories, and pause whenever you like. The 2.4-kilometre route takes about 2.5 hours with stops and breaks, and works well for families and teens.

“We did everything on the app but was great.. All my teens downloaded the app and tried to complete the tasks.. We really enjoyed the tour and the attractions..”

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