Team building activity

Information for organisers

Treasure Hunt Edinburgh is a great activity for your team-building event, office away day or an activity to bring together remote teams.

We’ve organised hundreds of excellent experiences, catering for groups of 6—200!

How the game works

The game works like a Whatsapp Group chat with a pirate character who leads each team around Edinburgh. They have to figure out cryptic clues by finding things in the city.

Everyone in a team can access their link on their own phones. They all see each others' messages just like a group chat.

Demo game: Treasure Hunt Edinburgh

Here’s a demo game (open on your phone):

https://treasurehuntedinburgh.com/demo

Split into teams of 6

For big groups we suggest breaking into teams of up to 6.

Each team should start 2—3 minutes apart. That way they aren’t on each others' toes but they’ll see each other at any planned breaks along the way.

Duration & breaks

The game takes 2–3 hours depending on breaks.

We recommend planning in a break at one of Edinburgh’s excellent venues along the way.

Here’s a map of Edinburgh showing the full route (no spoilers!):

https://treasurehuntedinburgh.com/route

Start and end points

The game starts at the bottom of Cockburn Street and takes them on a fixed route that we’ve carefully designed.

It ends at George IV Bridge.

Make it a competition

Each team gets a score that’s calculated when they’ve finished all the clues.

To get a perfect score, they’d need to get every clue right first time with no hints.

We suggest competing on score rather than time as it’s nicer to ṫake your time rather than rushing.

You can see team scores on your leaderboard:

During the day, you can watch the progress of teams. The leaderboard shows how many clues each team has completed in real-time.

How to book

Pay by card

It costs £9.99 per person (including VAT).

The fastest and easiest way is to book online and pay by card.

You’ll get all your games and instructions instantly.

We’re flexible: you can add and remove people right up until the day before the event.

Pay by invoice

If you haven’t finalised numbers, you can request a quote and pay later by invoice.

If you accept the quote, we’ll create your games and send your instructions.

You can add and remove people right up until the day before the event.

We’ll raise an invoice after the event.

To request a quote, go to our booking page, enter your provisional date and numbers, then scroll to the bottom.

You allocate teams

You’ll get an email with a unique link for each team.

As the organiser, you allocate people into teams and give the links to the people in each team.

Need help?

Get in touch and we’ll sort you out.

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