This is team building with movement, fresh air if the setting allows, and a proper reason to talk to people beyond the usual meeting room small talk. Your team is split into groups and sent off to solve a trail of clues, questions and location-based challenges. The format can be digital, using iPads, or traditional, using physical materials. Either way, the aim is simple. Work together, pay attention, and get round with more correct answers than the other teams.

The Treasure Hunt is designed around the place you choose. That might be your venue, a specific area, or a city setting with enough character to give the clues some bite. The route and questions are built to suit the surroundings, so teams are looking up, noticing signs, spotting details and piecing together answers from what is actually around them. It gives the event a sense of purpose. Your people are not just wandering about with a list. They are reading the place, comparing ideas and deciding where to go next.

The session starts with a clear briefing, so nobody is left guessing how it works. Teams get their kit, hear the rules and find out what counts. Then they are off. There is usually a lovely first five minutes where everyone pretends to be relaxed, followed by a sudden change in pace when one team realises another has found an answer first. After that, the hunt finds its rhythm. People point, argue gently, laugh at wrong turns, check each other’s logic and make decisions under a little friendly pressure.

The activity works because it gives different personalities different ways in. The competitive ones can watch the time and chase the score. The detail people can read every plaque, sign and clue twice. The quieter members of the group often become very useful, because they notice the small thing the louder voices skipped past. Sceptics tend to soften once there is a real puzzle in front of them and a rival team just around the corner. It is social without forcing anyone to perform.

You can book it as a relaxed away day activity, or give it more of a team building focus. If you want the hunt to reflect your business, we can include company-specific questions, in-jokes or knowledge checks where they fit naturally. Used well, that makes the event feel personal without turning it into a test. It can also support a wider company day, charity fundraiser or evening gathering, giving people a shared task before they move on to the next part of the programme.

The iPad version gives the hunt a modern, quick-moving feel, with teams using the device as their guide and answer point. The traditional version keeps things tactile, with clues and materials in hand. Both routes can work well. The right choice depends on your setting, your group and the tone you want. Some teams like the neatness of the tech. Others enjoy the simplicity of paper, pens and a few heads bent over a clue.

We handle the build and delivery, from shaping the hunt around your chosen place to briefing the group on the day. We bring the event materials and keep things moving, so you are not left trying to explain rules while half the team is already edging towards the door. Your role is to tell us what you want the event to achieve, where it needs to happen and any company touches you would like included. We will turn that into a Treasure Hunt that feels clear, sociable and properly yours.