Treasure Hunt Adventure

Primary Benefit: Team building.

Secondary Benefits:

Communication
Strategy Development
Time Management
Delegation
Creativity
Negotiation
Working as a team

The Game: This exciting new team-building activity fosters group effectiveness in a unique way. Based on the Scandinavian sport of Orienteering (now an Olympic event) where individuals use a detailed map to find flags in the forest, Treasure Hunt Adventure is driven by a custom-made map of your conference center.

The object is to find the key to the treasure-filled chest. Your large group is divided into heterogeneous sub-groups, each with its own set of clues to find. Individual teams soon realize that the only means to the treasure is to work together. The key, hidden somewhere on the property, can only be found by locating clues circled on their maps (a tree, column, statue, etc.)
Some clues can only be acquired when the group completes a "challenge" -- a fun test of the team’s mettle. Clues can be presented as Trivial Pursuit or Jeopardy-style questions. We can also add questions about your company. Each sub-group’s immediate goal is assembling their part of the riddle. When assembled, these add up to reveal a final riddle. The excitement builds as all sub-groups must now work together to find the key.

Since everyone contributes to the search, all get a share of the treasure. This can be a token or memento of the seminar, a T-shirt emblazoned with the current slogan of the team, or whatever you choose.

Our very popular "Mission: Possible" hunt is an exciting variation on this theme. The team must stop a computer virus introduced by a rival company. Complete with spies, dark glasses, code words, and a nail-biting countdown, our Mission, should you choose to accept it, produces equally lasting results.

Training Module or De-Brief: Treasure Hunt Adventure is a true team builder, where everyone comes together at the end. The trained facilitator can bring out any issues, or conference themes and customize the hunt and debrief to your needs.

Minimum/Maximum Group Size: 20 - 400.

Program Length: The activity can be made more physical or more cerebral depending on your needs. Typically, Treasure Hunts last several hours. However, some firms prefer a full day that centers around traditional orienteering in a local forest.

Space Requirements: While the activity is best suited out of doors, we can identify alternate rain sites within your hotel or conference center.