Top 10 Fun & Games in Ottawa

Destination: Ottawa.
YOW Adventure Tours stands out as Ottawa’s only interactive adventure that combines the thrill of an escape room, the exploration of geocaching, and the competitive excitement of The Amazing Race, all in one incredible outdoor experience. Perfect for groups, families, and teams, our adventures transform Ottawa’s iconic landmarks and hidden gems into an unforgettable game board. Whether you’re solving puzzles, racing against the clock, or hunting for geocaches, our tours provide an immersive and dynamic way to explore the city. With options to integrate Aqua Taxi rides, your adventure expands across both land and water, adding another layer of excitement.
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Duration: Around 1 hour and a half.

Destination: Ottawa.
Use clues at each attraction to find your next destination and challenge yourself to use logic, imagination, observation, and team spirit to complete the game. Uncover local information and facts about the city as you explore. Discover hidden gems and narrow streets. Without a schedule and at your own pace, pause anytime and continue later or even another day. Work as a team or compete with each other. A unique team-building activity perfect for couples, families, companies, students, and groups of friends. You will visit: Parliament of Canada Centennial Flame The National War Memorial The Famous Five Rideau Canal Major’s Hill Park Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica Royal Canadian Mint National Gallery of Canada Samuel de Champlain Statue
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Duration: Around 2 hours.

Destination: Ottawa.
Enjoy a role-playing scavenger hunt experience that encourages people to step outside, solve the murder mystery and build connections with long-lasting memories. The Murder Mystery in Ottawa is an interactive game/activity where you are guided by the Questo mobile app through a set of locations in Ottawa, while stepping in the shoes of the story's main character. At each location, you will follow directions and solve very fun puzzles, riddles, and cryptic codes that will unfold the story and guide you to the next location. Designed to be enjoyed on foot, this experience is ideal for exploring the city on a romantic date, a family outing, or as a team-building activity. During the activity, you will also visit popular and hidden places in Ottawa while learning fun stories about them. This is a storytelling experience just as much as it is a role-playing scavenger hunt.
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Duration: Around 2 hours.

Destination: Ottawa.
Crazy Dash of Ottawa allows your team to discover the city in a fun way! Our app will instruct you to find a variety of different items around the city. For every item you find, you'll get points. You can find these items in any order you'd like. You'll also participate in exciting challenges for points as well. See how your points stack up to others on our app rankings. All scavenger hunts have a remote host to help along the way via chat. Come explore Ottawa with us!
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Duration: Around 2 hours.

Destination: Ottawa.
Explore Ottawa with Wacky Walks! Our scavenger takes you around the city to find items and perform tasks for points. You'll use an app on your phone that will allow you to collect points! Check the rankings during and after you play to see your score and compare it to others. All our Scavenger hunts have a live remote host to help along the way. Come out and explore with us in Ottawa.
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Duration: Around 2 hours.

Destination: Ottawa.
Let’s Roam is the #1 app-led scavenger hunt company. Walk to all the best landmarks and hidden gems, answering trivia questions and solving challenges. Work with your team or compete against them, as you learn new facts and create memorable experiences. Let’s Roam Scavenger Hunts are great as an everyday activity, or for bachelorette parties, birthday parties, corporate team building events and more! Each player chooses an interactive role, with challenges varying by person.
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Duration: Around 2 hours.

Destination: Ottawa.
Operation City Quest of Ottawa lets your team discover the city in a fun and different way. Our app will instruct you to find a variety of items throughout the city in any order you'd like, and do funny challenges, for points! See your points stack up to others during the game on the app's ranking feature. All scavenger hunts come with a remote guide to help you via chat. Come compete with us in Ottawa.
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Duration: Around 2 hours.

Destination: Ottawa.
Zombie Scavengers in Ottawa challenges your team to survive a zombie apocalypse! The game instructs you to find a variety of items to survive the apocalypse anywhere in the city you'd like via an app. Get points for finding survival items (in any order you want) and participating in exciting zombie themed tasks. Plan your survival adventure carefully in order to get the most points to survive! A remote host will be following along (virtually) and help if you need it via chat. Come survive with us in Ottawa today!
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Duration: Around 1 hour.

Destination: Ottawa.
Using your smartphone, you'll be given an app to download and a starting location. Once you arrive at the starting location, you'll send a text to check in and get your game setup on the app. From your starting location, also known as your Home Base, the app will lead you from checkpoint to checkpoint around the city to collect clues and solve puzzles. Once you've completed all 3 quests, you'll come back to your Home Base and solve a final puzzle. The objective is to have fun, score the most points, and correctly solve the final puzzle! You are not alone. You will have a remote guide that is just a call or text away that can help throughout your adventure!
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Duration: Around 2 hours.

Destination: Ottawa.
Celebrate the magic of the season this year with Holly Jolly Hunt. Holly Jolly Hunt is an app based scavenger hunt that you can play anywhere of your choosing. Explore the city and look for holiday related items, both traditional and not so traditional. Take a photo through the app to score points for your scavenger hunt team. Perform fun, holiday challenges that will bring laughter to your team. See your score on the leaderboard compared to other teams from all over. Holly Jolly Hunt is guaranteed to provide lasting holiday memories. Whether you play with friends, family, or even co-workers, Holly Jolly will put a smile on your face for the rest of the year!
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Duration: Around 1 hour.