Calgary Clue Solving Adventures

Let Calgary become your playground! 

Using a smartphone or tablet as your personal tour guide, this is an activity with an interactive twist - an opportunity to join friends and family in uncovering downtown Calgary hot spots, test your knowledge, and have lots of fun.

Your Clue Solving Adventure will lead you on a route through downtown Calgary. This adventure game combines the fun of a scavenger hunt with the clue-solving challenge of an escape room and then adds the excitement of racing against the clock.

This scavenger hunt style adventure is great for families, friends, and groups. Choose to race or simply enjoy the experience as you tour Calgary. It’s entirely up to you!

How it works:

• You’ll receive a series of clues on the free APP. Each clue will guide you to a new location where you'll find a hidden word or solve a puzzle.
• Along the way, you'll visit local icons, experience stunning scenery and uncover hidden places.
• Once you’ve registered your adventure and selected your start date with the tour provider, you’ll receive an email with the instructions and the access code. This happens after you’ve activated your experience on Breakaway Experiences’ website.
• Download the free APP and use the access code to activate your adventure.
• Clues are sequential and written assuming you have no knowledge of the town.
• Submit the correct answer and you will immediately get the next clue. Don’t worry, hints and directions are available but they’ll cost you a time penalty.
• Complete all the clues and solve the final mystery!
• Suggested team size is 2-5 players. The game is most fun when working with other people to find and solve clues.

Choose from 5 exciting Calgary Adventures:

1. Sculpted in Time

Explore downtown and its surrounding areas, as your clues uncover the city’s hidden art, history and eateries. The trail of clues to do so is tricky, and the temptation to get lost in restaurants and along the way may be even trickier. Do you and your team have what it takes?

• Start location: Downtown Calgary
• Start time: Start any day any, time.
• Walking distance: Approximately 4 kms, flat streets in downtown. Lots of pubs, restaurants and shops on the route with several optional game breaks.
• Average time to complete: 2 to 2.5 hours.
• What you need: At least one fully charged cellphone per team (we advise 2+) and footwear for walking around town. Dress for the weather.
• Children:  This adventure is family and pet friendly. The clues can be quite challenging and we recommend playing with adults.

2. Riotous Roundup 

An indoor adventure! A local prankster has stolen animals from the zoo and hidden them all around Calgary’s city centre. He has set a trail of clues for the animals to be found, but someone needs to solve them and save the days. Unlock the puzzle by finding tricky clues through Calgary’s indoor +15 system rounding up a menagerie of escaped animals.

• Start location: Downtown Calgary's indoor pathways in the +15 system.
• Start time:  Monday to Saturday, 9am to 4pm. The game is restricted by the opening hours of the +15 and the core shopping centre.
• Walking distance: 2.5 kms with several escalators.
• Average time to complete: 90 minutes.
• What you need:  At least one fully charged cellphone per team (we advise 2+) and footwear for walking around town. Dress for the weather.
• Children:  This adventure is family friendly - kids themed.

3. The Wizards of Inglewood

A magical Clue Solving adventure through the historic and eclectic streets of Iinglewood! Can you help a Grand Master wizard thwart a group of renegade mages from brewing a deadly potion, by finding the ingredients before they do?

• Start location: Inglewood neighbourhood, Calgary
• Start time: Start any day any, time.
• Walking distance:  2 kms, flat walking on city streets with several restaurant and pub options en route, plus two breweries.
• Average time to complete: 2 hours.
• What you need: At least one fully charged cellphone per team (we advise 2+) and footwear for walking around town. Dress for the weather.
• Children:  This adventure is family and pet friendly. The clues can be quite challenging and we recommend playing with adults.

4. Banshees of the Beltline

A fun Clue Solving adventure exploring the historic buildings and vibrant pubs and shops of Calgary's beltline. Do you and your team have what it takes to solve a historical mystery and uncover who the Banshees of the Beltline really are? This adventure will lead you through diverse neighbourhoods and vibrant entertainment and shopping areas.

• Start location: Calgary's Beltline area.
• Start time: Start any day any, time.
• Walking distance:  4.3 kms flat sidewalks in downtown Calgary with lots of pub, shops, and restaurants along the route, with several optional game breaks.
• Average time to complete: 2 to 2.5 hours hours.
• What you need: At least one fully charged cellphone per team (we advise 2+) and footwear for walking around town. Dress for the weather.
• Children:  This adventure is family and pet friendly. The clues can be quite challenging and we recommend playing with adults.

5. The Missing Crew (played in Calgary Airport)

A fun way to spend 90 minutes in Calgary Airport. Discover the shops, art, and history that you have never noticed before! Can you help a local airline find the missing members of a crew required for an important flight? They are hidden all around the airport in places that we are guessing you have never seen before!

• Start location: Calgary Airport
• Start time:  Monday to Saturday, 9am to 4pm. The game is restricted by the opening hours of the +15 and the core shopping centre.
• Walking distance: 2.2 kms with limited access. Restrictions will be included when you start your game. All indoors with flat walkways, several escalators, and a few stairs.
• Average time to complete: 75 to minutes.
• What you need:  At least one fully charged cellphone per team (we advise 2+) and footwear for walking around town. Dress for the weather.
• Children:  This adventure is family friendly.

Need to know:

• You are not required to buy anything, however there will be multiple opportunities for shopping and dining if you'd like.
• Please ensure that your phone is charged before you start. Additional phones can be added at no extra cost.
• Data plans are only used to activate the adventure and are not used during play.
• If your battery is weak bringing a phone charger is a good idea. You can charge your phone by speaking to the businesses during scheduled breaks.

If you're looking for fun things to do in Calgary and you think you have what it takes to solve a mystery, or you're looking for an awesome experience gift for someone who likes a little bit of adventure, try one of these fantastic Calgary Clue Solving Adventures! 

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