TOURISM CHALLENGE 2024
VANCOUVER MYSTERIES TOURISM CHALLENGE
2024 Tourism Challenge: Explore downtown Vancouver while you solve a mystery and earn a stamp for your passport!
Located in Downtown Vancouver – Four outdoor mystery games to choose from. Explore iconic architecture, historic sites and public art while you complete escape-room style challenges and collect clues. No apps to download, no wifi required – this is real-life adventure.
ALLOW AT LEAST 2 HOURS GAME TIME WHEN PLANNING YOUR DAY, PARTICIPANTS MUST COMPLETE THE GAME TO EARN A STAMP.
HOW IT WORKS
Important Information – Please Read Carefully
You and your guest will be added to a team with up to 4 other players so that we can accommodate as many people as possible. If you have any concerns about this, please get in touch and we will do our best to accommodate your request to play in a private team (space is limited). *Note: our regular games do not function this way – Vancouver Mysteries teams are always private (only the people you signed up with).
This is for the Tourism Challenge only. We will ask to see your Tourism Passport when you arrive. If you are unable to show your passport you will be asked to pay for your spot or your booking will be cancelled.
A detective or agent from Vancouver Mysteries meets you at the beginning and end of your mystery to give you everything you need to play.
- You must book your game ahead of time – no walk ups.
- You must complete the game to earn your stamp (no exceptions).
- The promo code in your passport adjusts the cost to $14 per player (+ tax) for you and one guest. This special price is a savings of 60% off the regular price of $35 per player.
- The game start location varies – you will receive an email with instructions where to meet us. Please watch for this email and make sure each player signs the digital waiver before game day (we will send you a link to our digital waivers).
- Bring your kid(s)! We have a game for younger players and up to two kids under six can join your team for free – look for Heroes & Villains Family availability on the games listed on this page).
TOURISM CHALLENGE GAMES
Use promo code in you passport at any of the game times listed on this page to save 60% with the promo code in your passport.
MAY 4 | 1:30PM | Heroes & Villains Family Version | Book here
MAY 9 | 4:30PM | Heroes & Villains (ages 12 and up) | Book here
MAY 11 | 11AM | Crime in Downtown | Book here
MAY 18 |12:30PM | Secret Mission | Book here
MAY 18 – We have added a 11:30AM Crime in Downtown game! Please call/text us to add yourself to this special new time
May 25 | 1:30PM | Ghost Patrol | Book here
May 26 | 3PM | Crime in Downtown | Book here
BOOK YOUR GAME
- Bring your passport
- Sign the digital waivers before game day.
- Wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather
- Plan for at least 2 hours to complete the game and earn your stamp
CHOOSE FROM 4 GAMES
Vancouver Mysteries games run daily rain or shine year round. Only available here in Vancouver, our outdoor mystery games are a top-rated and award-winning activity since we opened in 2014. You have two hours to catch a killer, complete a spy mission, hunt ghosts, or save the planet. Can you solve the mystery?
Central Downtown Vancouver
- business district
- shopping district
Sightseeing
- Vancouver Art Gallery
- Hudson Bay Company
- art deco Marine Building
- historic Hotel Vancouver
- HSBC Pendulum
- Bill Reid Gallery
- Vancouver’s oldest building: Christ Church Cathedral
Tourism Challenge Games
Historic Gastown
- oldest neighbourhood
- shops and dining
Sightseeing
- Vancouver Steam Clock
- scenic cobblestoned Water Street
- Maple Tree Square – the oldest part of the city
- flatiron building Hotel Europe
- longest surviving saloon The Cambie
- Victory Square and Cenotaph (1924)
- The Dominion Building (1910)
- The Vancouver Lookout observation deck
Beautiful Coal Harbour
- ocean and mountain views
- park and plaza route (not streetside)
Sightseeing
- Float planes take-off/landing
- Vancouver sea wall
- 2010 Olympic Cauldron
- FlyOver Canada experience
- Vancouver Convention Centres
- The Drop
- Komagata Maru Memorial
We have a version of Heroes and Villains adapted for groups with younger kids. It is the same game route and sightseeing but the challenges are less difficult and the game book was written for children.
Historic Downtown Vancouver
Hunt for ghosts and investigate paranormal case files during your Ghost Patrol – can you catch a ghost?
Sightseeing
- learn about Vancouver’s past by visiting historic sites and architecture
- visit downtown Vancouver’s oldest surviving building
- investigate hauntings and learn Vancouver history from the 1910s, 1930s and 1970s
- a glimpse into life in Vancouver as a growing port town