TOURISM CHALLENGE 2025
VANCOUVER MYSTERIES TOURISM CHALLENGE
2025 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).
*This is for the Tourism Challenge only. Our regular games do not function this way – if you sign up for a Vancouver Mysteries outdoor escape game any other time, teams are always private (only the people you signed up with).
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.
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.
- 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 over 60% off the regular price of $38 per player.
- The game start location varies – check your emails! 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. Please let us know if you are bringing them along so we have enough gear set aside for your team.
- A fun team building activity! Book your team building activity during the Tourism Challenge and pay the promotional price and earn a stamp (minimum 7 players, you can pick the date and time – this is our busy season so book ahead).
BOOK YOUR GAME
- Use the promo code provided to you to get the 2025 Tourism Challenge pricing.
- Sign the digital waivers before game day.
- Wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather
- Bring your passport
- Plan for at least 2 hours to complete the game and earn your stamp
TOURISM CHALLENGE GAMES
Use the promo code in your passport to save 60% off the regular price at any of the games listed below:
APR 19 |6 PM | Secret Mission
APR 19 |6:30 PM | Crime in Downtown
APR 20 |4 PM | Secret Mission
APR 21 | 11 AM | Crime in Downtown
Apr 26 | 11:30AM | Heroes & Villains Family Version/Heroes & Villains (ages 12 and up)
APR 26 | 12:30 PM | Secret Mission
May 1 | 11 AM | Crime in Downtown
May 1 | 1 PM | Heroes & Villains Family Version/Heroes & Villains (ages 12 and up)
MAY 9 | 1 PM | Heroes & Villains Family Version/Heroes & Villains (ages 12 and up)
MAY 17 | 3 PM | Crime in Downtown
MAY 24 | 5:30 PM | Ghost Patrol
MAY 31 | 6 PM | Secret Mission
This schedule is updated regularly – if you don’t see a date & time that works for you, check again in a few days.
CHOOSE FROM 4 GAMES
Vancouver Mysteries outdoor escape 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
- RBC Pendulum
- Bill Reid Gallery
- Vancouver’s oldest building: Christ Church Cathedral
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