Ready for a real challenge?

Now in its 5th year, the Urban Adventure Challenge is conveniently based around town or city centres, waterfront locations, open spaces and other interesting areas in close proximity. The game involves a series of fascinating, testing and fun activities that require co-operation, teamwork and initiative. This activity has been specifically designed with team working in mind and is suitable  for a wide range of participants of mixed ages, abilities and fitness levels.

The Challenge involves two or more teams competing against each other. Teams must first identify from given clues, and then navigate around various challenge areas in order to attempt a series of problems, conundrums and tasks to score points for their team. Each location is different and no two Urban Adventure Challenges are the same.

Completed on foot, (or by canoe, boat or bike, depending on the chosen activity format), the challenge provides an outstanding experience for those with a sense of adventure & fun, a healthy competitive spirit and the enjoyment of a challenge.

GAME ELEMENTS

There are many dimensions to the game, each requiring different skills and abilities. Challenges include elements of:

Problem solving:

Where teams need work out solutions to challenges, crack codes or answer cryptic clues and think laterally.  

Decision making:

Where teams need to think quickly and logically in order to maximise their chances of attaining a high score.  

Navigation & observation:

Requiring teams to use map, compass and possibly GPS and spatial awareness, in order to navigate around the challenge areas whilst trying to complete their given tasks.

Physical Challenges:

Depending on the location and game format required, optional physical challenges can be included into the game, where teams (or selected team members) resort to pedal, paddle or finger power in order to score bonus points for their team.

These can take the form of:

• Aerial challenges either by climbing or abseiling.

• Water challenges by either canoe, kayak, punt or rowing boat.

• Team building, problem solving tasks and challenges.

• Mountain biking challenges.

• Orienteering challenges, either on foot, by mountain bike or canoe.

• ‘Scorienteering’ - our unique urban orienteering challenge.

• Geo-caching - based around a new, exciting and addictive hobby using a GPS receiver to help find  hidden clues, caches and answers.

Each Urban Adventure Challenge is customised to your group’s specific location and is tailored to your team’s needs, abilities, time constraints and budgets, and can be run in a variety of different formats.