ItineraryThis private scavenger hunt in Albuquerque is an adventurous way to spend a day in the city. You'll have an app and remote host who can chat with you during the game. In the app, you'll see a list of items to find in riddle form and challenges to do. Find or complete the app's checklist in any order you want by taking photos to get points. Points are applied directly to the live rankings in the app, where you can see your team score compared to others. Your remote host will provide support via chat as you play. Operation City Quest digital scavenger hunt is a great way to see Albuquerque today!
ItineraryYour creative, nontraditional scavenger hunt begins at a scenic spot that's a local favorite. You'll get your digital quest from your live and interactive remote host. Then you’ll take off on your own to experience a wide variety of carefully curated locations in town. You'll walk or drive to the various checkpoints as you solve clues, accept wacky challenges, and getting outside your comfort zone!Both family and dog friendly, the game alternates between the indoors and outdoors, with plenty of bonus challenges too! You'll text photos to your remote host, who cheers you on and assists, as you play to document your progress. You can even interact with the locals to solve clues. You won’t be able to avoid having fun, uncovering hidden gems and local secrets, making memories, laughing, and learning along the way! You’ll be part of the rich culture of this dynamic city! Every turn is full of surprises, so questions in advance are welcomed. Check out all 300 of our city hunts! Great for corporate groups, tourists, curious locals, bachelor(ettes), birthdays, families, friend trips, and other special groups! Ask us about our custom designed experiences and virtual team builders too! Stop At: • Albuquerque Old Town, N Plaza St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104 • Turquoise Museum, 400 2nd St SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102 • Marble Brewery Santa Fe Tap Room, 505 Cerrillos Rd Suite A105, Albuquerque, NM 87501-3049
ItineraryThis is a typical itinerary for this productStop At: Old Town Plaza, 200 N Plaza St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, USAIt is described as a walk through history. The area has been a focal point of community life since the 1700s. Over 150 shops for you to enjoy and experience Albuquerque to the fullest.Duration: 15 minutesStop At: Old Town Road Northwest, Old Town Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, USAA statue near the Old town Plaza highlights the history of the Old town and the rich history of the region.Duration: 15 minutesStop At: Tiguex Park, 1800 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, USAOne of the most beautiful parks in New Mexico, it represents everything the city is famous for and is perfect to stroll through with your loved one.Duration: 35 minutesStop At: Planetarium & Astronomy Center, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, USAInside the museum of Natural History and Science, the area is breathtaking and can be enjoyed by everyone. It focuses on the planet with new shows according to the time of the year.Duration: 45 minutes
ItineraryThis is a typical itinerary for this productStop At: San Felipe de Neri Church, 2005 North Plaza, Albuquerque, NM 87104The oldest building in the area! The building is the only recognized building in Old Town which dates back to the Spanish Colonial PeriodDuration: 15 minutesStop At: Old Town Plaza, North Plaza Street, Albuquerque, NMIt is described as a walk through history. The area has been a focal point of community life since the 1700s. Over 150 shops for you to enjoy and experience Albuquerque to the fullest.Duration: 20 minutesStop At: Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain Rd NW In the heart of Old Town, Albuquerque, NM 87104-1459A leading institution for art, culture, and history in New Mexico. It celebrates the history of the whole area, the museum is filled with interactive spaces and sculpture gardens.Duration: 35 minutesStop At: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104-1375The museum has permanent exhibits which focus on the origins of the universe to the ice age. There are other exhibits that focus on the rich history of New Mexico as well as celebrate the history of Native Americans.Duration: 37 minutes
ItineraryDay 1: Arrive AlbuquerqueStop At: Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New MexicoArrive in Albuquerque, New Mexico anytime today then transfer by hotel shuttle on your own to a pre-night hotel. Evening free on your own.Duration: 6 hoursNo meals included on this day.Accommodation included: Fairfield Inn & Suites Albuquerque Airport, Albuquerque, NMDay 2: Acoma Pueblo & El Morro National MonumentStop At: Acoma Pueblo, Acoma Pueblo, New MexicoDepart your Albuquerque hotel and drive the short distance to the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Here you’ll learn about the culture and traditions of the Pueblo people through their cultural center and museum.Next, you will travel to the town of Grants where we’ll will stop for lunch before continuing towards the Casamero Pueblo. These seldomly-visited ruins are the remains of an Ancient Puebloan settlement from around 1100 AD. Your next visit will be to El Morro National Monument where you’ll walk on the same trails of the Spanish Explorers who traveled through here in the 1600s, leaving their signatures carved into the rocks.Afterward, you’ll travel to Gallup, where we’ll lodge for the evening.Duration: 8 hoursMeals included: • • Accommodation included: Hilton Garden Inn, Gallup, NMDay 3: Canyon De Chelly & Monument ValleyStop At: Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Highway 191, Chinle, AZ 86503Experience Canyon De Chelly on a guided tour with a local Navajo. Learn about the history and traditions of those who live in the canyon currently and those who lived here anciently, as well as the area around Canyon De Chelly being the center of the Navajo World. After lunch, travel to Monument Valley and enjoy a guided Back Country Tour of this famous, Navajo Tribal Park. Along with enjoying its timeless landscape of views and vistas, you will continue to learn more about the Navajo culture with a visit to a Hogan and a discussion with one of the locals still living inside the valley.Duration: 8 hoursMeals included: • • Accommodation included: Desert Rose, Bluff, UTDay 4: Goosenecks, Natural Bridges & Hovenweep National MonumentsStop At: Natural Bridges National Monument, Blanding, UT 84511-0001This morning you will explore Valley of the Gods and the historic Moki Dugway enroute to Natural Bridges National Monument. Here you’ll explore three of the ten largest natural bridges in the world located within one small area. After a picnic lunch, you’ll travel to Hovenweep National Monument to explore and learn about the ruins of the Ancestral Puebloan people and culture that inhabited this region around 1000 years ago. After that, it’s about an hour drive to Cortez, Colorado, where you’ll enjoy views of the Four Corners area including Sleeping Ute Mountain and the imposing San Juan Mountains.Holiday Inn Express, Cortez, CO | Meals: B, LDuration: 8 hoursMeals included: • • Accommodation included: Holiday Inn Express, Cortez, CODay 5: Mesa Verde National Park & Aztec National Monument Stop At: Mesa Verde National Park, Mesa Verde National Park, ColoradoToday you’ll visit the grandest of all the ruins, Mesa Verde National Park. You’ll see and explore these fantastic cliff dwellings that are situated throughout the park. It also has one of the largest exhibits of pit houses in the region. You’ll learn more about the Ancestral Puebloan culture here and see how they lived in places like Cliff Palace and Balcony House.After exploring Mesa Verde, we’ll travel to Aztec, NM, and finish the day exploring Aztec National Monument. This site offers you the opportunity to see fantastically preserved Pueblo dwellings and a large kiva that has been restored. Along with this kiva, you will also explore inside the ruins and see the unique construction techniques for these large pueblos.Duration: 10 hoursMeals included: • • Accommodation included: Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott, Farmington, NM Day 6: Chaco Canyon National Monument Stop At: Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Nageezi, NM 87037Our next experience is another grand site, Chaco Culture National Historic Park. After leaving Farmington, we travel to this very remote park that consists of very large and mysterious structures. You’ll get to see and walk around a few of the “Chacoan” cities with their multiple square and round rooms, including Pueblo Bonito. These massive cities created the cultural center of the Ancestral Puebloan World you’ve been visiting.In the afternoon, you’ll travel to Santa Fe. Enjoy the rest of the day in this town full of art galleries and great food. This city played an important role in the settlement of the entire Southwest. With its influx of Spanish settlers arriving here in the late 1500s, their influences can still be found here. You will have the opportunity to visit the unique buildings and locations where the Southwest began to bloom from, all an easy walking distance from your hotel.Duration: 10 hoursMeals included: • • Accommodation included: La Fonda on the Plaza, Santa Fe, NM Day 7: Santa Fe Stop At: Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, Cochiti Pueblo, NMThis morning we take a trip over to Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument to explore more unique Southwest scenery. Named for the way they look, Tent Rocks is the result of volcanic activity that helped shape this region. These unique rock formations are beautifully sculpted and are a delight to explore.NOTE: As of 2022, Kasha-Katuwa Tent Rocks N.M. is still closed due to various circumstances and a reopening plan is in the works. Until it is open, Southwest Adventure Tours will provide an alternative destination or activity for the first half of this day.After lunch, you will enjoy a driving and walking tour of the downtown Santa Fe area and learn more about what you began learning about yesterday afternoon. Explore and experience the historic buildings, plazas, chapels, and other special attractions within the downtown area.Duration: 10 hoursMeals included: • • Accommodation included: La Fonda on the Plaza, Santa Fe, NMDay 8: Bandelier National Monument & AlbuquerqueStop At: Bandelier National Monument, 15 Entrance Rd, Los Alamos, NM 87544-9508On our way back to Albuquerque today you’ll get to see one last Ancestral Puebloan site, Bandelier National Monument. People lived in these structures later during the Ancestral Puebloan era around 1150, and they are probably the youngest ruins from this culture. Carved out of the area’s volcanic ash, these dwellings look different than the others you’ve seen over the past week.Back in Albuquerque, we’ll stop for a late lunch at El Pinto restaurant for some genuine and authentic New Mexican cuisine. We’ll arrive at our hotel near the airport no later than 5:00 PM.Duration: 10 hoursMeals included: • • Accommodation included: Fairfield Inn & Suites Albuquerque Airport, AlbuquerqueDay 9: Journey Home Pass By: Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New MexicoTransfer to the Albuquerque Airport on your own by hotel shuttle. Thank you for traveling with us and best wishes for a safe trip home!Meals included: • No accommodation included on this day.
ItineraryHolly Jolly Hunt is a scavenger hunt that is played using an app on your smartphone, that brings your entire family and friends together for holiday cheer. During the adventure you’ll be seeking out all the traditional, and even the non-traditional holiday items we all see this time of year around the city. You’ll get points for each item you find. The goal is to capture as many items as you can in order to score as many points as possible and get 1st place on the leaderboard. Along the way you’ll be asked to perform silly holiday themed tasks meant to bring laughter and smiles to everyone involved. Come play with us. Young or old, this is a scavenger hunt for everyone that enjoys this time of year. We promise you will create holiday memories that you will not forget! Holly Jolly Hunt can be played in any city!