Santa Barbara Scavenger Hunt: Smartphone-Guided Walking Tour

Embark on a smartphone-guided scavenger hunt in Santa Barbara, exploring major attractions and hidden gems while solving puzzles and competing for the high score. No in-person guide required!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 1031 State St - Explore many of the famous sights of Santa Barbara, as well as some of the lesser-known but still interesting places. Solve puzzles and challenges along the route and learn some trivia as you play.
What's Included
  • Interactive scavenger hunt with smartphone
What's Not Included
  • Parking is available for an additional cost at nearby parking lots.
Additional Information

Engage in an exciting walking adventure around the scenic and intriguing corners of Santa Barbara while using your smartphone to unravel clues and solve fascinating puzzles throughout the tour. Play the game with your group on your smartphone as it directs you across the city. Accumulate points for right responses and aim to outdo others on the…

Location
1031 State St
State Street
The tour starts and ends at 1031 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Please make sure you complete checkout on our website (enter your booking number as a coupon code) and can access the scavenger hunt content through the My Account page before you arrive.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Cproffitt
Jan 4, 2024
Enjoyable scavenger hunt - We enjoyed this fun walk around Santa Barbara and learned something in the process. Nothing fancy, but good fun for first timers.
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Brandirose71
Nov 25, 2022
Great teaching experience - Great experience. Did the hunt with 2 12 year olds and they got to read all the cool history of each place In the middle we stopped and ate and they couldn't wait to get back to it. Both loved it and kept repeating cool facts they learned to anyone that will listen.
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Celeste
Nov 24, 2022
Fun walk - Really fun and different! A nice walk and we learned some interesting facts about Santa Barbara and its history.
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327ravenn
Oct 26, 2022
Fun history tour - I was in Santa Barbara myself and saw this scavenger hunt. I love stuff like this. It gives you a great history lesson, and makes you think about the clues. Plenty of walking exercise too. I unfortunately got a low score because I didn’t read a couple of questions right. Only two things I wish were different. 1. A different pay scale for solo people,(I don’t know how you could prove your solo though), 50.00 is pretty spendy when you’re solo. 2. The last question wasn’t my favorite. By the time you’re done, you’re tired and hungry and you have 60 seconds to remember something from 2 hours prior. (That is how my score was low) I recommend writing the answers down if you’re not great at remembering stuff. Other than that, I really enjoyed it and if I am in another part of the country where they offer this, I will definitely check it out.
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Rabbiwendy
Jul 13, 2022
Beautiful Exploration of Downtown Santa Barbara - Wonderful opportunity to explore downtown Santa Barbara. We walked leisurely and were able to complete the tour in 2 hours. If you need restrooms, the County Courthouse building has very nice ones which are open during court hours M-F. Most of the excellent places to eat require reservations, so do plan in advance. We ate at La Paloma Café and highly recommend it.
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Forss
Sep 2, 2024
Just buy one - It was totally fine but you don’t need to buy one for every person . It’s easy to share . One person can read the clues unless you are competing against each other
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Noelle_w
Mar 15, 2022
Do not pay for more than one participant! - Recommend for kids 12+. We did this with family and everyone sort of lost interest 1/4 of the way through. I was honest and put the full number of participants, which charges you way more, thinking each participant might have their own clue or task but no I got the same thing someone who paid 20% of what I paid would have gotten.
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S3704iukathleenb
Oct 31, 2024
Not good at all. - After paying the fee, with my name, email address, telephone number, and credit card info given, I was provided the starting address. No more information was given. Upon reaching the starting point, I had to contact the company as to what to do next as there was no clue at the sight or on my phone. It was required that I join something and provide all my info again, in order to download the scavenger hunt. I was never able to actually down load the scavenger hunt, an hour was wasted trying to get the actual product, which I never did. I gave up. I'm out the $, wasted time, disappointed my friends. Terrible!
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Anita_s
Sep 25, 2024
Not for older people - Our bus left us off where the buses parked. We had to walk uphill to get to the first clue, which was a mile. By the time we got to the parking lot to start the game we were too tired. Our of 25 people only 4 finished. If we had known to have the bus drop us off at the parking lot and then park. Maybe, just Maybe it would have been okay. We would not recommend this tour.
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