Alternate Reality Scavenger Hunt in Austin
Overview
Our very unique, immersive adventures are the only ones of their kind. We, unlike other companies, provide your very own remote, interactive, live host to assist and encourage you through your phone.
We are an Austin, TX-based global custom event design company offering scavenger hunts and other events in 300+ cities in North America and beyond. Our specially hand-crafted adventures include a tour, creative challenge, detective hunt, learning tool, and social experiment!
Guests get to discover our favorite hidden gems off the beaten trail and creatively interpret fun art, history, and culture clues—for points! Regardless of their score, they enjoy fame and glory while appearing on our website’s international leaderboard. They can race other teams in other cities, even if they don’t have competitors that day.
Get ready to learn about sustainability, discover unusual oddities, laugh out loud, and make the experience your own!
What's Included
- Free gaming app to download
- Explore the surroundings with a truly unique, immersive, GPS-based experience
- Interactive self-guided tour lets you move at your own pace
- Next-gen mobile app guides you through each step of your adventure
Meeting Location
1100 Kingsbury Street
Austin, TX 78703, USA
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
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You’ll begin at a picturesque park where you’ll launch your quest in our app. After a quick warmup, you’ll stake out a hidden gem of a breathtaking treehouse that many locals don’t even know about. During your quest, you’ll find the tiniest park imaginable, accessorize your avatar in real life, find a hidden world in an indie book shop, lurk (safely) on a rooftop, and use your imagination to improv various shenanigans as the ridiculous story unfolds.
You’ll interact with locals along the way if you wish as well as with the scenery itself as you blur the lines between fiction and reality, collect virtual treasures, laugh out loud while accepting a variety of wacky challenges, explore one of the funkier pockets of downtown Austin, live like a local, and ultimately save the city! Join us for a truly unique, immersive, GPS-enabled augmented reality experience. Feel like the star of your own next gen video game! Watch out, Austin!
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers
Frequently Asked Questions (7)
Q: What is the cancellation policy for the Alternate Reality Scavenger Hunt in Austin?
Cancellation Policy
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Activity code: C-200006P361
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Average 5.00 out of 5 stars based on 4 traveler reviews collected by City Balloon Tours and partner sites such as Cool Destinations and TripAdvisor
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from City Balloon Tours customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CST).
- free gaming app to download.
- Explore the surroundings with a truly unique, immersive, GPS-based experience.
- Interactive self-guided tour lets you move at your own pace.
- Next-gen mobile app guides you through each step of your adventure.
The minimum age to participate is 3..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Alternate Reality Scavenger Hunt in Austin is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Alternate Reality Scavenger Hunt in Austin will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Free gaming app to download
- Explore the surroundings with a truly unique, immersive, GPS-based experience
- Interactive self-guided tour lets you move at your own pace
- Next-gen mobile app guides you through each step of your adventure
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers
