Top Southeast Brazil Scavenger Hunts

Ipanema and Copacabana are two of the world's most famous beaches — and behind the waterfront, there's a whole city worth getting to know. This app-led scavenger hunt takes you through Rio de Janeiro on foot, using phone-based riddles to guide you from one landmark to the next. No guide, no fixed start time. • Walk the iconic Praia de Ipanema, the beach that inspired a bossa nova classic and became one of Brazil's defining images • Discover the rocky peninsula of Arpoador, where the two beaches meet and the surf breaks hard against the stone • Continue to Praia de Copacabana, one of the longest and most famous stretches of urban beach in the world Available in 24 languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian — see the full list when booking and choose yours when you start the game in the app. Around 2 hours - any group size. The Girl from Ipanema walked this way — now it's your turn.

Skyscrapers on one side, rainforest remnants on the other — Avenida Paulista was made for a scavenger hunt. This app-led scavenger hunt takes you through São Paulo on foot, using phone-based riddles to guide you from one landmark to the next. No guide, no fixed start time. • Step inside the world of Japan House, Brazil's window on Japanese culture • Escape into Parque Trianon, a pocket of Atlantic rainforest amid the towers • Look up at the Edifício Gazeta, a monument of São Paulo's media history Available in 24 languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian — see the full list when booking and choose yours when you start the game in the app. Around 2 hours - any group size. Brazil's most famous avenue, block by clever block.

Niemeyer curves, modern art and deep green shade — Ibirapuera Park is São Paulo at play. This app-led scavenger hunt takes you through São Paulo on foot, using phone-based riddles to guide you from one landmark to the next. No guide, no fixed start time. • Circle the Auditório Ibirapuera, Oscar Niemeyer's bold red-tongued landmark • Explore the stories of the Museu Afro Brasil and its powerful collection • Pass the MAM, the modern art museum tucked beneath the park's marquee Available in 24 languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian — see the full list when booking and choose yours when you start the game in the app. Around 2 hours - any group size. The city's favourite park, turned into a game board.

Paraty's cobblestone streets and colonial facades have barely changed in 300 years — and this hunt takes you deep into every corner. This app-led scavenger hunt takes you through Paraty on foot, using phone-based riddles to guide you from one landmark to the next. No guide, no fixed start time. • Search out the Igreja de Santa Rita de Cássia, Paraty's oldest church and a jewel of 18th-century colonial architecture • Pause at the Cais de Paraty, the historic waterfront quay that once shipped gold from the Brazilian interior to Lisbon • Unravel the mysteries of the Casarão dos Símbolos, a colonial mansion covered in cryptic masonic carvings Available in 24 languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian — see the full list when booking and choose yours when you start the game in the app. Around 2 hours - any group size. A perfectly preserved colonial town and a scavenger hunt made for it — this one's hard to beat.

Salvador's Pelourinho is the heart of Afro-Brazilian culture — a UNESCO-listed hillside neighbourhood where every wall, church, and square tells a story. This app-led scavenger hunt takes you through Salvador on foot, using phone-based riddles to guide you from one landmark to the next. No guide, no fixed start time. • Stand at Praça Castro Alves, the grand square named for Brazil's abolitionist poet and still a living stage for the city's cultural life • Visit the Igreja Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Pretos, a church built by enslaved Africans in the 18th century • Step into the Fundação Casa de Jorge Amado, dedicated to Brazil's most beloved novelist and the man who put Bahia on the literary map Available in 24 languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian — see the full list when booking and choose yours when you start the game in the app. Around 2 hours. Pelourinho is where Brazil's soul lives — and this tour takes you right to it.

Urca is Rio's quietest neighbourhood and its most surprising — tucked between Sugarloaf Mountain and the bay, with history on every corner. This app-led scavenger hunt takes you through Rio de Janeiro on foot, using phone-based riddles to guide you from one landmark to the next. No guide, no fixed start time. • Stroll along the Mureta da Urca, the beloved low seafront wall where cariocas gather to watch the sun set behind Sugarloaf • Visit the Museu de Ciências da Terra, a fascinating geological museum with one of Brazil's finest mineral collections • Walk to Praia Vermelha, the sheltered red-sand beach at the foot of Sugarloaf with one of the most dramatic natural backdrops in the city Available in 24 languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian — see the full list when booking and choose yours when you start the game in the app. Around 2 hours - any group size. Rio has bigger neighbourhoods and louder ones — but none quite as perfect for a walk as Urca.