Lancaster City Scavenger Hunt

Badge of Excellence

Lancaster, USA

3 hours (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Overview

What's Included

Snacks

Optional tasting at different shops
Scavenger Hunt App to complete your task

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

38 Penn Square, Lancaster, PA 17603, USA
Lancaster City Welcome Center. 38 Penn Square. Currently, it is under renovation. Get started after watching the instructional video found in your email. Text your team name and person count to the number listed in the instructions before you begin

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Seasons Olive Oil and Vinegar Taproom

Building Character

Lancaster Central Market

Sweetish Candy

Building Character

Fulton Theatre

Decades

Fulton Theatre

Demuth Museum

Lancaster Central Market

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation

Not recommended for travelers with back problems
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 40 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.3

based on 16 reviews

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Enjoyed this fun experience!

Lori_H, Apr 2026

We thoroughly enjoyed our scavenger hunt. We spent a lot of time laughing. There’s plenty of missions to go on, we didn’t get to do them all but it was certainly interesting. Make sure you have a sense of adventure should you decide to do this.

Fun Hunt

Joshua_O, Nov 2024

It was a fun hunt around town and not too difficult for us to complete. If you are wanting to take your time at each stop, be advised you will not complete the full hunt in 3 hours. It was a fun time to see the town of Lancaster and learn some history along the way.

Response from Host, Nov 2024

Thank you so much! If you ever want to gift an experience visit our website experiencelancasterpa.com I am glad you had fun on our scavenger hunt! We hope to see you again!

Adventure with Friends

Jennifer_T, Sep 2024

We had to much fun collectively as a group. My most favorite part was navigating Lancaster city finding different cute places. Having the reward of the hunt! Our whole team enjoyed this experience being together and solving clues and riddles. All the shops and vendors were very polite and eager to serve us.

Response from Host, Nov 2024

Thank you so much! I really appreciate this review! If you ever want to gift an experience visit our website experiencelancasterpa.com

To hard and listed as downtown lititz

Diane_R, Jul 2024

None,to hard when your not used to city,and was listed as downtown litiz was very disappointed for the price we had to pay

Response from Host, Oct 2024

The title of the experience is literally Lancaster City Scavenger Hunt. Lititz isn't listed anywhere. We would appreciate you removing this review as it is affecting our standing with Viator.

Fun experience

Kayla_D, May 2024

We had a fun time! There are plenty of tasks to do and the app was great! There is a decent amount of walking. We didn't mind it bc we like walking but if you get tired easily you'd have a harder time

Response from Host, Jun 2024

Thank you for sharing! This experience definitely requires mobility and a large coffee. For that reason we have marked this experience as not acceptable for those with mobility challenges.

Informative and fun!

Teri_R, Mar 2024

I have been to Lancaster many times but never spent any time downtown. This scavenger hunt gave me the opportunity to visit many different places and meet new people!

Not what I expected. Very challenging and stressful.

Rachel_C, Dec 2023

This turned out to be more stressful than fun. If you are not a Lancaster local, a lot of the questions/trivia are very hard and almost impossible to figure out. We had to call the host for some answers after we spent almost an hour on one question. We also think some of the questions are outdated because a few of the items we were told to find were not there anymore. You have a 3 hour time limit which we felt like took the fun out of exploring the city because we were just focused on trying to finish all the tasks in time instead of noticing all the different places we were passing. I was under the impression from the description that we would be told where to go and then there would be a puzzle to solve at that location. However, the puzzle WAS figuring out where to go, which is why it was so hard. I'm assuming if you are a local it might be easier. Overall, there were some cool stops on the hunt and it did get us exploring. but we didn't really find ourselves enjoying our time until we stopped trying to solve the puzzles and just explored ourselves. If you are looking for a fun, stress free exploration of the city, this is not the activity for you. But if you are looking for a challenging way of exploring it, then this might be what you are looking for.

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Thanks for your feedback. This scavenger hunt was made for tourists and not for locals, although they also love it and find it fun. It's not really stressful unless you make it so. It's all about having fun. But it is just that a scavenger hunt, not a scavenger obvious. You have to be comfortable using your phone to do basic searches. Walking around/looking around. And asking for help when needed. This is the only scavenger hunt that has a host readily available to assist you throughout. I apologize if at any time while running other tours I was not able to help you fast enough.

Lost with Laughter

Cindy_G, Apr 2023

When you can spend the day laughing and getting lost with your friends, this is a great challenge. We are from out of town so we’re not familiar with anything. We never got passed step 5 in the 3 hours but had a memorable blast. We plan to try it again with more friends to help.

Response from Host, May 2023

Cindy, I am glad this experience was memorable for you! Next time you are in town visit our website experiencelancasterpa.com and check out all the other cool tours and experiences we offer.