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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Get your discount tickets for the Ottawa Self Guided Walking Tour And Scavenger Hunt, save up to 9% !
Overview
Are you looking for things to do in Ottawa? Our Ottawa scavenger hunt is a 3-hr self-guided walking tour with challenges, taking you from Chateau Laurier to the Supreme Court and the Byward Market, without missing Parliament Hill of course! Solve challenges at every step to discover your next destination and earn points. Learn a little history as well as interesting facts about what surrounds you. The Ottawa Scavenger Hunt is a 4.5 km / 2.8 mi self-guided walking tour with challenges along the way. It takes 3 hours to complete. A fun learning experience. See the 44 locations sights. Learn some local history. Challenge your knowledge with 57 varied challenges. Fun for all ages and kids included. Walk at your own pace. Pets are allowed throughout the tour. Wheelchair and stroller accessible throughout. Start whenever you are ready, from your smartphone – no fixed schedule. Take as little, or as much time as you wish to complete your hunt. Also available in French
Meeting and Pickup
Once you're standing outside the current Senate of Canada, across the street from the Fairmont Chateau Laurier, and have completed the transaction with our website, follow the start instructions in the "Order Complete" email.
Redemption Instructions
You must convert your voucher to our website before beginning the activity. To do so, your TripAdvisor/Viator account Must Have your Real Email as we will email instructions to them. These will tell you how to convert your purchase on our website to complete the activity.
Language Offered
English-WRITTEN
French-WRITTEN
Itinerary
1. This is the starting point of your adventure and the location of the current Senate of Canada, as the Parliament building undergoes a multi-year renovation. Learn some history and solve a few challenges outside the building. Spend 15 minutes here.
2. Learn about this important monument and solve a challenge about it while you're here.
3. Walk over the Rideau Canal and spend time with a few different monuments, learning about the history of Canada and solving challenges with each.
4. Discover Canada's heroes, one from 5 significant periods in Canada's history. Solve a challenge here.
5. Spend 5 minutes discovering the 14 flags of Canada, the country flag, 10 provincial flags, and 3 territorial flags. At the base of each flag is its armory.
6. Walk along the Rideau Canal towards the National Arts Centre. Learn its history and the concerts and plays it puts on. Solve a challenge while you are here. Spend 10 minutes walking to it.
7. See this museum and learn its significance and history. Solve a challenge while here. Spend 5 minutes.
8. See Ottawa's City Hall building and learn about its many functions. Spend 5 minutes here.
9. Walk through this beautiful park. See 3 distinct features and solve challenges with each.
10. Learn the history of this gorgeous historic hotel. Solve a challenge here. Spend 5 minutes here
11. See a beautiful memorial that plays music next to the National Arts Centre. Discover who Oscar Peterson was and solve a challenge here.
12. Learn about Canada's participation in 5 separate conflicts from 1899 onward. Solve a challenge here.
13. Walk on this pedestrian street to view many historic buildings. Learn more of the city's history. Solve several challenges as you move from a monument to a historic building, to another monument...
14. Walk by the city's main tourist information center. 5 minutes here
15. Learn this building's history and solve a challenge here.
16. Walk by and learn about this museum in a modern glass building. Solve a challenge here. Spend 5 minutes.
17. Admire and learn about this historical "Art Deco" with Chateau-inspiration building. Also, learn how the Supreme Court functions Solve a challenge here and walk around back to see the Ottawa River and learn about Gatineau across the river. Spend 10 minutes here
18. See the national gallery building from afar and learn some of its history. You'll see it up closer further on. Solve a challenge here. Spend 5 minutes
19. Learn about this important media building near Parliament Hill. Spend 5 minutes here
20. Learn about this flame and when it was lit, and who lit it. Solve a challenge
21. Learn about the Canadian Parliament building and its important sections. Discover some of its history and solve challenges about them. Spend 10 minutes here
22. See and learn about Sir Wilfrit Laurier, Canada's 5th and 1st francophone Prime Minister. Canada has had a long history of alternating French and English party leaders. Solve a challenge here.
23. See and learn about this museum from the other side of the Rideau Canal. Learn which film shot scenes here in winter. Solve a challenge here. Spend 5 minutes here
24. Walk around the west side of this historic hotel. Learn about its beginnings and "Chateau" style architecture. Spend 5 minutes
25. Walk through this park behind the Chateau Laurier hotel and beside the Rideau Canal. See the United States Embassy on the other side of the park, the Notre-Dame d'Ottawa Cathedral, and the National Arts Galery. Solve a few challenges here.
26. Your adventure continues at this open-air public market and shopping district. Learn about its history. 5 minutes here.
27. This is your final full stop on your activity, before returning to the start location. Learn about this school and solve a challenge involving art from Canada's First Nations. Spend 5 minutes here
Inclusion
Scavenger hunt instructions on your smartphone (data required)
24/7 customer support
Solve 57 varied challenges on this tour
44 points of interest seen on this tour
Exclusion
This tour is strictly exterior sightseeing, you need not enter any of the locations seen on it.
You can pause the activity to visit any of the locations along the tour route.
Cancellation Policy
Refundable tickets
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews
4.6
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
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