FUN, SUSPENSE, INTRIGUE
SF TREASURE HUNTS ARE A BLAST!

We are the original San Francisco treasure hunt company. Since 1988, we have sent over 40,000 treasure hunters on exciting team-building adventures around the San Francisco Bay Area.

Our clue-focused treasure hunts provide a dynamic, fun experience and use players’ skills and personalities within collaborative teams. Participants quickly learn to synthesize their diverse perspectives, knowledge, and experience to solve challenging puzzles as a group.

Our events differ from scavenger hunts, which require players to gather a series of objects, photographs or tokens. A treasure (or puzzle) hunt challenges teams to solve a series of puzzles or problems, each leading to a mystery location. Check out The Treasure Hunt As Metaphor. For more information, check out our FAQs.

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Ready to schedule a Treasure Hunt? Call now 415-659-9606 or fill out the form here.

The Annual
Chinese New Year
Treasure Hunt

The annual Chinese New Year hunt is our most popular event. A benefit for the San Francisco Circus Center, the hunt focuses on the Chinatown district during one of its most exhilarating celebrations. This is a fun, high energy event that engages and challenges participants of all skill levels. LEARN MORE

“I highly recommend San Francisco Treasure Hunts to any manager looking to bring their team together over an afternoon of puzzles & fun.”

Mark Provost, Salesforce

“Our team loved the hunt. I loved how (Jayson) Wechter mixes in history. He’s a really fascinating guy. Sort of part historian part tour guide, part facilitator.”

John Ghasghai, TiVo Inc.

“It worked just as well for the participants from across the country as it did for the natives. A great team-building event!”

Eric Schmautz, Wells Fargo

“Our customized Angel Island hunt was intellectually & physically stimulating. We enjoyed rising to the challenges and would do it again. We all had a great time."

Sara Ruiz, Genentech, Inc.

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HOW IT WORKS

Sign up for a treasure hunt here. We’ll get back to you shortly to answer any questions and get the information we need to customize and schedule your hunt.

On the day of the hunt you will arrive with your group to the predetermined starting point, and you will be given a packet of supplies and clues. Each player receives detailed written instructions, a set of clues, a map and an alphabetical index of street names, and each team receives an answer sheet to write the information found at the clue locations.

The goal of the treasure hunt is to solve a series of puzzles, or clues, solved by four to six players per team. Hunts typically last two to four hours, although we do offer all-day programs. Each clue leads to a unique location, often an overlooked part of the urban landscape which leaves participants thinking “I never noticed that before” or “I didn’t know that about San Francisco!”
At each location, the team must find and use a piece of information to answer the question.

Familiarity with San Francisco is not required. The hunt is a workout for the mind. Teamwork, creative thinking and an effective strategy are the most important elements for winning. We provide a detailed pre-hunt briefing tailored to your group’s characteristics, needs and goals.

The hunters have a fixed time in which to solve as many clues as possible, go to each location and get to the finish line at a final meeting site, where we debrief them about the experience, explain the puzzles and award prizes.

Many groups like to end up at one of the many bars, restaurants and pubs nearby.

HAPPY HUNTING!

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ABOUT

SF Treasure Hunts founder Jayson Wechter is a former journalist and personnel manager, a private investigator and an amateur historian who draws on his professional experiences to produce intellectually challenging treasure hunts for corporate team-building, social events and tour groups. He has spent over two decades unraveling real-life mysteries, and aims to give treasure hunters the experience of being a sleuth for a day, leading to the joyful “Ah ha!” moment that comes from solving a mystery or puzzle. He is fond of alleyways, film noir, cats, bridges and the salt and pepper squid at Yuet Lee.

Since 1988, he’s created urban sleuthing adventures for more than 40,000 enthusiastic participants. Our award-winning events emphasize team-building, collaborative problem solving and creative thinking, and showcase the secret treasure spots of San Francisco and the Bay Area.

San Francisco Treasure Hunts

FUN, SUSPENSE, INTRIGUE
SF TREASURE HUNTS ARE A BLAST!

We are the original San Francisco treasure hunt company. Since 1988, we have sent over 40,000 treasure hunters on exciting team-building adventures around the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Annual
Chinese New Year
Treasure Hunt

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We are the original San Francisco treasure hunt company. Since 1988, we have sent over 40,000 treasure hunters on exciting team-building adventures around the San Francisco Bay Area.

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LATEST NEWS

LOCATIONS

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FUN, SUSPENSE, INTRIGUE
SF TREASURE HUNTS ARE A BLAST!

The Annual
Chinese New Year
Treasure Hunt