What is Destination Hunts?
An overview of the Destination Hunts scavenger-hunt platform — the admin portal, the participant mobile app, and facilitator tools.
Destination Hunts is a scavenger-hunt platform by Destination Tours. Organizers build location-based (or fully indoor) hunt events in a web admin portal; players join on their phones with nothing but a display name and a 6-character team code and race through challenges — riddles, photo missions, GPS check-ins, minigames, and more — while a live leaderboard keeps score.
The three surfaces
Admin portal
The web app where your organization builds events: challenges, groups, teams, artifacts, templates, branding, and live-event operations.
Participant mobile app
The DestinationHunts app for iOS and Android. Players join with a team code — no account required — and play from four tabs: Home, Challenges, Leaderboard, and Inventory.
Facilitator tools
Live-ops surfaces for staff: submission review (with optional AI-assisted photo checks), the team help channel, roadblock sign-off, force-activation, and game-master effects.
How a hunt works
Build — create an event (from scratch or a template), add challenges organized into groups, place them on the map, and create teams. See Creating & Configuring Events.
Publish & start — move the event from Draft to Scheduled to Active. Readiness checks catch missing answers, coordinates, and starter content before you go live.
Play — players join with their team code, solve challenges, and earn points. Facilitators review photo/video submissions, answer help-channel questions, and keep the game moving.
Finish — end the event; players can still view results for 24 hours after the event ends.
Where to go next
- New to the platform? Start with the Quickstart and Roles & Access.
- Building content? The Challenge Types reference documents every one of the 15 challenge types and every configuration field.
- Reusing content across events? Read Library & Shared Assets for how org-owned and global content, greater areas, and templates fit together.
- Curious what players see? The Mobile App Guide walks through the app screen by screen.