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Explore Marfa, Texas: Your Scavenger Hunt for Art, Culture & Outdoor Adventure
You’ll love this one-of-a-kind, immersive adventure designed by an Austin, TX-based custom event company that brings scavenger hunts and handcrafted Events to 300+ cities-now available for bookings in Marfa, Texas. You’ll get your own remote, interactive live host on the phone to guide, encourage, and challenge your group as you explore hidden gems off the beaten trail; each experience blends tour, creative challenge, detective hunt, and social experiment so you can discover local art, history, and culture in fresh, playful ways. You’ll earn points for creative interpretations of clues, enjoy instant fame on the international leaderboard regardless of score, and effectively race teams in other cities even when you’re the only local group, making this ideal for Art & Culture, Tours & Sightseeing, Family & Kids, Group-Friendly, or Romantic & Couples outings in and around Marfa. Expect laugh-out-loud moments, unusual oddities, and plenty of freedom to make the experience your own while enjoying a guided, phone-based host that keeps the adventure moving and memorable.
About this activity in Marfa
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Highlights
- Play a one-of-a-kind, immersive scavenger hunt that blends a guided tour, creative challenges, and detective-style clues - tailored for Marfa, Texas and the surrounding area.
- Interact with your own remote, live host who guides and encourages your team via phone or WhatsApp while you explore local hidden gems off the beaten trail.
- Compete for international leaderboard glory - your team’s score appears on the global standings so you can race other teams in different cities in real time.
- Flexible pacing and family-friendly design makes this experience great for groups, couples, families with strollers, and visitors looking for an artful, adventurous way to discover the region.
Important Information
- You’ll receive a digital scavenger hunt document and live remote hosting; make sure at least one team member brings a fully charged smartphone with GPS and data to send/receive photos, videos, and messages.
- Provide a correct domestic phone number on your reservation so your remote host can reach you. If you have an international number or technical issues, you can use WhatsApp or email as an alternative.
- The experience is wheelchair accessible, suitable for all fitness levels, and service animals are allowed; public transportation options are available nearby for easy access.
- Bookings include the option to extend the hunt for free, plus alumni discounts for future Events - a flexible choice if you want more time to explore the area.
Meeting Point
Your exact start location in Marfa will be provided in your booking confirmation and pre-event message from Varoom. On the day, check in with your remote host via the phone or WhatsApp number you supplied so they can kick off the hunt and send your first clues.
Includes
- You receive a digital scavenger hunt document that guides your team through the experience in Marfa, Texas.
- A remote interactive live guide directs the hunt - you must provide a domestic phone number or a WhatsApp contact so the guide can connect with your team.
- Your team’s performance appears on a live leaderboard, so you can track standings against other groups in the area.
- You can choose to extend the hunt at no extra cost if you want more time exploring the route and challenges.
- Participants are eligible for future company alumni discounts to use on return visits or related experiences.
Other
- Service animals are allowed during the activity, ensuring accessibility for travelers with assistance needs.
- Public transportation options are available nearby to help you reach the starting point in Marfa and surrounding areas.
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller, making the hunt family-friendly for parents with young kids.
- The route is wheelchair accessible and suitable for participants of all physical fitness levels.
- Important: you must provide a correct, working domestic phone number in your reservation for the remotely hosted hunt to be possible.
- Each team must bring at least one fully charged smartphone with GPS that can send and receive data, photos, videos, and text messages.
- If you have an international phone number or encounter technical difficulties, you must complete the game using WhatsApp or email as an alternative.
- You can provide required contact details in advance through a Viator message to confirm your hunt arrangements.
Customer Reviews
7/10
Based on 3 Reviews
Summary:
Booked a whim and the fun afternoon surpassed my expectations by a wide margin. Well curated event, cheerleading along the way and true fun.
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Summary:
We had a great time! It sent us into stores we otherwise would not have gone to.
Be sure to really read the challenges. Some have multiple answers, but only one is right.
It would have been a five, but some of the hunt items no longer exist.
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Summary:
This was such a fabulous way to spend a morning in Marfa TX exploring the town and meeting the locals! We had 4 in our group named "The Cosmic Glampers" quickly we fell into a rhythm each functioning to their best talent in this wonderful adventure. We divided the tasks to; Driver, Navigator, Photographer/Communications and Task Manager who kept this competitive bunch moving onto the next objective! We had a blast finding our items, some obscure some elusive and all with the West Texas Spirit and elements of this rich and unique culture.
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Know more about Marfa
You’ll experience a one-of-a-kind, interactive scavenger hunt that blends tour, creative challenge, detective hunt, and social experiment. Instead of a static tour, you get a remote live host on your phone who guides and encourages you as you discover off-the-beaten-trail art, history, and culture in Marfa. The format turns sightseeing into a playful, competitive experience that’s equal parts discovery and entertainment.
Yes. The hunts are crafted to be Group-Friendly and suitable for Family & Kids activities, Romantic & Couples outings, and larger Events. The mix of creative tasks, light competition, and local discovery makes them adaptable whether you’re booking a family day out, a couple’s date, or a team-building group experience.
Your team’s creative answers and points are posted to the company’s international leaderboard, so you appear alongside teams from other cities. Even if there aren’t other sign-ups in Marfa that day, you can still compete virtually and race against teams elsewhere to earn fame and glory on the global standings.
The custom-designed adventures highlight Marfa’s creative and cultural side while encouraging outdoor exploration and playful interpretation. You’ll find Art & Culture clues, local history prompts, and creative challenges that pair well with Food & Drink stops or outdoor oddities - all delivered through a digital scavenger hunt format led by your remote live host.
Each team must bring at least one fully charged smartphone with GPS and data to send and receive photos, videos, and messages. You’ll provide a domestic phone or WhatsApp contact so your remote live host can interact with you in real time, guiding your progress, offering hints, and scoring creative responses throughout the hunt.
Yes. The inclusion package offers the choice to extend the hunt for free, and you’ll also be eligible for future company alumni discounts. These options make it easy to prolong your adventure or book another city from Varoom’s 300+ locations across North America and beyond.
