VIETNAM – Hanoi – Hunt the Legends

Description

As a city that’s developed over a millennium, Hanoi has gathered so many legends and fascinating cultural tidbits, especially around the famous Hoan Kiem Lake. This hunt gives guests a fantastic, all-inclusive experience of Hanoi’s most famous areas: walking around the lake, discovering the city’s narrow, snaking back streets, and studying local culture all comes together as both an exciting and intellectually enriching. Adventure awaits as guests use old photos to hunt down newer areas of the city, code cracking to decipher writing at a local temple, and crossword puzzle solving with a secret inside…

Can be combined with

Groups

• Hanoi – Relive 1950’s Hanoi on a cyclo
• Hanoi – Be charmed by a show of water puppetry

Selling points

• Not a classic treasure hunt, but a mix between a scavenger hunt and a creative escape game
• Discover Hanoi in a very entertaining and culturally-significant way
• Requires teamwork as well as interaction with locals to finish the game
• A cross-word solving challenge that includes classic visits, photos hunting (comparing old pictures of Hanoi with modern ones), code cracking, and casual-sport challenges
• A competitive, team game

Level Of The Excursion

The Impact Of This Excursion

Social/cultural Impact

Economic Impact

Additional Information

Environmental impact: Hunt the Legends is a pure walking tour.

Support for local communities: The activity is contributing to the local economic through employment and purchasing, especially for local vendors and small shops.

Responsible tourism: The activity promotes responsible tourism practices by encouraging participants to respect and preserve the natural and cultural environment they visit as well as promoting recycling, minimizing single-use plastics, and educating tourists about responsible waste disposal.

Sustainable practices: The activity itself is designed to be sustainable, combining physical exercise with cultural exploration in a way that leaves a minimal footprint on the environment.

Hunt the Legends is considered a sustainable activity for its practices by supporting local communities through employment and purchasing, promoting cultural engagement, and advocating for eco-friendly tourism, the tour fosters respect for local cultures and traditions. Additionally, the tour’s gentle and sustainable interaction with the environment ensures the preservation of the area’s natural beauty. Overall, this eco-friendly tour sets a positive example for sustainable tourism and encourages participants to make responsible choices for future travel experiences.

Time And Transportation

Duration

From 2.5 to 3 hours

Min pax

10

Max pax

100

How to sell it

• The activity is not a simple treasure-hunt with basic questions; the production team worked hard on it, and we have developed a very diverse and engaging treasure-hunt. Guests will have to take pictures of places based on old pictures, solve coded enigmas, and decipher words using Chinese-a-like symbols in temples.
• The walking distance is limited in order to make it available for everyone; only 3 kilometers in total
• Suitable for guests with MICE, Group, Team Building profile
• Suitable for guests who travel in groups
• Suitable for active group that loves outdoor activities
• Suitable for guests who love History and Culture

Why this activity

• An Easia Signature product
• A scavenger hunt activity that’s suitable for GIT and Incentive
• A different, engaging, and fun way to discover Hanoi

Market suggestion

Competitor comparison

Easia Signature, but other DMCs could offer a similar product

Pros

• Well-organized with a clear guide book
• All of the places are around Hoan Kiem Lake and easy to find
• Very easy to interact with locals

Cons

• Some places are small; can’t take more than one group in one place
• An outdoor activity with no back-up plan (in case of rain, etc.)
• Some of the challenges/questions could be a bit difficult
• Not an activity inside the Old Quarter streets

Information

Challenges in the game:

• Legends Visiting – Visit some temples
• Legends Photo Hunting – Using shooting skills to hunt the photos
• Legends Code Cracking – Using hints to crack the given codes
• Legends Active – Try to find and try out the legendary sport with locals

Preparation:

• Set of supporting tools to recognize the team
• Each team will be given 220,000 VND in cash
• Each team will have 1 set of “Hunt The Legends” documents (questions and answers sheets). Each team will decide by themselves a quick routine they should follow, then try to answer all the challenges and requests and fill the answer in the cross-word. The goal is to answer the final question: the Grand question.

Alerts

• Incentive: The supporting guides will not help the team to solve the challenges and requests. Their main duty is just to make sure the teams will not get lost.
• If the guests want to change the program, be careful with price changing.

Important information

• The maximum amount of pax for GIT is 100 pax; for Incentives it’s 120 pax
• The routine area: Only around Hoan Kiem Lake
• Possibility to adapt with MICE request, but the price will change when the program changes, since it will require a lot of work to update the program according to the request.

Price range

from 130,000 VND

Quotation guideline

From 130,000 VND to 320,000 VND, depending on the size of the group.

• Price in Vietnam Dong per pax
• Price without VAT

Inclusion

• Set of booklet
• Cash
• Gifts
• Supporting tools

Exclusion

• Easia guide
• Transportation
• Snacks & Drinks

Remark

• Should be better in the afternoon

Important notes

• How to divide the group:

No. of pax       No. of pax        Set of document

(Min)               (Max)               / No. of team                 No. Cash set

10                    15                                2                                  2

16                    33                                3                                  3

34                    44                                4                                  4

45                    55                                5                                  5

56                    66                                6                                  6

67                    77                                7                                  7

78                    88                                8                                  8

89                   100                               9                                  9

• Budget for the gift:

No. of pax       No. of pax        Budget for gift

(Min)               (Max)                  per pax

10                    33                      100,000 VND

34                    67                       80,000 VND

67                   100                      50,000 VND

Information:https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cfe1d8wy2phv2o1/AAAR3H5tCbXhBx9IskmpNMGpa?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cfe1d8wy2phv2o1/AAAR3H5tCbXhBx9IskmpNMGpa?dl=0

•  Preparation:
  • Printing the set of booklet.
  • Preparing the gift for every player
  • Incentive: Language speaking student support (one for each team)
  • Cash for client (220,000 VND/team by default)
  • Supporting documents/tools to recognize each team
• How to win: The fastest team with the most corrected answers will be the winner
  • Photos hunt challenges: 5 points for each challenge solve
  • Secret letters challenges: 15 points for each challenge solve
  • Grand question: 20 points for the right answer
  • Finish before the limited time ends: 10 points

Special Guide notes

• Ask travelers to read the question book carefully before starting
• Encourage players to interact with local people – it will be easier to find the answers, and it’s more fun that way
• Guide will wait for all the players at the final destination
• Guide checks the answers at the end and gives a gift to fastest group(s) who finished with the right answers

English

This hunt is a combination of a classic treasure hunt and a sort of “escape game” in the center of Hanoi. You will have to dive deep into Hanoi and discover new places, study the city’s thousand-year history, and actively engage with the Hanoian lifestyle and culture, all in one game! Using the map to make your way around the Hoan Kiem Lake in the center, try your best to hunt down all the legends, enhanced by challenges which are organized in different categories: Classic visits, Legend photo hunts, Code cracking, and Action Challenges. Your personal treasure at the end, aside from a much deeper bond with the city, will be a special, secret legend that is sleeping quietly at the heart of Vietnam’s capital.

Duration: 2 hr 30min
Distance: around 3 kilometers of walking

French

CHASSE AUX LEGENDES

Cette chasse au trésor est une combinaison de chasse au trésor classique et d’une sorte d’ « escape game » qui a lieu au centre même d’Hanoi. Vous vous immergerez dans la ville et découvrirez de nouveaux endroits ainsi que l’histoire millénaire de la ville et prendrez activement part à la culture et au style de vie des habitants d’Hanoi, le tout dans un seul jeu ! Grâce à la carte, vous visiterez les alentours du Lac Hoan Kiem dans le centre et ferez de votre mieux pour traquer toutes les légendes, le tout en participant à des défis de différentes catégories : Visite Classiques, la Chasse aux Photos de Légendes, le Craquage de Codes et les Défis d’Action. Cette chasse au trésor vous donnera non seulement la possibilité de mieux connaître la ville et son histoire mais elle vous fera aussi découvrir une légende secrète qui dort paisiblement au cœur de la capitale du Vietnam.

Durée: 2 heures 30 minutes
Distance: environ 3 kilomètres de marche

Spanish

A LA CAZA DE LAS LEYENDAS

Esta búsqueda es una combinación de la clásica búsqueda del tesoro y un «juego de escapar» en el centro de Hanói. Tendrá que adentrarse en las profundidades de Hanói y descubrir nuevos lugares, estudiar la historia milenaria de la ciudad y participar activamente en la vida diaria y la cultura de Hanói, ¡todo esto en un solo juego! Utilizando el mapa para encontrar el camino en el lago Hoan Kiem situado en el centro, trate de encontrar todas las leyendas mientras se va encontrando con diferentes desafíos organizados en diferentes categorías: visitas clásicas, fotografías legendarias, descifrados de códigos y desafíos de acción. El tesoro personal que obtendrá al final, además de un vínculo mucho más profundo con la ciudad, será una leyenda especial y secreta que duerme apaciblemente en el corazón de la capital vietnamita.

Duración: 2 horas y 30 minutos.
Distancia: cerca de 3 kilómetros a pie.

Italian

CACCIA ALLE LEGGENDE

Questa caccia è una combinazione tra una classica caccia al tesoro e una sorta di “gioco di fuga” nel centro di Hanoi. Dovrete immergervi profondamente nella capitale del Vietnam e scoprire nuovi posti, studiare la sua storia millenaria e impegnarvi attivamente con lo stile e la cultura della città, tutto in un unico gioco! Usando la mappa per orientarvi intorno al lago Hoan Kiem nel centro, fate del vostro meglio per dare la caccia a tutte le leggende, arricchita da sfide organizzate in diverse categorie: visite classiche, cacce alle leggende, decifrazione di codici e sfide d’azione. Alla fine, Il vostro tesoro personale, a parte un legame molto più profondo con la città, sarà una speciale leggenda segreta che dorme tranquillamente nel cuore di Hanoi.

Durata: 2 ore e 30 minuti

Distanza: circa 3 chilometri di cammino

German

JAGEN SIE DIE LEGENDEN

Bei dem Spiel handelt es sich um eine Kombination aus klassischer Schatzsuche und einer Art „Escape Game“ mitten im Zentrum Hanois. Sie müssen tief in Hanoi eintauchen und neue Orte entdecken, sich mit der tausendjährigen Geschichte der Stadt auseinandersetzen sowie sich aktiv mit dem Lebensstil und der Kultur Hanois beschäftigen – und das alles in einem einzigen Spiel! Versuchen Sie die Karte rund um den Hoan-Kiem-See im Zentrum zu nutzen, um alle Legenden zu finden. Diese sind in unterschiedliche Kategorien eingeteilt: klassische Besuche, Legenden-Fotojagden, Codes knacken und Action-Herausforderungen. Ihr persönlicher Schatz am Ende, abgesehen von einer viel tieferen Bindung zur Stadt, wird eine besondere, geheime Legende sein, die friedlich im Herzen von Vietnams Hauptstadt schlummert.

Dauer: 2 Stunden und 30 Minuten
Strecke: rund 3 Kilometer Fußweg

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