Dallas Self-Guided City Walking Tour & Scavenger Hunt

4.8
(16 reviews)
Dallas, USA

2 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English and 1 more

Bronze cattle drives, a courthouse in red sandstone and the plaza where history stopped — Dallas packs Texas-sized stories downtown.

This app-led scavenger hunt takes you through Dallas on foot, using phone-based riddles to guide you from one landmark to the next. No guide, no fixed start time.

• Walk among the longhorns of Pioneer Plaza's great bronze cattle drive
• Admire the Old Red Courthouse, downtown's Romanesque veteran
• Reflect at Dealey Plaza, a National Historic Landmark

Around 2 hours, any group size, available in English and Spanish.

Everything's bigger in Texas — including the bragging rights.

What's Included

Learn about town stories, history, and local legends
Total flexibility: no waiting, start anytime, walk at own pace and do as many breaks as you want
Free download of the Explorial App from your appstore required (iOS and Android supported)
Points and scoring system — compete with your group
Self-guided city tour with interactive riddles, trivia challenges and photo tasks
Clear hints and map guidance — so you never get stuck or lost
A Smartphone is required and not provided. Fully charged with active data connection (internet)
No live guide: The tour is 100% self-guided – no one will be meeting you at the starting point
This is not an audio guide

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
Akard Plaza

→ Book 1 ticket for each participant → You get one game code per booking by text or Viator message → Download the Explorial App on your app store → Open the app and enter provided game code (6 digits) → All particpants join the game with same game code

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What to expect

Starting at Akard Plaza on Marilla Street, by City Hall, you'll open the Explorial app, enter the 6-digit game code that you received by text and Viator chat message, and head into downtown Dallas. The tour is fully self-guided — no guide, no fixed start time, just your group and the city.

Pioneer Plaza stampedes into view first: forty-nine bronze longhorns and three cowboys frozen mid-drive, the largest bronze monument of its kind. Riddles ride alongside.

The Old Red Courthouse follows, its red sandstone turrets watching over the city since 1892. Trivia climbs the clock tower in spirit.

Then Dealey Plaza asks for quieter attention — the birthplace of Dallas and the site the world remembers from November 1963.

Around two hours through glass towers and granite history. The leaderboard settles the score, Texas-style.

Additional info

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • After booking you receive a text message and a Viator message with your game code. Download the Explorial app from your appstore or explorial.com. Open the app, enter your 6 digit game code
  • Technical requirements: You will need a fully charged smartphone and an active mobile data connection
  • Recommended attire: It’s best to wear weather-appropriate clothing and comfortable walking shoes — approx. 2 hours of light walking
  • Weather & Health Guarantee: If bad weather or illness prevents you from going on the tour, you can simply reschedule it for another day. You can also rebook to a different city or request a refund
  • Entrance fees are not required for the game. All puzzles relate to the public areas of the sights
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Tags

Self-guided Tours
Walking Tours
Fun & Games
Scavenger Hunts
Excellent Quality
Low Supplier Cancellation Rate
Low Last Minute Supplier Cancellation Rate
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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