Outdoor Team Building
Our outdoor team building activities are fun, exciting and help groups to work more efficiently together, as well as inviting you to catch a breath of fresh air outside! These activities target improving team work, creativity leadership, problem solving, co-ordination and communication.
With a selection of fixed installations in the grounds of each of the Sundial Venues and a more recently launched mobile edition, these outdoor team building activities are truly versatile.
The table below give further details of each of our outdoor activities.
Crossover |
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Minutes to Zero |
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Moonstone |
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The Sundial |
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Complexity: 5 |
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Complexity: 6 |
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Complexity: 7 |
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Complexity: 7 |
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The team is divided into two groups, each starting in one of two widely separated gravelled areas. The objective of the activity is for the groups to swap places, passing through a suspended, elastic rectangle as they do. |
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A bomb stands on a mined area within a ‘no-go’ zone. To be successful, teams must first defuse the bomb and then retrieve it. |
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The Moonstone stands guarded on a crescent. The team starts in two groups and to successfully recover the Moonstone they must work together. |
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A chamber, hidden in the grounds, contains a goblet. A sundial holds all the clues that will lead the teams to brass plaques around the grounds, revealing the chamber’s location. |
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4 – 12 per activity station. |
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4 – 10 per activity station. |
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4 – 12 per activity station. |
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Minimum of 4 participants. |
Cascade |
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Japanese Water Garden |
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Electric Fence |
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Sword in the Stone |
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Complexity: 8 |
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Complexity: 8 |
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Complexity: 9 |
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Complexity: 9 |
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The team need to ring the gong by releasing the pendulum. A series of taps need to be explored to direct the water to the stand pipe in order for the water to be channelled to turn the water wheel. We strongly recommend wet weather gear! |
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A bell is located at the top of a high bamboo pole. The team must trigger a mechanism that will ring the bell, using only water power from one of ten sunken taps. We recommend wet weather gear! |
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The objective is to get all your team members across an electric fence, using only the resources provided. |
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A sword is held in a stone, sealed there with twelve spells and a rod. The team must search the grounds for clues to release the sword. |
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Minimum of 7 participants. |
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4 – 12 per activity station. |
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6 – 12 per activity station. |
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4 – 12 per activity station. |
Secret of the Camellias |
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Labyrinth |
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The Well |
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Doctor Doolittle |
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Complexity: 9 |
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Complexity: 10 |
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Complexity: 10 |
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Complexity: 10 |
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A hidden box is locked in an underground chamber. By solving riddles depicted on a ceramic tableau in the gardens, the team can discover it. |
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A crystal ball must be transported to its final destination, but to do so requires resources that are inaccessible to the team at the start of the activity. Teams must understand the system and coordinate tasks to resolve the challenge. |
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A vessel containing liquid is located in a safe area and guarded by an electric fence. The task is to transport this vessel to another area using limited resources. |
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An extended, more challenging version of Electric Fence where the group is separated into two teams at the outset to solve an additional puzzle. |
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4 – 10 per activity station. |
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4 – 12 per activity station. |
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Minimum of 4 participants. |
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6 – 12 per activity station. |
In Tents Learning |
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Complexity: 9 |
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Everything you need to set up camp and live comfortably under the stars is provided in this outdoor activity. Your challenge is to find a campsite from the designated area, pitch your tent and survive the night! |
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Minimum of 12 participants. |
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