Outdoor Team Building Activities

Your host facilitator will liaise with you in the days leading up to your outdoor team building activity regarding the weather forecast and plans for adverse weather. If it’s only drizzling on the day and you would like to proceed outdoors, your host will come along with emergency ponchos for each of your delegates. If the weather is too adverse to proceed outdoors, we will come along with an indoor team building activity to host instead. All we ask is that you have an indoor space organised for the wet weather event.

Active wear for your outdoor team building activity is great but not a necessity. None of our outdoor team building events are overly physical, however, we want you to be comfortable! Please ensure your delegates are wearing comfortable clothes and shoes.

We recommend bringing a hat and water bottle to all outdoor team building events. Pinnacle will have sunscreen available for all delegates to use. If your event is being held at a conference venue, talk to your event coordinator about providing a water station or water bottles for your delegates. If your outdoor team building event is taking place in a public location such as a park or beach, talk to us if you would like us to provide bottled water for an additional fee.

Council venues such as parks, ovals, beaches and reserves generally require a council permit to be used for outdoor team building activities. Should a council permit be required for your outdoor team event we will organise this for you on your behalf. We will advise you if the event you have chosen requires a council permit and how much the council permit fee is.

All our outdoor team building events are different and we will split your group up accordingly. For our scavenger hunt style team activities such as the Amazing Race, City Scramble or Ransom, teams of 6 to 8 people tend to work best. Head-to-head style outdoor team building activities such as Survivor, Mini Olympics and Carnivale suit slightly larger teams of 7 to 10 people per team. Pinnacle can either split your group up into random teams on the day of the event OR if you’d prefer to allocate the teams yourself, just send us through a list prior to the event day.

As a guide, our outdoor activities start from $66 per person including GST. Your price depends on group size, duration, the activity and where you hold it. Most outdoor adventure activities run for 1 to 3 hours. Larger groups receive a lower per-person rate.

Every outdoor event includes a wet weather backup event in the price. If you are after affordable outdoor team building activities, The Scramble is a modified version of our Amazing Race for groups tight on time or budget. Our team building cost guide shows typical ranges by activity type.

Yes. We choose outdoor team activities where every delegate has a role, from solving clues and navigating to taking on a challenge, so nobody is left on the sidelines. In Survivor, for example, teams compete at initiative based problem solving tasks that focus on lateral thinking and teamwork skills rather than physical strength, speed or endurance. We’ll never ask anyone to do something they don’t feel comfortable doing. We also encourage the leadership team to take part, because when senior leaders join in, they show everyone is on the one team.

If anyone in your group has mobility needs, tell us when you enquire and we will suggest the right activity. We plan every outdoor event around your team members’ physical abilities and comfort levels. Every lead facilitator holds a current first aid certificate, and we carry $20m public liability insurance.

Yes. Most of our outdoor activities run at any conference venue or outdoor space, and races such as the Amazing Race, Ransom and Treasure Hunt can also run through a city or urban area. Head to head events such as Survivor, Carnivale and Mini Beach Olympics need a large, flat grassed area: an oval, park, reserve, beach or a conference venue with suitable outdoor space. Laser Clay Shooting needs a privately owned outdoor space such as a conference venue, tennis court or your office premises. Whichever team activity you choose, we liaise directly with your venue on our requirements, so you’re never stuck relaying messages back and forth.