Puzzle-filled urban adventures bringing cities to life
- Explore Sydney's secret sights, an interactive tour, treasure hunt-style!
- Fun for all; couples, friends, families and groups.
- Discover hidden gems, interesting history and fantastic local bars/cafes
Try me! We're sure you'll enjoy our tours, if not, let us know for a full refund.
Your Adventure Awaits
Action-packed Walking Tours
Immersive days out
Engaging & thrilling
Head-scratching puzzles and captivating stories reveal your city in
a new light.
Amazing places
Experience unique places and share stories in independent pubs &
cafes, curated for each Walking Tour.
Play together
Work as a team or compete head-to-head to set the fastest time on
our leaderboard.
Fully flexible
Alter your booking freely; change the date, time, number of people
or chosen Walking Tour. Even stop and start once you've begun.
Self Guided Sydney Walking Tours
Sydney is iconic for many reasons: the Opera House, the Eye Tower, its many great beaches, but many of its best features are often overlooked. From fascinating remnants of colonial history, to eccentric modern artworks, to up and coming institutions, Secret City tours are the perfect way to discover the hidden side of this great city.
For those looking for a classic tour with a puzzle-based twist, Secrets of a CBD is a great option, providing interesting historical facts alongside riddles and cryptic clues. For those wanting more of an immersive escape game experience through the city streets, Death on the Rocks offers a puzzle-filled murder mystery. Will you catch the killer or will you be forced to survive by other, more sinister means?
Play an active role in discovering how Sydney became what it is today. Unravel enigmatic directions as you are taken on a journey around its sites and through its evolution across time.
Take control of your sight-seeing, stopping and starting at your leisure and progressing at your own pace. The perfect way for groups of all ages to see the city.
All you need is a phone and a love of exploring the amazing unknown and you'll be good to go!
Walking Tour Questions
Yes, they are self-guided but with the help of a riddling, digital guide. You will receive messages to your phone providing you with cryptic directions, entertaining facts and help on request. This gives you the best of both guided and self-guided tours, allowing you to take things at your own pace and stop and start at your leisure, whilst also providing you with context, direction and a fun game to boot!
Yes, our tours are suitable for all ages and feature puzzles of various types and difficulties so that everyone can get involved. Cafe alternatives are available at rest-stops and there are hints for every clue, making our games fun for all the family!
Absolutely, our tours are perfect for team building and have been enjoyed by the likes of: Unilever, Facebook, Amazon and Google, to name a few. Alongside our regular offerings, bespoke tours are also available (particularly recommended for large groups). Contact us at hello@thesecret.city to find out more.
All of our tours feature multiple in-built pub stops at great Sydney pubs, making them an ideal option for anyone looking for a treasure hunt pub crawl/stag/hen. On top of this, breaks can be taken from the game at any time. Whenever you see a pub you like the look of, head in and enjoy for as long as you want. The tour will be waiting for you whenever you are ready to continue.
Yes, both of our Sydney routes explore the Rocks. Secrets of the CBD is particularly good for those looking to delve into the history of this fascinating district.
