Outdoor Team Building Ideas
Outdoor team building events are a great way to get your team together, outside in the fresh air. Getting the team out of the office can make a big difference to productivity and motivation in the workplace. Whether it’s rain or shine, there isn’t much that beats a little competitive competition.
A majority of outdoor team building events stimulate the main functions of team performance such as communication, sharing ideas, leadership, trust and unity. The most important component to a successful outdoor experience is that teams have FUN! And we can promise you that there will be no one that will be complaining.
Top 10 Outdoor Team Building Events
1) The Crystal Challenge
Our most popular outdoor team building will rotate around 4 themed zones earning points and crystals for their teams. Crystals convert to time in our crystal dome finale, so every crystal counts!
2) It’s A Knockout
Ready for a fun-filled day of serious inflatable fun? Teams will take on a selection of inflatable challenges and games including the bungee run, gladiator joust, wet wall and our amazing giant washing machines.
3) Totally Wipedout
Teams will go head-to-head against one another on our incredible inflatable course. It’s packed full of life, energy, and activity with something for everyone. An ideal team experience that will not fail to give you the wow factor.
4) Soap Box Derby
A seriously wacky outdoor race seeing teams build, design and race their very own custom pedal powered karts around our creative courses. There’s all kinds of points up for grabs including pole position and the best dressed!
5) Teamopoly
Ever though of playing a giant-sized game of Monopoly outside? Well now is your chance! Our life-sized teamopoly comes packed with a giant board, playing pieces, houses, hotels and event a jail! It’s down to you and your team to earn money to play the board and build your empire.
6) Survival Island
Are you ready to learn some amazing survival skills as you take on the challenge of surviving the island. Can your team fire light for protection, build shelter, purify water and find food to be crowned the ultimate survivalists?
7) School Sports Day
This one takes you back to the good old school days with a fun and nostalgic experience. Everything from the classic 3-legged race, shotput, foam javelin and a tug o’ war finale! Will you be the star pupil?
8) iPad Treasure Hunt
Explore a chosen location with our interactive iPad treasure hunts. Using the latest GPS technology you and your team will hunt for hidden locations to reveal mystery challenges. Find as many as you can before the final destination or time runs out.
9) Go Mad In The Country
Combining a murder mystery with an interactive treasure hunt, this two in one event provides a real outdoor adventure of intrigue. Teams hunt for clues & evidence to try and solve the mysterious crime they all witnessed.
10) Quintessentially English
Spend a day relaxing in the heart of the English countryside with this patriotic English garden party which is perfect for keeping every one entertained without being too exhausting. I say old chaps, what time is it? Its Pimms o’clock!
PLANNING A 2023 OUTDOOR EVENT? WHAT TO DO NEXT…
Visit our contact page and get in touch to discuss how GOTO Events can run your outdoor event.
Our team will give you the right level of advice and options available to suit your group. We can also happily advise on alternative options for live or virtual events.
For all of our corporate events, we will ensure you get the right level of fun and entertainment in a safe, upbeat and controlled environment. All of our events have been tried and tested throughout the year, with participants enjoyment as the primary objective.
Top 3 Tips for Planning your Outdoor Team Building Activity
Whether this is your first or tenth time organising an outdoor team building event for your group, it can seem like there’s never enough time to plan everything the way you want it to be. Below is our quick tips to planning your next outdoor event.
1. Select the best day and time
Whilst outdoor team building can be run all day every day, there are a few factors to consider. Inflatable events such as It’s A Knockout and Crystal Challenge are of course best displayed in the daytime, after all you’d want to see where you’re going! There are some events that are more suited towards the latter end of the day, such as the Survival Island where you will be able to fire light.
Having completed thousands of team building events over the years, we’ve hosted at all times of the day. We always find that after a long day of presentations that teams can often be tired and ready to go home, so incorporating a day on its own for the event, or an afternoon session is often preferred.
2. Choose an event that everyone will enjoy
There is often the assumption that outdoor team building events are just physical, but that is a misconception. Whilst we do love our physical inflatables such as It’s A Knockout and Totally Wipedout, if you’re looking for something a little more chilled where teams can dip in and out of then Quintessentially English is the one for you.
Our all time classic and most popular has to be Crystal Challenge and the feedback says so too. If you’re looking for something out of the box, then why not take part in our wacky Soap Box Derby. Build, design and race against one another to become the next Lewis Hamilton.
Our expert & experienced team will happily advise which events will work best for your group to ensure you get maximum participation and involvement out of them.
3. Don’t plan teams in advance
This is one of the biggest questions we get asked for outdoor team building. Is it better for people to be in teams with people they know and are comfortable with, or randomise them? All of our events will instantly engage people with the theme and experience whether they know each other or not. It’s the one of the exact purposes of team building, to get people to know each other.