5 Must-Try Unique Team Building Activities

Are you planning your next team building activity? Are you tired and bored of the usual team building seminars where you sit all day?

Our Mantra: Build Through Play

Quest Adventure Camp stands by its mantra to build through play, as we see our participants act naturally and without inhibitions. Team buildings shouldn’t be boring — they should be educational, at the same time, enjoyable. Different team building activities help your team members learn something new about one another. It helps them discover different things about their colleagues; not just what they see at the office. Team building events are a way to open each member of the team, how each member thinks, feels, and helps solve problems.

However, some people think that team building is just a waste of time — a sorry excuse to get drunk or just use company funds to have a good time. While here at Quest, we do guarantee that you’ll have a good time, we certainly make the most out of the activities we have here at the camp.

Team building is important to bring out the best of every team member in the group. It helps in improving communication, developing team roles, developing untapped skills, establishing and fostering better relationships, and a better sense of belonging, which helps in building trust among team members.

Unique Team Building Activities to Try

You might be thinking or planning your team building activity before the year ends or for 2018, so we’ve listed five activities that your team would surely love.

1. Escape Room

Room escape games are trending as one of the most sought-after team building activities worldwide.
Here’s how it works: after you pick a room, the facilitators will lock you up in the room, and you only have 40 to 60 minutes to escape the room. You must solve different kinds of puzzles and riddles, as well as look for clues and hints that will help you solve the mystery of the room. There are different room escape themes — some are suspense-themed, while others are the horror/psychological thriller type of rooms.

In that small span of time, you must cooperate with your teammates to escape the room or fail miserably. It’s a fun team building activity that will get your heart pumping and your mind working overdrive as you unite under a common goal. The time restraint may put you under pressure, but this is a test to see who performs well under stress, and who can stand out to help the team solve and escape the room. Manila is home to numerous escape games — try it for a quick team building activity around the metro.

2. Outdoor Team Building Activity

Have you been sitting in the office, from 8 AM to 5 PM, doing nothing but work? Most of our workforce is stuck in an endless cycle of work-home-work-home nothingness. We spend most of our days surrounded by four walls, in front of our computer, typing until it’s time to go home.

If you want a change of scenery, why not try going outdoors?

They say that going outdoors is our body’s way to “reset” itself. Studies have shown that there are remarkable effects of being outside — not just outside your office building, but outside in nature, disconnected from the hustle and bustle of the city life. Here at Quest Adventure Camp, you get to have that nature reset; enjoy our 11-hectare property of rolling hills, flowing streams, various trees and flowers blown with a cool breeze by mountains of Rizal.

Moreover, outdoor team building activities such as what we offer here at Quest has wonderful benefits for you to enjoy:

• Decreased blood pressure
• Decreased stress hormones
• Faster physical recovery
• Heightened immunity
• Lower heart rate
• Reduced anxiety
• Reduced muscle tension
• Rejuvenated physical energy

For a healthy mix of leisure, relaxation, and adventure, consider Quest Adventure Camp for your team building event near Manila.

3. Volunteer Work

If you want to give back to the community, you can organize a volunteer work instead. There are numerous volunteerism works around Manila, or you can coordinate with the local government if they have any activities that may need your help. Simple things like local environment clean-up drives, feeding programs, Plant-A-Tree campaigns, and the like are great for your team. It may not be as adventurous as going outdoors or going inside escape rooms, but giving back to our less fortunate brothers and sisters can make a difference.

Here’s a quick list of the organizations you can tap to plan any volunteer works for your company:

• Greenpeace Philippines

Greenpeace Philippines is an active volunteer organization that campaigns for their mission to save the environment.

• Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)

The organization helps rehabilitate animals by finding them new homes. It also actively campaigns against animal fights and using animals for entertainment.

• Philippine Red Cross

One of the most popular volunteer organizations in the Philippines, Red Cross aims to help people through its different services.

• Gawad Kalinga

Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation, In. (GK) is a movement whose mission is to eradicate poverty for 5 million families, and restoring the human dignity of 9the poor.

4. Board Game Tournament

For our geeky teams out there, board game tournaments are your best bet as a team building activity. This may not require extensive movements, but it requires critical thinking from the team. There are many types of board games, some of which requires you to team up 5 on 5. That’s why board game tournaments are ideal for large groups vetting against one another.

Some board games require a team to cooperate and unite one goal while some board games will bring out the competitiveness of each team member as they go head to head with one another. This kind of team building activity is best for those who’d rather stay indoors or those who prefer a lighter team building experience.

In Metro Manila, there are various board game cafés conveniently located in major cities such as Quezon City, Taguig, and Makati.

5. Other Team Building Activities you’ll enjoy

If you’re looking for a quick team building activity over the long weekend, there are other hip and cool activities in the metro that can help you build through play. Come to Mandaluyong or Pasig and enjoy jumping and flying high on trampoline parks! Channel your inner Katniss Everdeen and stretch that bow with archery places here in the metro. Want to do a little scavenger hunt of your own? Organize a trip in one of the amusement parks, and DIY your own Amazing Race and use the rides as your own obstacle.

Team building is more than just listening to a motivational speaker talking about leadership and teamwork. Team building should be done the right way — building through play. Here at Quest Adventure Camp, we believe that going outdoors is the ideal setting for a team building event. Quest Adventure Camp has different obstacle rope courses, vast open areas, a thrilling Adventure Tower, and a glamping campground for your team.

Do you have any other unique team building activities in mind? Let us know in the comments section!