Falmouth Mystery: The Buccaneer's Bounty
Mystery Walks in Cornwall - Explore Cornish Towns/Villages as an Outdoor Escape Room

Falmouth: The Buccaneer's Bounty

Explore Falmouth as a self-guided outdoor escape room. Use the app to find clues and solve puzzles and unlock directions of a walking route to track down a missing ship's navigator in this nautical mystery walk.

Barrels being unloaded from a ship

The Story

Join the crew of the Buccaneer's Bounty as they race against time and a rival ship to secure a lucrative deal of wine from France. But there's a catch: their navigator has gone missing and you need to find him before the storm hits. Follow the clues brought by the ship's homing parrot and solve the puzzles and locate the navigator before Falmouth runs dry.

Stats

  • Distance: 2.2 miles/3.6 km
  • Approximate duration: 2.5 - 3.5 hours
  • Steepness grade: Easy
  • Puzzles: 42
  • Dogs: considerations
  • Access for wheels: may be possible - see the app for more info
My partner and I have just completed our first mystery walk; Falmouth. I have to say, it was fantastic fun for two middle aged people who live in Falmouth.
I've learnt little snippets today about my adopted home town, and my partner has remembered things he'd forgotten about the town he's lived his whole life. We've exercised our brains whilst exercising our legs and you've encouraged us to spend a valuable three hours together, which, with the busy lives we have, has been a welcome break.
This was the first mystery walk we did, but it definitely won’t be the last! The puzzles were varied in type & difficulty - it’s definitely helpful to do this with at least one other person, so that you bounce ideas off each other. Found out lots of interesting facts about Falmouth that I didn’t know too 🙂. A brilliant, very entertaining way to spend an afternoon 😎
This is my second Mystery Walk, with a third pending, and my recommendation comes with the highest score. The iwalkcornwall team have created another beauty in this new app and it is a perfect way to explore our unique coastal towns which are full of character and history.
Another 3 hours of fun as we disentangled the mystery of the buccaneers’ bounty. Clues that worked – or which we could solve with a little help – and a great walk around the town. Conversation, laughter and plenty of cafes made it a really great social event too.

Get the app

A family doing a mystery walk
The mystery walks are an outdoor escape room combined with a mystery tour. They are done using a mobile app.
Phone showing walk directions page in the iWalk Cornwall app
For each one, there is a story with an overall mystery to solve. To do this, you solve puzzles to unlock each direction of a walking route.
Walking along a path
Each step of the way there are detailed walking directions and live map showing where you're headed to next.
Solving a puzzle
The puzzles also gradually build up a set clues to solve the overall mystery when the end of the walk is reached.
Phone showing facts section in iWalk Cornwall app
The puzzles are designed for adults although children may enjoy helping to spot clues and helping to solve some of the easier ones.
Couple solving a puzzle
Every puzzle has a ladder of hints starting from harder and progressing to very easy to cater for a range of aptitudes.
Solving clue overlooking the sea
A mystery typically takes around 3 hours to complete. It's not a race so you can take your time, take photos, stop for refreshments etc. and have a nice day out.
A family
The price (per group) is £14.99. It can be done all in one day or split over two.
Puzzle by a Celtic church
Once a mystery has been downloaded, it runs completely offline using GPS with no need for a phone signal or data/internet connection (it's Cornwall-proof).
Phone showing iWalk Cornwall in the App Store
Download the app from the Apple Store or Google Play and then browse/purchase the mysteries using that.