Discover 70+ Active date ideas
Active date ideas are incredible for those who would love to move around a little bit together with their partner. Relationships tend to get comfortable and sometimes you just want to stay at home with your partner, because it is cosy and you don’t want to get out of your comfort zone. With our list of active date ideas you won’t only get your body moving, but you will have your heart racing for each other.
These tips will help you move around and you will not only get the joy of movement but the health benefits too. This way you can incorporate a little more activity in your life and stay active as a couple. Our date ideas are perfect for everyone, as they range from going to a nice walk together to window shop - to taking a wall-climbing course together.
Kite Building and Flying
Spend an afternoon designing and crafting kites, then head to a windy spot to fly them. Kits cost $10-$20, or DIY with craft supplies.
Scuba Diving Pool Intro
Many dive centers offer beginner pool sessions to try scuba diving. Cost: $50-$80 per person, includes gear rental. Perfect for those curious about underwater adventures
Snowshoeing in Winter Wonderland
Rent snowshoes and trek through snowy trails. Rentals: $10-$30 per person. Some national parks offer free guided tours in winter.
Indoor Skydiving
Experience the thrill of skydiving without jumping out of a plane. Cost: $50-$100 per person. A fun and safe introduction to free-fall physics.
Caving/Spelunking Adventure
Explore a nearby cave system with guided tours. Cost: $30-$60 per person. Some tours provide helmets and headlamps, but check requirements in advance.
Brewery Tour and Tasting
Explore local breweries known for their craft beers and unique brewing processes. Many breweries offer guided tours where you can learn about the brewing process, ingredients, and history of the brewery. Sample a variety of beers from their taproom or tasting room menus. Consider purchasing merchandise or a growler of your favorite beer to take home as a memento of your visit.
Camping Adventure in Scenic Wilderness
Plan a road trip to a nearby camping site surrounded by nature. Pack camping essentials like tents, sleeping bags, and cooking gear. Enjoy activities such as hiking, fishing, and campfire cooking. Check local regulations and book campsites in advance if required.
Day Trip to a Nearby National Park
National parks offer diverse landscapes and opportunities for outdoor activities like hiking, birdwatching, and photography. Check park websites for trail maps and ranger-led programs. Bring comfortable walking shoes, water, and a camera to capture the natural beauty.
Scenic Coastal Drive and Beach Picnic
Take a leisurely drive along a coastal route, enjoying breathtaking ocean views and stopping at secluded beaches along the way. Pack a picnic with your favorite snacks and beverages. Don't forget blankets and beach chairs for a relaxing afternoon by the shore.
Paddleboarding
Try paddleboarding at a local lake or beach. Rentals usually cost around $20-$40 per person.
Visit a Historical Site
Explore a local historical site or monument. Entrance fees vary, usually around $5-$15 per person.
Aquafitness Class
Try a fun and energetic aquafitness class together. Classes usually cost around $10-$20 per person
Charity Walk/Run
Participate in a charity walk or run together. Entry fees usually go to a good cause and are around $20-$50 per person.
Aquarium Visit
Spend a day exploring an aquarium. Entry fees are usually around $15-$25 per person.
Cultural Dance Class
Learn a traditional dance from another culture, like salsa or tango. Classes usually cost around $20-$40 per person.
Scenic Train Ride
Take a scenic train ride through picturesque landscapes. Ticket prices vary, typically around $20-$50 per person.
Meditation Retreat
Attend a local meditation retreat or workshop. This calming and introspective date costs around $20-$50 per person.
Ropes Course
Challenge yourselves on an outdoor ropes course. This adventurous date costs around $40-$70 per person.
Volunteer at an Animal Shelter
Spend a day volunteering at an animal shelter, helping with tasks like walking dogs or cleaning enclosures. This meaningful date is typically free.
Birdhouse Building
Build and paint birdhouses together. Kits cost around $20-$40, and you can enjoy this creative project at home.
Soap Making Workshop
Create your own scented soaps in a soap making class. This crafty activity costs around $30-$50 per person.
Historical Reenactment Event
Attend a historical reenactment or living history event. Entry fees vary, typically around $10-$25 per person.
Beekeeping Tour
Visit a local apiary and learn about bees and honey production. Tours usually cost about $20-$40 per person.
Sailing Lesson
Take a beginner’s sailing lesson at a local marina. This exhilarating experience costs around $50-$100 per person.
Bird Watching
Head to a nature reserve with binoculars and a bird guidebook. This relaxing and educational date is typically free.
Botanical Garden Scavenger Hunt
Create a scavenger hunt in a botanical garden, identifying various plants and flowers. Entrance fees vary, usually around $10-$20 per person.
Archery Lesson
Take a beginner’s archery lesson at a local range. This adventurous date costs about $20-$40 per person.
Escape Room
Work together to solve puzzles and escape from a themed room. This engaging activity typically costs $25-$35 per person.
Axe Throwing
Try your hand at axe throwing at a local facility. It's a fun and challenging activity that costs around $20-$30 per person.
Indoor Rock Climbing
Challenge yourselves with indoor rock climbing. This physically engaging activity costs $20-$30 per person, including gear rental. Take a beginner's class if you’re new to climbing.
Zip Lining
Experience the thrill of flying through the trees on a zip lining course. This adventurous date costs $50-$100 per person. Wear comfortable clothes and sturdy shoes, and enjoy the exhilarating views.
Trampoline Park
Bounce around and relive your childhood at a trampoline park. This energetic date costs about $15-$25 per person for an hour of jumping. Wear comfortable athletic clothes and be ready for a workout.
Pottery Class
Get creative and make your own pottery pieces in a pottery class. This artistic date costs $30-$60 per person. Wear clothes you don’t mind getting a bit messy, and enjoy the hands-on activity.
Geocaching Adventure
Use GPS coordinates to find hidden "treasures" in your area with a geocaching adventure. It's free or requires a minimal cost for a premium app ($10/year). Bring a small trinket to leave behind and wear comfortable shoes for walking.
Mystery Picnic
Embark on a fun and unique adventure with a mystery picnic. A company provides clues that lead you to your picnic spot and meal items. The cost is around $70-$100 per couple. Choose a location with beautiful scenery to enhance the experience.
Karaoke Kitchen Showdown
Turn your kitchen into a karaoke stage and have a sing-off while cooking dinner together. Bonus points for creative duets and hilarious performances! You can find karaoke videos online on youtube or on spotify, just search for "karaoke version"
Community Volunteer Day
Spend a day giving back to your community by volunteering together. Whether it's cleaning up a local park, serving meals at a shelter, or helping out at an animal rescue, you'll bond over making a positive impact.
Botanical Garden Exploration
Spend the day wandering through a local botanical garden or nature reserve. Pack a picnic and revel in the beauty of nature while discovering new plant species together. Download an Plant Detector app or loan a book of plants from the library.
Memory Lane Bike Ride
Take a leisurely bike ride through your neighborhood or a nearby park. Along the way, stop at significant spots—like where you had your first date or shared your first kiss—and reminisce about fond memories together. If you don't have a bike rent one on Donkey Republic or a bike-rental place (average price 5$/hour)
Bookstore Bonanza
Spend an evening browsing your local bookstore together. Each pick out a book for the other to read, then enjoy a cozy reading session together with hot beverages like cocoa and coffee. If you want to make it even cozier, get into a small cafe.
Food Truck Frenzy
Hunt down a food truck festival in your area and sample a variety of cuisines from different trucks. Challenge each other to try something new and unexpected, like a gourmet grilled cheese or Korean BBQ tacos
Nature Photo Walk
Set a theme for your photo walk, such as "textures," "colors," or "patterns," and challenge each other to capture photos that fit the theme in unexpected ways. You can use your photos to capture the moments.
Go to an Open Mic Night
Write a short poem or story on the spot and perform it together at the open mic event, embracing the spontaneity and creativity. Open Mic Nights are usually free to enter, you can see if there are any available ones on Facebook or you can google nearby places.
Finger Painting Date
Instead of traditional painting, have a finger-painting session where you can playfully create colorful and abstract masterpieces.
Zoo Date
Visit a zoo or wildlife sanctuary and challenge each other to identify the most animals by their scientific names.
Listen to a podcast together
Create some topics you are both interested in, draw from the options and listen to a podcast together. It can be jokes, how-to's, skincare routines or maybe a podcast about your favourite series
Visit a historical place
Find a historical ruin, castle, slot, ... around your area. Try to speak as you were in those times to make the visit more fun.
Build a Lego together
Get a complex lego piece and build it up together from scratch
Play tennis or badminton together
Find a pitch which you can reserve and have an epic tennis or badminton match together. Get your competition on!
Visit the ZOO
Try to find each animal and learn some fun fact about them during your trip there.
Visit an open-mic night
Try to find something you would both enjoy - music, poems, comedy?
Have a snowman building contest
You can go casual with building a typical snowman, or you can pick a character that you both have to re-create from the snow.
Create a food tour
Write down 5 different cuisines or food types that you both would want to try. Make some searches for the best food places that offer these - and you got yourself a food tour!
Go bowling
Make the trickiest shots you can do. It is not about scores now, the one being the most creative wins!
Go to a drive-in movie
Find the closest drive in in your area, bring blankets and snacks.
Go stargazing
Pick two star constellations each before the evening. The one who finds both their constellations first wins!
Make a new dish
Randomly pick a country! Your task will be to make a dish based on the country's cousine.
Make you own pizza
Do it from scratch, starting with the dough - you can also go crazy with the toppins. Pineapple, anyone?
Watch the sunset
Yes, it is cheesy. Yes it is romantic. Make it special by finding the right place!
Try couples yoga
If you are afraid to go to class, you can just try it out at home. Let's see how bendy you can get!
Play "lights out"
Pretend the power is out (yes, even the phones). Light some candles and try to focus on each other.
Write down a bucket list
Sit down and plan your future. You can set the timelimit, the agenda and even whether you choose next friday's dinner or baby names!
Be kids in an amusement park
Get the weirdest looking ride for kids (where you are still allowed to sit in) and give it a go!
People watch from a cafe
Find one of those cafes that the option to look at people walking by. Discuss who they can be and where they are headed.
Play video games
Get your Xbox fired up, or an old PC game you haven't played in ages. Don't forget the snacks! There are plenty of games free online, or you can download games from Steam
Highligt moments
Make a Top 5 moments board based on your favorite memories that happened in the past year together. Either write them down and pin it on a board or save it digitally.
Test hot cocoas
Find at least 3 different hot-cocoa making recipe. Try all of them out and rank them from best to worst! Hot cocoa is super easy to do, as you only need simple ingredients like cocoa and sugar as well as milk. All of the ingredients can be found in a supermarket.
Quiz each other
How well do you know your partner? Find out with some quiz questions you set up about yourselves! You can also download the Trivia Games app, or the Trivia Star app. If you have time and creativity, you can even make up your own questions.
Have a tea-time afternoon
Make a cozy afternoon tea date with biscuits and enjoy each other company. Perfect for a rainy day! Go for some romantic tea types like fruits, chocolate flavoured tea or orange tea.
Attend a comedy show
Try to find a comedy show near you, it can be an open-mic kinda thing or some famous comedian. You choose! You can visit a famous comedian for about 150$ or an up-and-coming entertainer for 30-50$
Take an exercise class
Attend and exercise class together. Write down all options for classes and pick out the winner from the bowl. Exercise classes go from free up to 60$. You can find them on Facebook events, or just check out some gyms around you, maybe your membership already allows it.
