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Geocaching is delightful because of the people who play it — adventure-seekers, makers, parents, astronauts and (sometimes) celebrities. Read their stories.

Tauchen im Roten Meer / Diving in the Red Sea
/ Janelle

New country souvenir, Egypt, with Geocache of the Week: Tauchen im Roten Meer / Diving in the Red Sea

Traditional
GC6Y8XF
by die wilde 13 2013
Difficulty:
3
Terrain:
5
Location:
Egypt
N 26° 50.536 E 034° 00.168
New country souvenir, Egypt, with Geocache of the Week: Tauchen im Roten Meer / Diving in the Red Sea
New country souvenir, Egypt, with Geocache of the Week: Tauchen im Roten Meer / Diving in the Red Sea

Today we release a new country/regional souvenir for Egypt! If you have found a geocache in Egypt, you automatically receive the souvenir on your profile.

Along the shores of the Red Sea, about 500 kilometers (300 miles) southeast of Cairo, you will find Soma Bay, a sunny beach area full of activities such as sailing, windsurfing, snorkeling, and scuba diving.

For thousands of years, dangerous currents, strong winds, and a myriad of reefs have made this area difficult for sailors to navigate—which is why you will find several shipwrecks below the tranquil surface of the warm water (23°C/74°F). Many wrecks have become an oasis for aquatic life, but this one is especially amazing. It’s our Geocache of the Week.
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/ Sarah

Eyes Up — Geocache of the Week

Mystery Cache
GC2J0F7
by soratte & nemrodek
Difficulty:
3
Terrain:
1
Location:
Vatican City State
N 41° 54.148′ E 012° 27.197′

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world. With only 100 acres of land, this tiny monarchy’s influence has been huge—the Pope and the Catholic Church once ruled Europe.

This influence is reflected today in the over 900 ornate churches which remain. If you visit Rome, we recommend visiting these churches to help you solve the architectural mystery of this Geocache of the Week: Eyes Up.

The view from St. Peter’s. Image by Ernschdla.

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/ Martin Kerstein

Maastricht:Wandelen op en langs de stadsmuren – Geocache of the Week

Multi-Cache
GC1YDMB
by qbi2
Difficulty:
1.5
Terrain:
2
Location:
Maastricht, Netherlands
N 50° 50.827′ E 005° 41.686′

Some geocaches take you to remote mountains peaks, some require you to solve puzzles before you find them, and some teach you about history, like our Geocache of the Week. This ten-stage Multi-Cache takes you on a tour around the historic sites of the beautiful city of Maastricht, which has 1,677 national heritage sites (Rijksmonumenten), the second highest number in the Netherlands after Amsterdam.

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/ Delanie

Entretien avec un propriétaire : Totov, le géo-mentor du Grand-Est

L’une des meilleures qualités du géocaching est la créativité des propriétaires. La communauté française ne fait pas exception. Elle comprend des caches inattendues, personnalisées, et artisanales, le genre que nous aimons tous trouver. L’un de ces cacheurs est Totov. Ses 160 géocaches ont accumulé 1.600 Points favoris, qui représentent l’impact qu’il a dans la région Grand-Est, France. Nous avons interviewé Totov, le président d’Alsace Géocaching, pour en savoir plus sur ses caches créatives, et d’où il s’inspire.

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/ Andrew Baldwin

16.000 Favoritenpunkte in acht Jahren: Ein Interview mit TCapitano.

Wenn es um das Verstecken von Geocaches geht, ist TCapitano ein Meister seiner Klasse. Seine Geocaches sind in der deutschen Geocachingwelt berühmt und er hat tausende an Favoritenpunkten für sie gesammelt. Die Kreativität, die er in seine Geocaches steckt, versprechen Suchenden eine spannende Erfahrung. Bei einem seiner Caches, musst Du in die Pedale treten, bei einem anderen findest Du den lang verschollenen Schatz der Goonies. Zusammengenommen hat er sich 16.228 Favoritenpunkte für seine 20 Geocaches verdient.

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