Adventure Lab® Spotlight: Geocaching Tour in Tampere with Braija

In this edition of Adventure Lab® Spotlight, we invite you to discover the Finnish city of Tampere with Braija the geocacher as your guide in the Geocaching Tour in Tampere with Braija Adventure. You might already know Braija as the main character in the GIFF Film, Wintercaching in Finland. Braija’s good humor and knowledge about the best spots in Finland’s second biggest city make this an Adventure you’ll want to add to your to-do list. Continue reading →

Three outdoor activities to pair with geocaching

Geocaching is a great outdoor activity on its own, but it can also be a fun add-on to other outdoor activities too. With this month’s Out and About challenge for Wheel of Challenges, you might be trying to get outside to geocache more days than usual. Pair your geocaching outings with other outdoor activities to maximize your fun and earn new souvenirs. To get you started, we’re highlighting three outdoor activities that pair perfectly with geocaching.

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London Calling 2023 recap

Geocaching HQ Lackeys attend dozens of Mega and Giga-Events around the world, shaking hands, sharing stories of adventure, and of course, geocaching! Matt is the Chief Financial Officer at Geocaching HQ. He recently traveled to London to attend the Mega-Event, London Calling 2023 (GC9MAXX). Here’s his summary of the Event.

Clever…I think sums up the London Calling 2023 Mega-Event in one word.

The London Calling 2023 event was themed to Sherlock Holmes. So of course it was located in the section of London where the books were based, clever. Brian and the rest of the organizing team, weaved this theme throughout the Mega and the surrounding events. Continue reading →

Lackeys’ favorite caches

Geocachers choose their favorite finds for many different reasons. It might be the first cache you ever found, you were with a fun group of people, you spent hours trying to solve the puzzle to finally crack the code, or there was an interactive element to the cache that you weren’t expecting.

We’re highlighting just a few of HQ Lackeys’ favorite caches, why these caches still stand out to them to this day, and why they consider them Favorite point worthy. Continue reading →