New country souvenir, India, with Geocache of the Week: Rocks of Hyderabad – Golconda

EarthCache
GC6CX04
by Tomazzo69
Difficulty:
2.5
Terrain:
2.5
Location:
India
N 17° 22.989 E 078° 23.965

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


India is a subcontinent and country in Southern Asia. The regions of India are vast and diverse ranging from plateaus and dusty deserts to snow capped mountains and lush plains. It is also the second most populous country in the world and home to this week’s Geocache of the Week.

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Geocache of the Week: Operation: Geocacher – Gadget Series (GC7WWCY)

Traditional
GC7WWCY
by Team Noltex
Difficulty:
3
Terrain:
1
Location:
Washington, United States
N 47° 11.417 W 122° 29.829

This week’s geocache of the week, Operation: Geocacher, is highlighting a caching twist of the beloved classic board game that bears the same name. Hidden with permission at a plant nursery in the Evergreen State of Washington, GCWWCY offers a refreshing environment with gorgeous colors and floral scents. This week is #geogeekweek, so we had to nerd out over this and give some recognition to an extraordinary gadget cache!

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Mount Fuji 【富士山】 — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GCMYYZ
by H Suga @ Signal Expedition Party
Difficulty:
3.5
Terrain:
5
Location:
Shizuoka, Japan
N 35° 21.637 E 138° 43.640

Faith may move mountains, but the chance for an epic find can move a geocacher to the peak of an active volcano. This is definitely true for this week’s Geocache of the Week hidden in Japan—Mount Fuji 【富士山】, GC3PTTR

Image by kinglee.
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The world’s most socially distant geocaches

Many of us across the globe are still being asked to stay safe by staying home. Luckily, cooped up cachers can actually take inspiration from geocaches themselves! 

While the minimum distance between geocaches is fixed at 0.1 miles (528 feet or 161 meters), some geocaches are a good deal farther apart. We’re counting down the five most socially distant caches—caches whose physical stages are the farthest apart from other caches!

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Nouveau souvenir Géocaching de pays / région pour la Réunion

Aujourd’hui nous vous annonçons un nouveau souvenir régional pour la Réunion. Si vous avez déjà trouvé une géocache à la Réunion, vous recevrez automatiquement le souvenir sur votre profil.

La Réunion est une île isolée de l’Océan Indien, à des centaines de kilomètres du continent le plus proche. Son isolement en fait une escapade idéale pour les visiteurs qui découvriront une culture tissée par la multitude de ses habitants. Les récifs coralliens, les forêts et les volcans abritent une grande variété d’espèces dont certaines sont endémiques et ne peuvent être trouvées nulle part ailleurs dans le monde. Que vous préfériez lacer vos chaussures de randonnée, enfiler une combinaison de plongée ou vous allonger sur la plage, vous ne serez jamais bien loin d’une géocache.

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