Tag: GOTW

/ Nikki

Geocache of the Week Flashback Edition: Butterfly Garden @ Changi Airport T3 Transit

Traditional
GC1HA96
by orangefizzy
Difficulty:
1
Terrain:
1
Location:
Singapore
N 01° 21.472′ E 103° 59.176′

Feeling the need to spread your wings and explore somewhere new? Looking for a chance to migrate or get a change of scenery? Let your wildest dreams take flight with this week’s flashback to a Geocache of the Week, originally featured in 2011.

“Butterfly Garden @ Changi Airport T3 Transit” (GC1HA96) was placed in Singapore’s Changi Airport in 2008, giving geocachers the chance to explore a microbiome that transports them to an entirely new world. While the garden is temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the cache is still active and ready to be found when visitors are welcomed back.

Continue reading →
/ Mackenzie

Three Sisters — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC3T4H1
by Scouter_John
Difficulty:
5
Terrain:
5
Location:
Ontario, Canada
N 43° 13.270′ W 080° 21.231′

If given the opportunity to explore a piece of history and find the most challenging of geocaches, would you take it? It’s not every day you are presented with the chance to put your climbing skills to the test and get a glimpse into the past while doing it. This week’s Geocache of the Week takes us to Ontario, Canada, for the cache, Three Sisters (GC3T4H1).

Continue reading →
/ Adam

Geocache of the Week: Sigiriya Rock – The Lion Mountain

EarthCache
GC1MCV5
by MountainNinja
Difficulty:
1.5
Terrain:
4.0
Location:
Sri Lanka
N 07° 57.403’ E 080° 45.594’

Sometimes, geocaches bring us to incredible destinations, challenge us physically, or include a history lesson right from the cache site. Towering high above the Central Province of Sri Lanka, Sigiriya, or Lion Rock, provides the setting of these features and much more! A must-see destination for those visiting the island, Sigiriya’s unique appearance, ancient rock paintings, and geologic history collide in our first Sri Lankan Geocache of the Week: Sigiriya Rock – The Lion Mountain (GC1MCV5).

Continue reading →
/ Eric

Geocache of the Week Flashback Edition: Eiffel Power

Traditional
GC5552H
by Arnokovic
Difficulty:
2
Terrain:
3.5
Location:
Paris, France
N 48° 51.422 ‘E 002° 17.656’

Some of the most memorable and beloved geocaches often coincide with historic and culturally significant landmarks. Few caches capture this sentiment better than our Geocache of the Week, Eiffel Power (GC5552H), which we originally featured in 2017.

Continue reading →
/ Andrew Baldwin

Zeljava Airfield — Geocache of the Week

Traditional Cache
GC5822P
by jurijo
Difficulty:
2.5
Terrain:
1.5
Location:
Croatia
N 44° 51.457′ E 015° 44.173′

Did you know that on the borders of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina there is an underground airport built into a mountain? While not in use for its original purposes anymore, the airbase serves as a police training facility, has been used to protect asylum seekers traveling through the area, and is free to explore. Remnants of the airbase remain intact and a former plane like this one creates a tricky spot for our Geocache of the Week: Zeljava Airfield (GC5822P). 

Continue reading →