Tag: GOTW

/ Martin Kerstein

Ystradfellte: Porth yr Ogof – Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC19GM6
by Ezitis (adopted by Moley13)
Difficulty:
3
Terrain:
3
Location:
South Wales
N 51° 48.015′ W 003° 33.352′

You’ve perfected your urban caching and have conquered every local park. You left no stone unturned, no tree unclimbed, and no micro unfound.

Sitting on a bench, staring into the setting sun, you ponder what new geocaching opportunities might be out there. That’s when it hits you, an email notification for a cache you’ve never found. It speaks of a cave of horses and a treasure needing your signature to claim.

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/ Delanie

FF2017: Warp Pipe — Geocache of the Week

Mystery
GC7CW9Y
by Fundy Fog
Difficulty:
1.5
Terrain:
2
Location:
New Brunswick, Canada
N 45° 50.015 W 066° 29.523

The best geocachers know the best ways to level up their GC game: collect all golden coins per level, risk it all running after 1-Up mushrooms, and harness the fireball power of Fire Flowers.

Wait, what? This is advice for a different game? Two games collide for a SUPER-crossover that will have you saying ‘Mamma mia, that’s-a one cool container’ for this Geocache of the Week!

Rough-sketched blueprints and the pixelated Mario and the relevant sections cut out as patterns for the different layers.

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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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