Sigiria Forest #13: Fit to Cache?
Are you fit to cache? Geocaching requires a certain level of fitness as it often involves a greater or lesser degree of exploration which requires some physical effort (walking, cycling, climbing, canoeing, etc) to reach the cache location - except for Park and Grab caches!
On the other hand regular caching can improve and maintain your fitness because of the exercise involved - as it did for me searching for caches and cache hide locations in the Cape Peninsula mountains south of Cape Town, and more recently in Karura & Sigiria Forests and other locations in and around Nairobi.
This cache, a small camo-taped tablet pot, is hidden near the south-west corner of this newly installed outdoor exercise facility.
To reach the cache location: park in the car park at the Thigiri entrance to Sigiria Forest at the end of Thigiri Lane (off Thigiri Ridge Road) @ S 01° 14.431 E 36° 47.710. The entrance to the facility is just inside the entry gate on the right.
See here for map with access gates, trail names and Junction numbers and see GC4PD3V Karura Forest #1 for background information on the forests, including features, access, maps and useful links.
The Sigiria Fitness Experience opened up to the public on 1 September 2014 and has an obstacle course, outdoor gym and running trails under the forest trees. The facility is designed to use body weight and props not likely to be found in a conventional gym.