The State Forestry Corps controls the reserve;
access is free, but from March 2022 until December 31st 2022 it is allowed only on Saturday and Sunday from 9 AM o'clock to 4 PM.
After December 2022 there can be other flow to access, as in the past you needed to send a mail to utb.caserta@corpoforestale.it to inform about your visit two weeks in advance, reporting the following information: what is the day of your visit, the path, the number of persons and the leader.
The Forest Reserve Tirone Alto Vesuvio was established since 29 March 1972 by government and it is set to safeguard the crater wall of Vesuvius, it has an area of about 1,000 hectares.
You cross one of the most beautiful and scenic views of the park, with continuous alternating of traits of closed and shady forest and scrub in open stretches, both dominated by the Vesuvius.
The cache is placed close to the bar access from Ercolano.
There are two main ways to arrive to the cache, both of them along the road coming from Ercolano.
1) parking nearby the restaurant "Douce Atmosphere", at N 40° 49.629 E 014° 24.116; this one can be easy if your tour stops exactly there for lunch!
2) parking nearby the guest house "Il Sentiero" N 40° 49.003 E 014° 23.170, and then follow the reported waypoints, it is not difficult!
Further info can be found at the following site:
http://www.epnv.it/pnv/visitailparco/sentiero_tirone.asp
Feel free to contact the cache owner for further information and GPS tracks.
Bring your own pen, and take care to properly hide the cache after logging!
Download GPS track: link.