Find your first geocache
A friend has invited you to do this with them.
Geocaches are physical containers hidden all around the world, and the game is to follow your phone to within a few paces of one and then use your eyes. Each holds a log sheet that you sign before putting the container back exactly where you found it.
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How to start
- Read the Geocaching 101 guide and download the Geocaching app to your phone.
- Pick a nearby geocache in the app and follow its compass to the location.
- Read the hint and recent activity if you are stuck, then sign the log sheet and log your find in the app.
Where to go
We opened this link on 7 October 2026 and found it to be what we say. Dates, places and prices are on the official page, where they stay up to date.
Plan this
Pick a day, or a month, and we will set out how to get ready, step by step, with a date and a reason for each. The hard part of a day out is the timing: the right season, tickets and getting there. The plan watches the calendar for you.
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