Cache Of The Month Nominations - January
Do you know of a cache that is worthy of the title of Cache of the Month? The GoSA committee will decide on the winner each month and the criteria for each month's Cache of the Month may change. We will announce the criteria for the upcoming month in the preceeding month's newsletter.
Please nominate a geocache for the GoSA Cache of the Month by emailing the details (name, GC code) as well as a detailed justification as to what makes it so amazing. Feel free to include photos, your story of finding the cache and any other useful information to assist the panel in making a decision. Please note that to nominate a cache, you should have found the cache, and cannot be the owner of the cache. Please send your nominations to .
The owner of the selected Cache of the Month will be notified and sent a badge which they can add to their cache description.
January's award for the Cache of the Month will be to the best geocache placed during 2019, so it must be a cache that was hidden and published in 2019.
December's Cache of the Month called for general nominations again. We are proud to announce Up the rabbit hole as the COTM this month. A unique location, with every premium cacher who has logged it awarding a Favourite Point, earns this multi-cache the December award.
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November's Cache of the Month called for general nominations again. We are proud to announce Kitale Close as the COTM this month. A very clever combination of geocaching puzzles and technology earns this unique cache the November award.
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October's Cache of the Month was for the best Earthcache. With 428 Earthcaches in the country (and counting), there's plenty of opportunity to learn about our local geology. We are proud to announce Bokkeveld Fossils, GC336KY as the COTM this month. A unique lesson with fossil hunting involved!
Don't forget that 12 and 13 October is International Earthcache weekend.
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This month's Cache of the Month theme revolved around the best Wherigo. They are one of the rarest cache types out there with just over 50 in the country today. Coincidentally, this month's COTM winner is the oldest active Wherigo in the country. We are proud to announce Irish Quest, GC1V8KT as September's COTM. Go and uncover the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!
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This month's COTM theme is for the best letterbox cache. We had some excellent nominations and it was difficult to decide on the winner. We are proud to announce that Bloemfontein Letterbox and TB Hotel is the COTM this month! A new and interesting Letterbox that impresses all its visitors!
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July's COTM theme is for the best mystery cache. We are proud to announce Team DJ's Puzzle Quest #4 (GC442JW) as July's best mystery cache! An innovative puzzle and awesome hide, what more could you ask for?
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June's COTM theme is the best multicache. We received many superb nominations and we are pleased to announce Intersect 2.0 (GC548HP) as June's best multicache. The number of favourite points and comments in logs speak to how impressive this multi is. Be sure to make a plan to find it if you haven't already.
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This month's COTM revolved around the best traditional geocache. We received several excellent nominations and it was tough to choose a winner. After much deliberation, we are proud to announce that TIKOLOSHE in142 (GC7G23C) is May's Cache of the Month. It is an innovative traditional that celebrates the life of a cacher. Be sure to check it out if you visit Margate.
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This month's COTM theme was for the best camouflaged cache out there. We are proud to announce that Roots and ROOTS (GC79G8Y) is April's COTM. If you are in the Newlands Forest area in Cape Town, be sure to try and find it and if you are lucky it will catch your eye!
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Geocaching can often bring you to interesting abandoned structures. This month's COTM brings you to one where there is a very unique geocache to be found! Unchained Melody is our March COTM.
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This month's COTM is Hanna de platea lucerna (GC6JPV1). This cache is hidden in the North West town of Vryburg and is a big favourite with 21 favourite points and counting! We trust finding it will be an enlightening experience!
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Ingenious hides make Geocaching so awesome. This month’s COTM - Golem Six (GC6W56F) - is exactly that as is clear from the find logs, and must be special given the 100% favourite point ratio. Congratulations to Golem_en_gif for creating an exceptional cache and to waydom for adopting it to ensure it continues to be found well into the future.
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2019's first COTM award goes to a very special cache hidden in 2018. Virtual Reward: Madiba Jive is this month's COTM. 2018 saw many new virtuals being hidden as part of the Virtual Reward initiative by Geocaching HQ and this one brings you to a special spot in Sandton, Johannesburg.
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This month's COTM takes you on a spelunking adventure to a large cave home to plenty of bats.
Cave of Bats GC39W3Q highlights this hidden gem in the KZN Midlands. Rumour has it that the tunnels extend for several kilometers and the more intrepid are free to venture further. We wonder what lurks further in the abyss...
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This month's Cache of the Month award goes to a special Mystery cache part of a new Geoart series - GEO-EYE: E11 - Light at the end of the tunnel. The logs and favourite points clearly show what an enjoyable geocache this is and eye trust it will go onto everyone's bucket list!
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This month's theme was Best Golden Oldie and we received some excellent nominations.
The opinion of the committee was mixed but after much deliberation it was decided that South Africa’s oldest geocache is July's COTM. GC185, Sentinel View, placed on 18 January 2001, sits in Silvermine Nature Reserve and commands amazing views of Hout Bay. On top of this, it is a large container that has stood the test of time and should definitely be on every cacher’s bucket list!
The opinion of the committee was mixed but after much deliberation it was decided that South Africa’s oldest geocache is July's COTM. GC185, Sentinel View, placed on 18 January 2001, sits in Silvermine Nature Reserve and commands amazing views of Hout Bay. On top of this, it is a large container that has stood the test of time and should definitely be on every cacher’s bucket list!
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Last month the Jolly Jozi Jol happened - South Africa's 4th Mega. We asked you to nominate a cache created for the event as November's COTM. JJJ Light up the Ridge takes the award as an outstanding and unique multi! For those of you who haven't found it, when are you planning to?
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This month's theme was Best Field Puzzle, and we got some fantastic nominations. All the field puzzles sounded very impressive, but our winner this month is very innovative and unique, even requiring some musical skills to get the container open, and had multiple nominations.
The Cache of the Month for June 2018 is GC69XG7 Puzzle Containers 6 - Nursery Rhymes which is one of a series of field puzzle containers by jtomcat16, and this one has a awesome 93% favourite point ratio.
The Cache of the Month for June 2018 is GC69XG7 Puzzle Containers 6 - Nursery Rhymes which is one of a series of field puzzle containers by jtomcat16, and this one has a awesome 93% favourite point ratio.
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Multi geocaches are often not found as much as they could be. This cache type, and especially this month's COTM which is GC7CKVM Teamwork Puzzles definitely deserves to be found! Well done to TheSchuttes on creating an epic 7 stage multi with unique puzzles at each waypoint.
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Storms’s River, the Bloukrans bridge, the Outeniqua mountains, the Karoo, Baviaanskloof, Langkloof and Joubertina are all visible from the highest point of the Tsitsikama mountains. Here lies Formosa Peak, GC4TMME, this month’s Cache of the Month which boasts breathtaking 360 degree views!
This geocache is for all those avid hikers keen to tackle a challenging trail. Thank you to Team Schutte for putting this peak on the geocaching map!
This geocache is for all those avid hikers keen to tackle a challenging trail. Thank you to Team Schutte for putting this peak on the geocaching map!
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