Southern Africa

Southern Africa (excluding South Africa) geocaches

Southern Africa, excluding South Africa, includes the following countries:
Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The first geocache was hidden in Namibia on the 20^th September 2001, by team "aapje" with the cache name "Hiddenvlei" (GC21C1), and found for the 1^st time 6 months later on the 5^th April 2002, by team "Peter Robson".

The next country on the map was Swaziland with Southern Africa's 7^th virtual cache, by team "hosta". It was hidden on 7^th of April 2002 and found for the 1^st time on the 22^nd January 2003, just over 11 months later by team "GPSJane". Team "hosta" has since past away, and most of his caches around the Piet Retief area are now disabled.

Country	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016
Angola	0	0	0	5	16	20	35	36
Botswana	0	6	8	12	24	51	76	77
Lesotho	0	1	1	3	8	17	28	23
Madagascar	0	0	2	2	5	11	17	14
Malawi	0	0	0	2	8	13	22	20
Mozambique	0	0	2	8	26	39	50	37
Namibia	4	19	39	86	131	247	315	295
Swaziland	1	3	6	26	37	63	71	63
Zambia	0	1	8	11	25	26	34	34
Zimbabwe	0	5	8	13	19	77	201	309