GoSA Logo

Menu
  • Home
    • Old Archived Articles
  • About
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Special Events
    • Mega 2018
    • Mega 2016
    • Mega 2014
    • Mega 2012
  • GeoStuff
    • Geocaching FAQ
    • Geocaching Glossary
    • SA Geocaching Info
      • SA Geocaching Info Article Index
      • Geocaching Experiences
    • SA Geocaching Community
    • Useful Links
    • SA Geocaching Shops
  • Newsletter
    • Recent Newsletters
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Subscribe
  • Cache Of The Month
  • Store
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • Contact Details
    • GoSA on Facebook
    • GoSA on Twitter
    • GoSA on YouTube
    • GoSA on Instagram

covid 1000px

GoSA Logo


  • Home
    • Old Archived Articles
  • About
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Special Events
    • Mega 2018
    • Mega 2016
    • Mega 2014
    • Mega 2012
  • GeoStuff
    • Geocaching FAQ
    • Geocaching Glossary
    • SA Geocaching Info
      • SA Geocaching Info Article Index
      • Geocaching Experiences
    • SA Geocaching Community
    • Useful Links
    • SA Geocaching Shops
  • Newsletter
    • Recent Newsletters
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Subscribe
  • Cache Of The Month
  • Store
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • Contact Details
    • GoSA on Facebook
    • GoSA on Twitter
    • GoSA on YouTube
    • GoSA on Instagram
  • You are here:  
  • Home >
  • GeoStuff >
  • SA Geocaching Info >
  • Some South African challenges

SA Geocaching Info

From the first geocache hidden in South Africa, the reviewers who have published our geocaches, the introduction of EarthCaches and Wherigos, TV inserts about geocaching, the South African Geocoins and most prolific South African geocachers, find out how geocaching has evolved in South Africa.

SA Geocaching Info Article Index

Geocaching Experiences

Follow the adventures of South African geocachers who have shared their experiences with the geocaching community, whether caching in South Africa, around the world or attending special events. Lots of fun and exciting stories, along with all the photographic proof! Get their stories here.

Geocaching Experiences Index

Info Article Tags

HistoryReviewersGeocoinsTB RacesGeo-ArtPower Trails10 000 FindsFindersLab cachesEarthCachesProvincesSouthern AfricaFirst GeocacheWherigoMediaGeocaching ExperiencesSafetyVirtualsDeadPassed awayMoved onCached in their findsVirtual Rewards 1.0Virtual Rewards 2.0Adventure Labs

Some South African challenges

If you speak to some of the seasoned geocachers you will find out geocaching was quite different in the early days. With only 500 to 700 geocaches available at the end of 2004, some teams would take a drive to another province when two new geocaches were published (find link in forum). If a cache was planted in a park, that was the only cache in that park (and sometimes even in the suburb).

These days it is not uncommon to see 4 or 5 geocaches in the same park if the park is big enough.

In the early days it was mostly 'geeks' and people in the geological industry, who had access to GPS receivers, who played the game. Over time GPS receiver technology has become a lot cheaper and more accessible to the general population. "Paperless caching" was a big term around 2008 as a lot of geocachers would print out the geocache page and then go geocaching. Hints were also manually decoded on the printed out page to find out what the hint was. With the technology becoming more accessible, and put into smartphone the "old" way of geocaching is gone. The numbers in the "old", pre 2008, days was a lot *bigger* then they are today.

Details
Last Updated: 19 January 2015
Tags:
  • History
  • Prev
  • Next
  • Site Map
  • Search
  • Contact Webmaster
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy

© 2021 Geocachers of South Africa