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11.5. Tourism Initiatives
Geocaching Tourism
Geocaching Tourism is the perfect combination of travel and geocaching. Explore a new location by searching for geocaches that locals have hidden in places of general interest, historical importance and great natural beauty!
What better way to see the Greek Island of Naxos than to find the caches hidden by Yiannisp & E.X. that take you from the island's most famous monument, The Portara, to the summit of its highest mountain, Zas, and beyond?
You are in Africa, not Greece? What about finding the cache Sailors' Star at the Cape of Good Hope and learning from the cache page that, according to legend, the "pirate ship the "Flying Dutchman" haunts the waters around the cape? Most people probably would not know that fun fact without the tip from the local cache owner.
In addition to all of the great caches hidden by geocachers, several cities, parks and other locations have created geocaching programs to introduce geocachers to their area. This is a great way for them to attract more tourists, while geocachers benefit from the well-thought-out geocaches (and can sometimes even receive prizes).
See below for a list of Geocaching Tourism programs. If we failed to list a program, please email pr@geocaching.com with the name of the program, its general location and the program URL. Thank you!
Geocaching Tourism Programs
These are Geocaching Tourism Programs created by parks, tourism bureaus and others. Please see the program-specific web pages for more information. We know this list is incomplete. Help us! If you know of a program we are missing or if we have listed a program that should now be removed, please let us know: pr@groundspeak.com.
Australia
Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Highlands National Park
Nova Scotia
Denmark
Aabenraa & Kruså Geocaching Trail
Ringkøbing - GPS treasure Hunt
Germany
United States
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Preserve Circuit Geo-Challenge
Delaware
Georgia
Illinois
Maryland and vicinity
The Captain John Smith Geotrail
Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Roane County Black Walnut Geotrail
Texas
Texas State Parks Geocache Challenge
Utah
Virginia