Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches".
The pursuit already has over 6 million participants worldwide and locally, in Pilar de la Horadada, the have been holding a GeoHoradada day for the last two years.
GeoHoradada 2015 is taking place from 20 to 22 March where there will be plenty to do for children and adults alike. Organisers say they are expecting participants from all over the area including many from Murcia, Cartagena and regions to the north of Alicante and by way of preparation they held and initiation day last weekend which was attended by over 80 people.
The Councillor for Tourism, Eva Martinez, said that there was almost three hours of fun which allowed people to practise basic procedures for finding caches together with the exchange of gifts and surprises. She described the activity as a novel way of getting to know the most interesting places around the town.
Everyone that took part was presented with a certificate of participation.
A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook (with a pen or pencil). The geocacher enters the date they found it and signs it with their established code name. After signing the log, the cache must then be placed back exactly where the person found it. Larger containers such as plastic storage containers (Tupperware or similar) or ammunition boxes can also contain items for trading, usually toys or trinkets of little financial value, although sometimes they are sentimental.
Geocaching shares many aspects with benchmarking, trigpointing, orienteering, treasure-hunting, letterboxing, and waymarking.
Registration for GeoHoradada 2015 is now open and can be made in the Tourist Office or at the Youth Information Centre in Pilar de la Horadada.
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