Geocaching, the term might sound a bit alien to many but just to make it a bit simpler, is the high-tech form of the old treasure hunting game where participants try to find a container or the ‘cache’ using the Global Positioning System (GPS). This navigational game of hide-and-seek is now available anywhere in the world and so in the chic holiday resort in Marbella.

Marbella being one of the most exotic destinations in the Costa del Sol offers facilities for this fun and adventure game. With a little online research you can locate a Geocache in any part of this city in Andalusia and then take a trekking trip or a real adventure route while exploring the beauty of countryside and some unfamiliar travel destinations.

To start with, you need few things including a GPS unit/receiver and the cache coordinates which are available online maintained by a worldwide community of geocachers. Although one can use a GPS-enabled mobile phone as the cache finder, there are many companies which are providing special GPS units and other logistics for the treasure hunt.

Few more things such as camera and digital or paper map are also needed to have the record of those picturesque places on the route, and also for a complete account of the expedition. Besides the treasure in store, Geocachers usually take on this as the ultimate tool for fun and adventure.

Geocache

Although it has been termed as a treasure hunter game, traditionally a cache doesn’t contain much in terms of money or any valuable items. But, it’s something significant in terms of personal satisfaction. However, sometime there might be some prized items kept inside the waterproof container, but that depends on the difficult level of locating the cache.

Inside every cache; there is a logbook which needs to be signed by each and every Geocacher. The treasure hunter can take all other materials except the logbook, pencil or stamp. S/he also has to keep some other interesting materials after taking out the existing one, which will be for the next person as prized possession.

GPS unit

The usual GPS unit calculates cache’s exact position and timing after receiving signals from a set of earth-orbiting satellites. These days such devices are being used by people all across the world to reach a particular location by using the coordinates of the area. A digital map inside the unit guides you to the spot with utmost accuracy. Taking this technological innovation into use, the old treasure-hunt game has been developed into Geocaching.

Geocaching software

Dedicated Geocaching service providers are offering softwares to be installed in the GPS devices. Users, after logging into the specific website, will have to choose an area and then a nearby geocache to seek out. The GPS receiver also saves the coordinates of all your travel location which you can later download to your PC, thereby making a complete account of your travel with photographs taken with the camera.