Pacific NW Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 After searching the forums and looking through the threads, I was wondering if anyone had any new info on caching in the Philippines? We are headed to Luzon with family later in the year, starting in Manila and working our way north to visit relatives. It appears that caching hasn't really taken off in the P.I., as the maps seem to indicate around 85 caches for the whole country! Considering bringing our Foretrex 401 and just loading up the ~85 total caches, and downloading the details offline to the iPhone for reference. Since we're on the subject, can anyone recommend a good map of the Philippines? Looks like there are a few on Amazon, and that's about it. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment
DarkHalf888 Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 After searching the forums and looking through the threads, I was wondering if anyone had any new info on caching in the Philippines? We are headed to Luzon with family later in the year, starting in Manila and working our way north to visit relatives. It appears that caching hasn't really taken off in the P.I., as the maps seem to indicate around 85 caches for the whole country! Considering bringing our Foretrex 401 and just loading up the ~85 total caches, and downloading the details offline to the iPhone for reference. Since we're on the subject, can anyone recommend a good map of the Philippines? Looks like there are a few on Amazon, and that's about it. Thanks in advance! Hi, Yes, you're right, geocaching hasn't really taken off here. In fact, I only learned about geocaching from a German colleague whom I met up with in Jakarta just last month. Disappointed that I won't be able to do much geocache hunting. Planning to hide some geocaches soon though, I'm still working on my containers. Anyway, make sure to have a look at the descriptions/logs of some caches, as a lot seem to not be maintained (lots of DNFs). you might as well skip looking for the ones with multiple and recent DNFs. I will try to update/replace some of the caches that were DNFs by me also. For the map, I suggest you purchase the map here. But I need to ask what kind of map you are looking for. Anything specific? If you need a roap map for driving, the best one that I've used so far is a brand called CitiAtlas. Purchasable at all bookstores, not quite sure about convenient stores. But we locals are pretty much just using google maps. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 First GC meet and greet in Metro Manila: http://coord.info/GC4HPWG An event cache by ariuscheEvent Date: 09/20/2013 Quote Link to comment
+ariusche Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 After meeting with a few local geocachers in Manila in an official geocaching meet and greet event, we decided to create a group page in Facebook not only for geocachers in the Philippines, but also geocaching in the country in general. Please check it out --> GeocachingPH Facebook group Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Thanks for that Facebook link. The group is "closed" - you may get more people joining if it were set up as an "open" group. Quote Link to comment
+Freak_22 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I was also surprise d to see such less caches but if I remember when I came first time to Beijing in 2009 only about 100 caches were available. ;-) I travel to Manila - Tagbilaran in April and give Feedback if helpful. Regards, Freak_22 Quote Link to comment
MixtureOfLight&Water Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Mabuhay Geocachers! Totally new here! Just heard about this last night... and created an account, downloaded the starter app this morning. And will now start to learn this universe, haha! So, how's Geocaching here in the Ph so far? See you on trail! Quote Link to comment
+neoren Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Pinoy from Singapore. I have some couple of TBs that I can bring out in PH by next month. Any small caches near Manila that I can dropped these. Quote Link to comment
+ariusche Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 (edited) Pinoy from Singapore. I have some couple of TBs that I can bring out in PH by next month. Any small caches near Manila that I can dropped these. Pinoy from Hong Kong & China. There will be an event in Makati on March 11 --> GC5K56D Cachers' Meet'n'Greet. If you are around Manila on that day, you could take your TBs to that event. Can't think of any small size cache containers in Manila, except for GC3012 Ifugao Hut. But Ifugao Hut is notorious for missing trackables. Good luck and have fun. Edited March 2, 2015 by ariusche Quote Link to comment
DLJames Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Hi guys, i am new to geocaching. I am looking for my first hunt. Quote Link to comment
+neoren Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Great maybe you can try some of my caches in Makati. Quote Link to comment
LloydNoriega Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Hello. Geocache ph. im new to geocaching. Excited to do my first hunt. Quote Link to comment
DarkHalf888 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Get to it! More geocaches popping out this year! Quote Link to comment
+ReverseG Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Hi there, Hey, has there been any more development on this front in the intervening two years? I'm a Filipino expat living in Sydney but I recently visited Metro Manila, and the situation was pretty dismal (3 virtuals, a Wherigo, and four active traditionals found) - would like to find active cachers who live in Metro Manila - it would be nice to brainstorm ways to have geocaches that last out in the wild for longer, or are tied to institutions the way a lot of caches are done here. Quote Link to comment
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