Geocaching GPS Event-in-a-box

Welcome to our one-of-a-kind Geocaching GPS Event-in-a-box, a ready-made system designed specifically for group geocaching-style events. The Event-in-a-box comes with:

• A 4-day rental of 5 Garmin eTrex Summit HC Handheld GPS units (additional units and/or days can be added)
• 5 official miniature geocaching containers for you to hide
• Colored tokens to put in the geocaching containers (see suggested activities below)
• Everything you need to use the GPS units, including batteries, instructions, and a USB data cable

This one-of-a-kind package deal has everything you need to build a custom geocaching-style event for your outdoor club, company picnic, birthday party, or summer camp. It's also great for orienteering courses and team-building exercises.

The Event-in-a-box comes with a pre-paid return shipping label, so after the 4-day time period is up, just re-package all the materials and send it back to us. The default period is 4 days (including the day you receive the GPS units); however, additional days can be added for a charge of $5 per day, up to 7 days. We can also include additional GPS units for the cost of $15 per additional GPS.

Be sure to review our GPS rental policies and FAQ page, and contact us if you have any questions. We have personal experience leading geocaching events, and we'd love to help you set one up for your organization!

Suggested Activities

There's a number of ways you can use these GPS units to create a custom event for your group. Here's a few suggestions:

Teach the game of geocaching

You can hold an "introduction to geocaching" event, in which you teach the basics of how to use a handheld GPS unit for geocaching.

1. Find a park or public area with a few existing geocaches, and use the included containers to add a few more of your own.

2. Load the location of the geocaches in the GPS units

3. Use a few easy geocaches to demonstrate how to use the GPS units, and then let the participants find the rest on their own

Watch the following video or check out our blog for step-by-step instructions on how to set up a custom geocaching event for your organization:



Hold a "geocaching" competition

You can use the GPS units in a variety of competition-style games. Here's one idea, but with a little creativity it can be modified to suit a number of scenarios:

1. Hide the included containers and tokens and mark the locations as waypoints. Load the waypoints into each GPS unit.

2. Divide your group into several teams, with one GPS unit per team.

3. Have the teams compete to see which team can bring back a token from each hidden container to a pre-determined location first. Award prizes for first, second, and third place finishers.

Have an orienteering class

Use the GPS units to teach map and compass skills to your group. Again, this can be done in a variety of ways, but here's one suggestion:

1. Position the 5 geocaching containers containing the colored tokens at 5 different locations. Mark the locations of the containers on a paper map.

2. Divide your group into 5 teams, with one GPS unit per team. Give each group copies of the paper map with the locations of the containers marked.

3. Have each group navigate to and from the location of a different container, using the GPS to help verify their location on the paper map. Have them bring back a colored token to prove they found the container. Then, have them repeat the process for the other containers.

These are just a few suggestions, but we're sure you can think of some better ones! Again, we have personal experience leading these types of events, so if you need help organizing an event for your organization, give us a call at 866-797-4687, or contact us by email at info@takeahikegps.com.