Hokitika Gorge (West Coast) Kokatahi, South Island, New Zealand
By walders on 01-Dec-11. Waypoint GC38K4Y

I am archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in a prior reviewer note.

Cache disable while the track is blocked.

Since one of the pedestrians swinging bridges is closed, this cache is now beyond the fencing and sign that states...."Do Not Enter". Owner attention is needed, please.

Place make unavailable Track is closed

This is now pat a fenced off part of track so is now out of bounds and should be unavailable to be found following DOC instructions Please disable till bridge is fixed, replaced and this part of track reopens.

We were very naughty as went around the fence and boarded up footbridge (not the suspension bridge I might add) Quick find at GZ then a scoot back.

This cache is now 68m beyond the no access fence and blocked off footbridge. As there are new signs, it doesnt look like access is opening any time soon.

Accs impossible

Continuing our west coast trip today, a lovely walk around Hokitika Gorge this afternoon. What a stunning water colour. TFTC

What a lovely place. I have been most places in NZ on my travels and for some reason always missed the gorge. Tftc

We read in the newspaper that the Hokitika Gorge swingbridge would be closed due to lack of funds to maintain it up to code, so we came out today to complete the Adventure Lab before the main swingbridge is closed/dismantled? We brought a waterproof log to check on this cache for the COs while we were passing. There was an old wet paper log and a now full waterproof log + wee scrap (see photo) so we removed both and added the new log. No need to worry about the cache as you will be able to walk the new swingbridge and come from the other way to find it. The views are still worth the walk. All good here. Happy Caching

Found on a beautiful crisp morning! Wonderful location, quick find. TFTC!

Nice walk easy find

Found by coincidence with another cacher.

Great wee spot, fantastic gorge

Nach dem Wackeln schnell gefunden und geloggt. Tftc

Nice easy find on a beautiful walk

At a nice we found the home. Thanks

We are on our long-awaited journey around the world in 99 days. Second try after canceling in 2020.
Our third stop after Los Angeles and Hawaii is New Zealand.

This time was of course used to find some geocaches here.
Today we visited Hokitika George and while that time we were searching for the Traditional **Hokitika Gorge (West Coast)**

Thank to the Hints and the good coordinates the little box was found quickly!
After signing the logbook there is a new smile on our geocaching map!

At least we would like to take this opportunity to thank walders for creating and maintaining this Traditional.

Greetings from Nuermberg/Germany
**Wild_Bee_**

P.S. To save space in the logbooks, we not only enter in sequence, but also in empty spaces between.
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Thank you for the cache - जियोकैश के लिए धन्यवाद - Vielen Dank für den Cache - Gracias por el caché - Merci pour le cache - Grazie per la cache - Obrigado pelo Cache - Bedankt voor de cache - Tak for cachen - Hvala na predmemoriji - Takk for cachen - Kiitos välimuistista - Tack för cachen - Спасибо за кеш - Díky za mezipaměť - Dzięki za pamięć podręczną - Önbellek için teşekkürler - Dankie vir die kas - Asante kwa kache - ขอบคุณสำหรับแคช - 感謝您的緩存 - キャッシュをありがとう - ޝުކުރިއްޔާ - Terima kasih atas cache

Quite a busy place. TFTC

This was a straight forward find with the help of the hint and cache is all good here. TFTC.

Thank you. Greetings from Czech republic

Found it on while exploring the Gorge

TFTC

Ttfc ! Greetings from France

Tftc

Beautiful day at the gorge. Thanks for the cache!

Hallo, auf einem Road-Trip über die Südinsel Neuseelands auch diesen Cache gut gefunden.
TFTC die Krümelmonsters

Found it. Logs are little wet. Tftc

We visited the area today and had a walk around. We walked straight past this one so had to back track to retrieve. A nice quick find. Thanks for the cache

What a gorgeous gorge.tftc.

Found during the nice walk along the gorge. Tftc

Great find with dad on his bday hike.
Thank you for the cache

A very nice hike today--one of the few dry days we've had.

TFTC!

Our very first. So exciting. Yippee

No luck here today. Too many muggles.

Coming through here at 7am meant we had the place all to ourselves. That made searching for the cache a lot less awkward and inevitably a quick find.
Such a beautiful spot! If only the water wasn't so cold.

Loved exploring all the hidden spots to find it

Great job

Diese Dose konnten wir gut finden. Danke fürs Herführen

With sveppi on our 2-week holiday in the South Island. I was too dopey to load the cache while in cell phone range so had to go by feel rather than any info. I was hoping the cache wouldn't be too hard to find because today it's muggle central! But phew coordiantes were accurate and the cache was in the first place I checked. Could do with serious maintenance as multiple people have tried to add log sheets, all of which are damp or wet.

Came out here early this morning which was good as it started to get busy when we were leaving. Awesome place and TFTC

Beautiful place! Love it

TFTC! Such a beautiful walk

What a beautiful box in a beautiful place ! Soaked though. TFTC

Found as we visited the Hokitika Gorge. Thanks for the cache.

Took a bit of looking around as the GPS bounced but sorted it soon enough between muggles. Cheers

Trouvée

Found it

TFTC

Log is very wet and needs maintenance. We put a scrap of paper and a zip lock bag on the box as a temporary replacement.

Found just as the heavens opened up. Back to van for a coat.

Found it cute spot.
Log book socked

Today on the round walk we made this Cache. We was alone nobody was there. So we can look and found it. TFTC and greetings from Swiss pogues

Found while before our visit Hokitika. Nice short walk with beautiful lookouts. TFTC

Gevonden hoera

I was lucky to stop at the right spot, as the GPS was struggling under the wet foliage. TFTC.

Came here driving a bus of American tourist so why not use my spare time wisely- TFTC

Tftc..very pretty spot

Trobat!!

Absolutely gorgeous walk, so glad we detoured out this way! The river was a clay grey today after the rain but we caught up to a tour group of 2 at the start and their guide showed us a picture of the water normally. We hung around until they left to grab this cache

That is the perfect colour camo. Well done! Much more a gray river today than turquoise. The other people's guide said the river on Saturday was 5m below the bridge. Nuts.

Found on our West Coast road trip. A bit wet but a nice walk. TFTC

2655. Mrs ToT was quickly onto this one. TFTC!!!

After the heavy rain for the last two days, the river was grey and swirling. But still enjoyed the walk through the bush. TFTC

Found it

It’s beautiful in here/ some great photography. I walked past at first and had Togo back. Nice find. TFTC

Quick find in a great area - tftc

Day 2 on the Wilderness cycle trail. Before heading off on our bikes, our group was taken by van to check out the Hokitika Gorge. We raced ahead of the group, and quickly located this cache in the obvious spot. The log is a little damp and tattered but we found a little space to sign our name. We had returned the cache back to its hiding hole, by the time the rest of the group caught us up and we carried o this gorgeous walk. Tftc

TFTC found with nzref while out exploring the West Coast

Nice walk with claireyc tftc

What an amazing spot, so glad we came and checked out the gorge. Beautiful walk and spit for a swim. Tftc

Tftc

Bit wet!

Very dark hollow but a good find. Logbook quite damp. TFTC

A great evening to wander around the Gorge track. TFTC

Like all in this area. A race against time. Stop moving. Get attacked by sandflies. Luckily there were not too many muggles so we could be quick. Thanks

Was on the ground by the trail, placed back in position and added a travel bug

First find of the day. Not sure how much I enjoyed finding this one as I had to put my hand in many of the hint locations to finally retrieve. Thanks

Found with Kiwimykl, refer to his log for details.

TFTC walders

Found with NZDi, refer to her log for details.

Catching up with logging caches from last month. This is such a great walk, loved the new loop and the caches around it. Thank you

No blue today, more like elefant gray but still awesome. Tftc

A nice quick find on a nice walk, thanks.

Ms_KR and I are off on a wee jaunt to the West Coast, to climb another mountain. Today we went for a loop around Lake Kaniere. A lovely day for it.

Thanks to all CO's for publishing and maintaining their caches. Cheers.

Found on a lovely day that was supposed to be raining. Liking the walk

Great place to come to . Cache found fairly quickly but the log had the consistency of paper maiche so did not try to sign it. Photo attached instead. TFTC

Located with Ricardinho

Day 16 of our South Island roadie & last day before we head home tomorrow. It's been an amazing trip & this days plans won't disappoint either. Perfect weather again, and we have a few things planned for today. First stop the Hokitika gorge, then the treetop walk (I didn't think this through, as I hate heights & this walk was a challenge for me!), a walk down an old tram line to Lake Mahinapua & an adventure lab at the Woodstock/Rimu heritage area.

First of the day, and an easy find. What a fabulous walk & location! I the colour of the glacial water

TFTC

First of the day, and easy find. Not super busy here today, we saw maybe 10 people max on our loop walk. All good, TFTC walders.

The 16th and penultimate day of our road trip and we are in Hokitika. Perfect weather again, and we have a few goals for today - the Hokitika gorge, the treetop walk, and some nearby caches down a track to Lake Mahinapua. That pretty much filled in the day as it was a cruisy late start. There was an adventure lab thrown in as well. Cheers all COs. Must be getting close to home, some familiar names popping up…..

Easy find
Relatively quiet today TFTC

Muggles were passing by at regular intervals and we had to double back to get this one. The cache was a relatively quick find. What a beautiful area to visit. TFTC

After a week in Blenheim playing indoor bowls 2 muggles and I spent an extra week enjoying some of the sights. They allowed and assisted me find some caches in the areas we visited.
We spent a few hours enjoying the history of this area. Able to grab the caches as they read the information boards.
2 nights in Westport and now Hokitika. After finding a motel we headed out to walk the gorge. Enjoyed the walk and the beautiful water colour. A quick find here. Thank you for the placement.

It was my muggle girlfriend who spotted the potential hiding place here, but was too scared to reach in blind. Being taller I was able to spot it and reach it much easier. Log is very wet, but still able to be signed for now. TFTC

Over visiting family for the weekend. Popped over to the gorge for a look, I’ve been meaning to do this walk every time I’m here but it always seems to be raining! Lol

Thanks for the cache!

Over visiting this wonderful place for the south island ultra run tomorrow, was told the Gorge was a stunning walk.. and did not disappoint. Saw the geocaches on the map and couldn't resist. Tftc.

Awesome hiding spot, first find while on our wee trip. TFTC

Arrived early and went for a great walk around the Hokitika Gorge. Nobody in carpark when we arrived (it was almost full by the time we did the loop). Thanks for the cache.

Great walk. Never been to the gorge before. Enjoyed throughly

A relatively quick find in a gorgeous scenic walk. Tftc.

We had a great walk around Hokitika Gorge today, tftc!

#3,701: Gorge-ous Smiley!
Waited out the rainstorm in the campervan, then walked around the loop with the family. Found some, but didn't find them all. This was the first.
Nice place!
SL/TFTC!!

Grabbing the caches in the Hokitika gorge whilst visiting the area. TFTC.