The Hobbit Hole (West Otago) Paradise, South Island, New Zealand
By Eli_The_Moose on 25-Mar-08. Waypoint GC1AHMA

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

Hi Eli_The_Moose

This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit and after my previous reviewer note, there has been no owner response. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).

I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.

Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache. If a month passes without seeing a response, then I'll assume that this listing should be archived.

Please note, that if a cache is archived due to lack of owner maintenance, the cache is unable to be unarchived.

Regards
TheCoddiwompler

Folks, when we replaced it a couple of years back, it was definitely inside. You must go inside, and you must have a torch. There's no way to find this cache without both of these pre-reqs. Can the next cacher passing by check and confirm that they looked inside with a torch? We left it at head height, but it might've moved a bit by now.

I can definitely confirm that both Gadget169 and I were both inside the hobbit hole with torches looking for the cache. We even searched extensively at GL in and around holes in case the cache had fallen to the ground

Thank you for the confirmation K.J.R. - if anyone is heading that way in the next few weeks, could you please bring a simple replacement cache? It would be a shame to lose this spot - it's so special! Unless a local geocacher wants to put their hand up for a replacement here or nearby, as it looks like the C.O. is having a wee break at the moment.

Mmm. Another no-find despite 4 pairs of eyes. HOTA

Had general spot but no torch.

No coverage no torch. Liked the hobbit houses

A lovely morning walk to Lake Sylvan before heading home. Sadly after a very thorough look in the hobbit hole before and after reaching our destination neither Gadget169 or I were able to find the cache

Wow this is the best ever. Managed to get it but was a squeeze. Handy while it was raining!!

Found it

Tftc, great place, thanks for showing! We met the Hobbit

Took a while but when we looked in the activity we found it.

We loved this cache so much, we replaced the cache box and log. It is more at head height and you still require the torch! Please replace well so that muggles don't take it away. Hope that is OK with the cache owner.

Driving on our Southisland Trip with our MiniCampingmobile. Sorry Didnt find any cache here, but nice place!

Not surprisingly after ready all the other logs dnf. Cool place to explore though and discovered a wonderfully confident and curious bird

Had a good look with torch .
If CO adds note, next visitor could replace as it a great spot! Thanks

Unfortunately we dont find the Cache

CZECH
taky nic, ale to místo je skvělé... kdybych byl dítě, tak bych tady chodil pořád

Three catchers plus three muggles spent four weeks in New Zealand and so we browsed along our way. Here I have no success.

Had a good look/dig around but didn't have any luck today.

I recorded a DNF in 2010 on my first visit here but at the time couldn't get into the hole.This time I was right in and assisted by Pipedream and with a good torch.We had a pretty good search and would have to question if the cache is still there. Will watch with interest to see if any one else finds it.Great walk though.TFTC

Found on 14/08/2016.

In Queenstown for the weekend and off to the Routeburn for a Winter tramp. Grabbing a few caches on the way.

TFTC Eli_The_Moose

Found last weekend great spot, friendly birds about and the cache site is awesome, kids loved it

Found easily on the way into Lake Sylvan. Magic place. Added a couple of trinkets that won't look out of place here

That was a tight squeeze! But an interesting view inside. tftc

TFTC Thank you for going to the effort of hiding this cache. You have shown us a new place and have helped make geocaching an enjoyable activity.

Nice hideout, tftc

Cool hobbit hole. The kids loved it.
Thanks

TB: in

Once in a lifetime we wanted to travel to the other side of the world. This year we took a chance and made a 4 weeks trip to New Zealand! Although caching was not the main purpose, we had our GPS prepared and when we were close to a cache, we of course looked for it and logged it. So we found several dozens of "kiwi-caches" and want to thank all the owners!!

Today we made a trip from Queenstown via Glenorchy to the Paradise. Weather was not paradisic, but aquatic... Although we were looking for some caches. To the lake and back it was raining cats and dogs, but it was a great experience!! This cache we noticed on the way to the lake, but decided to find and log it on the way back. 15min in wet and dirty clothes is enough.... Thanks for showing!

TFTC #3555, Ebnater

#1384 14:15

Found with no problem, very nice surroundings. What a wonderful place!

Thank you for the cache and greetings from two Czechs!

Found with Lilywyte on our way out from the Rock Burn. Great hiding spot. TFTC

Wow! That is a really cool hobbit hole!
Found with trampingkiwi on way out to Lake
Sylvan. TFTC!

Awesome cache! Quick and easy find. Thanks!

Tftc. Great little hobbit hole!

### Na dann mal los ###
I took a solo-hike after dinner from the nearby camp-site and it was actually quite pleasant. Upon arrival at GZ, I had that short Australian cringe "Oh! Snakes!" until I realised that I'm in NZ and the worst thing which can happen is a creepy but harmless crawler Left two TBs which already got grabbed away.

***Thanks and cheers***
*Philipp*

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Big things are happening! *Are you joining the fun?*

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Came here after spending the night at lake Sylvan camp ground. I can see why its so popular! A perfect little spot to hide a cache in! TFTC

Nice hole for little Hobbits .
Out TB
TFTC
Greetings from Germany,
JUKS

Our first cache in NZ and definitely a favourite. TFTC

Found by Facitman and Mrs Facit during our Campervan trip around the South Island at 13:52
Another fantastic walk in Otago with the bonus of a cache or two. Mrs Facit and I made our way along the newly constructed track and came across GZ, a thought for a few minutes to decide how to tackle this and shortly after the cache was found, logged and replaced.
Thanks Eli The Moose

That was a challenge. But I managed to get into the hobbit hole and log the cache. TFTC. Great idea.

Loved this! Gorgeous day, lovely walk. Tftc

Haha, my girl kanin83 was pretty resolute to get this one.
Had fun watching her.
Good hiding place.
TftC

Found it under the rain. Nice hole!

some blonde girl

That is amazing!

Time is racing, and the plan is to walk to Lake Sylvan, finding this cache along the way. Loved the hide, was able to squeeze inside and find the cache, I had not bought a torch, so was a little worried about not finding the cache. I was going to take photos to light up the area, thankfully that was not needed, but I still took photos looking out. Thanks for the hide and the adventure. [:D}

Great walk in the forest. The cache was found by the kids with great spirit.

Today we went on a tour of the Glenorchy area including Paradise and Lake Sylvan. Along the road we were treated with some very stunning scenery as well as some sunshine. We went on the Lake Sylvan walk which was one of the day's highlights.

T4TC!

//T@bibito, visiting from Sweden

Nice story nzbirder. We stay also at thecampsite. Quick found. You don't have to be too big.

Had to take the LOTR trackable to this cache! Just visited, up in paradise! Used in the opening sequence of the 2nd movie from above and near by to the caddaras (Mt Earnslaw).

Our 19th day of our 4th trip to New Zealand. No torch, just used an iPhone. TFTC Cats Out Walking

This is a special cache to me... Back in 2009 I was on a course (Cons Corps), we camped at the Lake Sylvan Camp site, doing Bat surveys and checking traplines in the area. On one of our days we walked to Rockburn hut, on the way we found a hollow tree so decided to get a few of the group in there and take a photo. checking the photo when we got out of the tree we saw something unusual. This is how we had accidentally found the geocache. Our team leader knew what it was and explained to us about geocaching. I thought it sounded like a lot of fun but didn't end up doing anything about it. It wasn't Until the end of 2012 when I was at a friends place talking with friends of theirs from Czech, they said they did geocaching which sparked my interest back up again. From then on I haven't looked back. I even got a couple of caches with those friends when I was In Czech last year
I am extremely happy that I was able to get this cache, it was a very happy moment in my geocaching life
Thank you

Found together with gpsylvi on our trip through this amazingly beautiful country.
TFTC

My little Hobbit of a wife did the searching and found it. TFTC.

Spend a night on the doc camping area and went for this cache the next day. Unfortunately it was raining but it's still a wonderful, spooky forest and a magnificent lake

TFTC

Found with funkymunkyzone on a long weekend caching trip down south from Auckland.

Mooses and hobbits, oh my! Loved this one, even managed to get in the tree like a hobbit and check it out!

Thanks!

An amusing spot for a cache, although I didn't know that hobbits lived in trees . Slieschke did the honorary hobbit thing and went inside - even took off his shoes for authentic hobbit-ness. Beautiful area with all the moss and fallen trees, and the misty rain just made it even better. TFTC!!!

We did this one after the fun-most swinging bridge on the very beautiful roundtrip to lake Sylvan.
One of us was a shoed Hobbit, the other one just lazy
TFTC,
Team ERw2 - Eva and Robert F. - We 2 (2512)

found on another south island trip

Maybe I should have left out dessert on the evening before But I managed to get in and out to visit the Hobbits.

Cool place - thanks for bringing us here!

This was more like hobbit cathedral... Thank you for showing this amazing place!

Great cache! I loved that so many muggles found this cache and wrote in the log! Thanks from Austria!


#568
12.11.2014 12:30h

was good that one of the smaller members of the waimearev team was pesent. it made the find easier

We found this cache during our wonderful journey through New Zealand. Thank you for the cache and the great time in your country! Greetings from Germany.

Awesome spot, good energy here:)

With rain threatning, we decided to take the short walk to Sylvan Lake and maybe visit the Hobbits on our way. A bit under 1/2 an hour had us knocking at their door. With no one answering we had a look around. Fortunately we had a light and we were able to find a present left, just for us. Thanks goodness for that light !

Easy find

I had to remove all my bulky cold weather layers to get this and I did need to use my torch. Great hide on a lovely walk. TFTC

Shinichi87 and I found this little one on our road trip around the south island. Our beloved Campervan Gimli took us in every little part of the South Island, so we could collect a lot of Caches
TFTC

On our way back from Paradise KullerKeks90 and I spend on the campground next by the night. On the next day we wanted to tramp on the Routburn Track. In the evening we visited Lake Sylvan and could find (like previous cacher said) a Robin in the Hobbit Hole. TFTC! A little blue lanyard for this cache!

What a wonderful walk through a beautiful forrest. Thank you for showing me this awesome spot!
TftC!

Not a Hobbit but a Robin living here. TFTC

Now that we have seen Glenorchy, it is time to go for some walk. The one of the lake sylvan seems interesting. Awesome place, really. So quiet forest. We reach the place of the cache, and again, it is incredible. This cache is a must-do because it propose an experience very interesting. We had a light lamp, but at this moment of the day, it was light enough for seeing the cache.
Thanks for this awesome cache.

Maintenant que nous avons Glenorchy, il est temps pour nous d'aller explorer les environs avec des randonnées. Celle du lac Sylvan semble prometteuse et nous y allons. L'endroit est magnifique, vraiment. La cache et juste incroyable, elle permet de vivre une expérience vrament inédite. Nous avions avec nous une lampe torche, mais à ce moment de la journée, elle ne nous a pas été utile.

Merci pour cette cache de folie.

Found while on a walk with Slider4 and Hawkeye. TFTC

None of the smaller members of the family were remotely interested in going into the Hobbit Hole, so in I went. No torch, but some judicious probing with a stick soon made the right noise.

Thanks for the cache!

TFTC grli
#1011

Found while out walking with Kev n Chris. Picked up TB

It is great that half if the team is taller for some caches - this time the smaller part was on duty to hide in the hobbit hole and find the cache. We did not need the Garmin, we just had to wait a bit for some muggles to move on. Great hide, TFTC

Really nice one

I originally found this as part of the dakotacats team but I have my own username now so I am re-logging as whiskasnz. thanks

Found it : 23/Dec/2013 : We were staying nearby with friends so we decided to all for a walk and a spot of fishing at Lake Sylvan. We didn't need a torch for this cache, we had a nine-year old boy with us, he was more than happy to play fetch. Cheers for this cache, it's a great area to visit. Left a TB behind. Logging this as part of the Ramblers Reward Challenge.

We were staying nearby with friends so we decided to all for a walk and a spot of fishing at Lake Sylvan. We didn't need a torch for this cache, we had a nine-year old boy with us, he was more than happy to play fetch. Cheers for this cache, it's a great area to visit. Left a TB behind. Logging this as part of the Ramblers Reward Challenge.

Nice place

Great spot, but didn't used a torch

Found it easily enough however I couldn't reach it luckily Hinemoana was able to fit through.
TFTC

I was very pleased to finally get a chance to come and find this one. Not many people around in the late afternoon fortunately, and walk much flatter than I expected. Both of us suffering from short hand syndrome so one of us had to go in, and I was volunteered Thanks for such a great placement!!

Such a beautiful area we did the full walk out to the lake and back. A really cool cache site.

Cool place for a cache in a tree. Like the walk tftc.

Stumbled on this by accident! Kids exploring, figured out what it was and came home and signed up.

So when we were at Milford Sound this cache seemed to be quite close. Not considering that there is a mountain range in between
Thankfully there is no tunnel yet and more than 350 km of road between the two caches. Needless to say they were not found in the same day ...
After a dayhike up the Routeburn track, we hiked up to the Hobbit Hole and whilst squeezing into the hole a small robin started pecking my shoes and the bum of my mrs.
Quite a guardian of the cache.

Thanks for bringing us here!
HalveZool (#592)

Realy nice Tree and a wonderfull place for a cache wouldn´t have been there without it!
TFTC

08:10 nice hole TFTC

09:00 #42
Nice hole tftc

Found orginally as part of phasevisitor team, now created own account, re-logging as yorkshirekiwi83.

We are currently on holiday down in Queenstown, visiting from Auckland. This afternoon we decided to drive out to Glenorchy. Had a really pleasant walk to GZ, where the smaller member of the team entered the hole and made a quick find of the cache. Thanks for the cache – a favourite!

We also dropped of one of our kiwi TB’s, to continue his travels.

We are currently on holiday down in Queenstown, visiting from Auckland. This afternoon we decided to drive out to Glenorchy. Had a really pleasant walk to GZ, where the smaller member of the team entered the hole and made a quick find of the cache. Thanks for the cache – a favourite!

We also dropped of one of our kiwi TB’s, to continue his travels.

Nice forest and lots of mugless , but after few minutes when I was alone easy found it with head lamp torch .
T4TC

Great location. I was in the hole (still possible TFTC!
DH6AI

Nous avons trouvez cette cache par azard puisque je ne l'avais pas préparé. Quel belle surprise, la magie de gandalf nous à guidé. Nous avons fait la rencontre du gardien de cette cache qui est un petit oiseau pas farouche du tout. Ce repaire me fait penser à l'univers de Radagast le brun (le magicien qui vit dans la foret avec pleins d'animaux, voir "the hobbit" ) ! Super cache pour une 4e !!

Very cute! Logbook full. TFTC.

Lovely walk. The hobbit hole is fairly small - so mite need someone small. Also take sandfly repellant.