On The Ridge (North Otago) Benmore, South Island, New Zealand
By drawp on 02-Jun-11. Waypoint GC2XD53

We came up for the view and were not disappointed. Once up here, I had a look for the cache even though I had no good feeling looking at the previous logs.I found a nice but empty hidey hole in a rock pile at GZ but no cache anywhere to be found

No luck with this one! Maybe removed by muggles?

Found it wedged in the bench but it needs TLC. Container is mortally damaged.

Easily found at the lookout. Nobody else was here so we enjoyed the view and did the cache. It deserves a favorite point for the great view. We really liked the hike.

Cache found while hiking the Benmore Peninsular Track.This magnificent trail offers breathtaking views of Mount Cook in the background and the landscapes.Everything is really beautiful here.What a gorgeous view from this lookout! The logbook is wet . I give a favorite point . Thank you drawp for the cache and the discovery of this magical place

Tellement agrable de faire du geocaching avec une telle vue TFTC !

TFTC

Today we walked two trails one around the golf course and the other around the Benmore Peninsular. Both lovely walks. We took a slight divert off the main trail to get to this one and was welcomed with some splendid views - we searched for some time checking several hint fitting locations only to get to the bench to wonder what and where to look and the cache was spotted there !!!!???Log signed and the cache then replaced as per hint and coordinates. There were two other people who had been chatting away not aware of what we had been doing - we overheard one was from the UK and over here for a year, the other a local who does a lot of walking in the area. We mentioned geocaching and the lass from UK had done it years ago and had a bit of a chuckle when she heard we had just found one. We explained it all to the local who may have a look at what it's all about when he gets homeA fav for this splendid location TFTCTim and Viv - ddm

Ah, got to the top! And here we leave a TB after travelling halfway round the world from Norway.TFTC!

Trouvée Nice view

Tftc ! Easy track with astonishing view, on a sunny day with Mt Cook clearly visible far in the distance ! Had fun finding all the caches with Marylo0ove

Beautiful day and the clouds keeping it cool. Had a great swim in the lake too before coming up, tftc!

Today we walked the loop track and here we found a great view. Cache is in good condition.

Greetings from Germany and
TFTC sven1539

Nice track with some great views especially at this point. Easy find. TFTC.

Sat beside the cache waiting for muggles to look the other way. Sadly rain clouds overhead. Might have to head back.

Enjoyed our walk around the loop track. Nice to take a break here. The cache was a quick find. TFTC.

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Cache was a quick find and logbook is full but as I usually carry a notebook with me I added two sheets of paper from my notebook. Great views

Worth the view

TFTC walked around in circles then more straight forward find great views on a cold day lovely spot fav point for the walk and view

In Omarama with BCD and our Saturday mission was to bike the A2O from Omarama to Otemetata. A lovely sunny autumn day made for great views along the way. This is where we had lunch and what an amazing view!!! Cache was a nice quick find TFTC

A nice place to sit and drink in the view as well as some water and eat a snack before getting down to the task of finding the cache. Well covered but it looks as though a few muggles have found it over time. Log book is full but there is plenty of space on many of the pages. Thanks for enticing us out to the viewpoint.

Spectacular views. TFTC. PS: logbook nearly full

Found during small Easter trip with my muggle boyfriend David.

Log wet, couldn't sign

Noticed uncovered. Re-covered.

Tftc

Second time I have found this. Found it by mistake the first time about a year ago. Love this place

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Suddenly very stormy at the top but we were lucky and could find it
TFNC!
C&M alias DRQN

Found as part of a group and now continue on my own. TFTC

Quickly found with not many hiding places. A lot of rain spoiling the view so now a power walk back. Thanks for the cache. Fp from us!

Tftc

Awesome track in amazing country! Good fun finding this and the other caches on the peninsula!

Very rainy but view was still pretty sweet! Thanks!

This spot was made for one of the best panoramas ever. TFTC

wow what a view certainly made the walk worthwile the photo does not do justice to what you can find while caching found with spoonz2 cache in perfect condition tftc

Beautiful day. Cache had been found by a child who picked up a rock to throw, luckily they had been cachers and knew what it was. And we had such an awesome time we climbed the whole hill twice! Actually we left a hiking pole up there and had to go back for it. Excellent workout.

Another beautiful Otago day for caching with the muppets. TFTC

Amazing views ! TFTC !

Perfect views

Last night, LtCaine and I parked at a campground nearby. While checking on the route for the next day we saw quite a good number of geocaches along the way. As we had some time for the next day and didnt want to be in Oamaru too early, we figured we might just break our "most caches per day" record. We headed down the highway with multiple stops for the caches, went to Benmore peninsula and the elephant rocks afterwards. The reward? A couple of scratches, stunning views and 42 caches to add to our found lists! Thanks for hiding!

#no. 35 / 42 today

Last night, ReCached and I parked our awesome campervan next to the Ahuriri River between Omarama and Twizel. While we were planning the next day, we noticed a bunch of geocaches on the way to Otematata as well as on the Benmore Peninsula Track. We love Geocaching and we felt the need to decelerate our journey a little bit - an easy task with all those awesome containers out there! To round off the day, we also stopped at the gigantic Elephant Rocks near Duntroon. At the end of day, we managed to find 42 geocaches.

Beautiful view from up here, we took a lot of photos. TFTC drawp!

January 6, 2018 @ 13:54
Cache #2122

Nice easy find with beautiful view. Kx

Left this cache after doing all the others up this track so I could come back again because the walk is outstanding once we get to the top of the hill. Today was such a beautiful day and we set off in the morning since it was going to be a hot day. This is a beautiful outlook over Lake Benmore and the peak of Mt Cook above the hill. We could hear a drone above us while looking at the view. Another dot day ticked off for December and a day towards my challenge cache becoming closer. TFTC drawp

Wow what a view tftc

CZECH
další perfektní hint, ještě že tady je toho kamení tak málo
jedna podezřelá hromádka tam je, ale nenašli jsme nic

Worth going there. The view was amazing. Thanka for the cache

Found while on a weekend leave pass with Karma Reprint, heading up and down the Waitaki Valley with a few bike rides and wanders on the way. After a DNF behind, it was a quick one here. Exposed though, some distant views of lights and not much else at 6:20pm. Onwards by torchlight! Cheers

Time to wander the peninsular. Night has fallen, torches to the fore..... A quick find, and a quiet place to sit. Starting to get chilly but. cheers.

Off on a caching weekend with Kiwi Moose, to the Waitaki and slightly beyond. Great weather, great place to be, great company, and more than a few little plastic boxes.

Thanks to all of the CO's for the hides. Cheers.

(Found with Don Cristobal)

Sooooooooooooooo nice Mt. Cook
TFTC CAchingTIA

What a beautiful views! Found by a chance. Thank you!

Des isch Easy xi drum bin i do xi. Bin auf Tour mit meiner Liebesmuggelin zum 60ger in NZ um nebenbei diese tollen Dosen zu erhaschen. Geocaching isch so Gsund do wirsch nümma rund! TFTC ! Danke fürs legen und pflegen dieser genialen Dosen..fantastik!

Found with MrandMrsChosen1978 on our Waitangi Weekend road trip. We had ventured down from Omarama and decided to do the walk round the peninsula and grab the caches. Great views on a great day. Thanks for the hide.

Found by mrandmrschosen1978, with Granville86a, while on a road trip over Waitangi Weekend. We started off traveling through Central Otago and on up to the McKenzie Basin exploring Lake Ohau to Mt Cook one day, then we spent another day by heading down the Waitati Valley before heading back down south. As we explored these areas we decided to do this walk and found this cache along the way. Thank you for the placement an amazing scenic walk with views across the lake and even Mt Cook

Good fond on a great walk. TFTC

Magnificent view, worth the climb, TFTC.

Had to hunt a bit for this one. TFTC.

We found this geocache during our great NZ trip with our dad GlobeCacher.de, please see his log for details.
T4TC and greetings from Germany, Pferdefreunde

A little evening walkduring our NZ holiday trip led us on the Lake Benmore walk - great views on the way!
Thanks for the cache - geo-greets from Germany, [GlobeCacher.de](http://globecacher.de)
08:33pm - #4423

My mission is my first 3 day tramp on Stewart Island. The Seagnoid has Xmas off so we are off on an epic adventure with Zara around the South Island. The Seagnoid is navigator and scribe, Zara and I have teamed up and Im cache logger. We leave Tekapo for Alexandra today.
Benmore and the peninsula walk are on my radar today - so lets go. Great views from here. Quick easy snag and tag. Cheers

TaybeeDragon and I are off for a three day walk on Stewart Island. But we have a camper, so once you add in getting there and back, it's a three week trip. Day 7: Tekapo to Alexandra.

Great views of the lake here.

TFTC easy find by L stunning day

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**TFTC** [^]

Today, after waking up at a rainy, windy, foggy and cold Mount Cook, we decided to look for a place with a bit sunshine and we therefore drove the 120 kms to Otematata for the Benmore Peninsula Track. It appeared to be a very worthwhile 7 km walk, which kept us busy for three hours as it required at times quite some searching, both for the cache locations as for the caches itself. In total we visited 11 caches and we have managed to find them all.

Our big thanks to **drawp** for showing us around at this place. We will leave a favorite with a few caches as appreciation for this nice trail in a truly beautiful environment.

*Not difficult to find but surely a great place to be, will leave a favorite for that.*

Nice walk with fefe.adrien on the Benmore peninsula loop track. Views on snowy mountains and the blue lake are beautiful !!

Quick find for all boxes.
We signed on the logbook with our team name : Lekiprokos

Wow this one really worth it !
+1 favorite point

Tftc !!

Ninalila and I went for a walk because the weather is really nice and warm. We found all the boxes on our way even if sometimes it meant to 'climb' a little. All of them were easy to find.
The views all along the track are stunning !!!!

When we reached the boxe we understood why so many favourite points
One more.

We signed the logbook with our team name : lekiprokos

Thank you for the cache and the discovery

WOW!! What a spectacular spot!! I took my time here and enjoyed the peacefulness and the views from the seat. TFTC!!!!

great walk on a hot day.TFTC

Nice cache. Thanks

Really nice walk with a beautiful view of the Lake Benmore. Thanks for the cache.

Easy peasy

Another great find while slowly heading to the Christchurch Mega.
Thanks for adding to the enjoyment of this trip.

Enjoying the walk around the area but strong winds of 90-120kph!

SL TFTC drawp

Just stumbled about the pile of rocks while taking a picture during my vacation. I'm not sure about the exact date sorry, but it should be in the log. TFTC

Kind Regards from Germany

Found on 14/08/2015.

Out in the MacKenzie Country for the Canty Orienteering Champs.
Grabbing caches on the way past whilst on my travels

Wandered around the track in the dark with a head-torch.

TFTC drawp

Quick find a few sore feet only way is down tftc

Every day we are traveling around is same but also different. Today we had again the pleasure to visit some very beautiful spots and were also able to find nearly placed geocaches. I thank every single owner for placing it and giving us with doing this an other good reason to come here.

Mallorcatommy and I were on our journey through the southern island of New Zealand. With the help of geocaches we came to so many beautiful places, saw breath-taking landscapes and had, all in all a very wonderful journey! Thank you to all owners for placing all those nice geocaches!

A great walk to fantastic view points over the lake. Very well worth doing. Yes this one has to be the favorite.

A20 odyssey #49

Found it awesome walk. Thanks

Weather hasn't been the clearest all day but just as we got here we could see Mt Cook. Tftc

Very windy

First find!

Fantastic views from this one.
Found on a round up in the area with DebsNZ and Aoraki Sheep.
TFTC

A cool breeze but it didn't deter from the view! Found with Aoraki Sheep and Woody104.

Would have liked to spend longer here but the cold wind kept us moving. Found with Woody104 and debsnz

Brilliant sunshine here, drizzling at home. Good day for a walk, but did not dress for this weather! And what a view! TFTC

Had viewed this track that followes the ridge from way back and thought thank goodness we aren't going to climb up that one! How wrong I was. But in the end there was a nice seat to recover on, a nearby cache and a grand view.

I'm not good with heights and looking at this spot from the previous cache I was worried about how I would reach gz but it was a piece of cake, nothing to worry about at all. And we could see Mount Cook in the distance which was great as we hadn't been able to see it the day before when we were close by. Cheers drawp.

Another of the easy ones because once again quite exposed, signed log and recovered. Great views on this beautiful day. Tftc

Found while doing the loop walk

I've done the loop track a few times but never been up to this lookout. Amazing spot TFTC

The views from up here are spectacular! Took my first own travel bug TB5J5HF here for it's first outdoor experience. TFTC

Magnificent views! Logging as part of the Rambler's Reward Challenge.

4th find on the Penninsula walkway, wow what amazing views. My mum spotted this one before I even had the GPS out. Had to stop to take lots of photo's (but risked being blown away!!!). Thanks for bringing me here - I wouldn't have taken this diversion without the cache at the end SL TFTC

Nice quick find and fantastic view now the sun is shining TFTC

Great location. TFTC

Standing in the fog - not such a great view as described by others. But maybe we come back in summer! TFTC

Fantastic views - almost made the climb worthwhile! Thanks.