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Traditional Cache Valle de Ojen by Speedfreak & Stine (1,5/1,5)
N36° 09.905  W5° 34.875 (WGS84)
UTM  30S   E 267820  N 4005346
Use waypoint: GCH57H
Size: Regular Regular    Hidden on 18-9-2003
In Nil, Spain
Difficulty:  1,5 out of 5   Terrain:  1,5 out of 5
   


The cache is hidden nearby the Trail "Arroyo de San Carlos del Tiradero" in the south of the natural park "Los Alcornocales".

The Parque Natural los Alcornocales, is a natural park which is known for contributing to about half of the country's cork resource as well as for the large quantity of hawks, eagles and vultures that can be found in the area.

We discoverd the forest road through the Valle de Ojen on our way from Vejer de la Frontera to Gibraltar by accident. You can reach the bumpy road either from the small town Facinas (N36 08.909 W5 42.841), which is about 20 kilometers north of Tarifa, or from a place near Los Barrios (N36 12.577 W5 32.629) which is about 20 kilometers west from Gibraltar.

Park you car here: N36 09.556 W5 34.906

You can follow the trail about 800 meters until you are about 30 meters from the cache location away. Shortly before you reach the cache, the elevation changes and you have to "climb" a few meters.

At the cache location (N36 09.905 W5 34.875) there is a small area with a good GPS reception and there is a good view through the valley. The cache is hidden between rocks which are abundantly covered with vegetation. It is a 25 x 15 x 7 cm container wrappend in a black plastic bag.

Besides the obligatory logbook, cache note, pencil and pencil sharpener, the cache initially contained:

  • Small lock with keys
  • Screwdriver
  • Lighter
  • Austrian euro coin
  • Small toy cell phone

Note on cache maintenance: A friend of mine, who is a professional kite surfer and is several times a year in Tarifa, will take care for the cache.

Additional Hints (There are no hints for this cache)


Current at 10-7-2009

Found it 24-5-2009 by legomission
nice walk to cashe
tftc

Found it 24-5-2009 by helennbrian
Super cache location, we really enjoyed this beautiful area. Cache in good condition. Traded toys. TFTC
Helennbrian n 3/4 tribe

Didn't find it 15-5-2009 by Insectosaurier
We didn´t find the cache in the end but it was very funny searching for it because there were so many possibilities for a good place. BigSmile Maybe it is hidden so good.
Thanks for this beutiful walk and this nice place!

Found it 23-4-2009 by Sanlop
Encontrado en compañía de Josema y Nemo. Nos costó "Dios y ayuda" dar con él pero al final el resultado fue satisfactorio con la alegría que da el conseguir las consas complicadas.
El cache merece una puntuación más complicada en terreno.
Gracias

Write note 23-4-2009 by Josema
El camino que conduce al cache desde por la autovia y desde Facinas esta bloqueado y levantado en gran parte porque estan metiendo unas tuberias de Gas. En principio no nos dejaron pasar, finalmente nos colamos detras de un coche de ENAGAS (creo recordar) y tuvimos que esperar en algunos tramos para que apartaran la maquinaria para poder pasar.


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Additional Hints (There are no hints for this cache)