Pretoria GeoArt R9 - Mahlamba Ndlopfu Mystery Cache
Pretoria GeoArt R9 - Mahlamba Ndlopfu
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PRETORIA GeoArt Series
Welcome to PRETORIA!
The Pretoria geocaching community is very proud to present PRETORIA, the largest GeoArt series to date in South Africa.
Aside from its rich cultural history, Pretoria is also home to an extremely active geocaching community. The Pretoria geocachers are a very social bunch and meet at least once every month to share stories, swap experiences and trackables and enjoy each other's company. During one of our get-togethers, the idea of putting our beautiful city well and truly on the geocaching map was born. It started off as a small idea but we soon realised that it would be a huge undertaking. When the call for interested parties went out, the local community responded true to spirited Pretoria form and soon all 85 caches were allocated to 21 different teams. The PRETORIA GeoArt community project commenced in January 2014 and was completed six months later in June 2014.
We hope you will enjoy exploring our beautiful city of PRETORIA.
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The Cache is not at the posted coordinates.
Mahlamba Ndlopfu is the Official Residence for the President of the Republic of South Africa in Pretoria.
The house was formerly known as Libertas and was completed in 1940 as the official residence for the Prime Minister of South Africa. The Architect was Dr Gerrit Moerdyk who designed the house in a traditional Cape-Dutch style but with certain adaptations for a residence of this status. Dr Moerdyk was selected to be the architect after his design won the national competition by the Department of Public Works for such a project.
The name Libertas was changed in 1995 to what we know today as Mahlamba Ndlopfu (Shangaan). Mahlamba Ndlopfu means "The new dawn" when translated into English.
The Mahlamba Ndlopfu we know today is slightly different from its original architectural look. Changes were made to adapt to new needs as an Official Presidential Residence through the years. The inside is impressive with a beautiful entrance foyer, grand staircase, two large reception rooms and dining room (which can comfortably seat 60 people for a formal function), recently the entire east wing was adapted to accommodate both the President’s "Home" offices and the Spousal office.
The residence is located on the highest point within Bryntirion Estate and is surrounded by beautiful formal and informal gardens, including a breathtaking view of the Magalies Berg to the North. The garden itself has also been declared a national Heritage site in 1994
You will need to calculate the following in order to find the final location of the cache....
| 1 down |
National animal of South Africa |
| 2a up + 2b across |
National flower of South Africa |
| 3 across |
National Fish |
| 4a up + 4b across |
National Tree |
| 5a up + 5b Up |
National Bird |
The cache can be found at:
S 25 F4F4.F4G9B6
E 028 F2G9.F4B8(A6-G7)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Gbc, Fbhgu-Jrfg pbeare; zntargvp; Cyrnfr ercynpr nf sbhaq...