The primary goals of the treasure hunt are to promote tourism and nature conservation in Namaqualand.
Dedicated websites were created to manage this game and treasure hunt, they are:
- Go-Get-It.org
- Go-Get.It.org
- Go-Get.It.org
PARTICIPATION [TREASURE HUNTERS]
Treasure hunters [participants] can join the hunt by registering online. A special HUNTERS ID NUMBER & CARD are issued individually and delivered via email. Participants however first purchase the official Treasure Hunters [starter] Kit which includes guides, posters, map, game board and more. Everything is deceived as a digital download.
Here is the background:
In the heart of the Namaqualand desert, buried three feet underground, lies a wooden chest waiting to be found. This wooden treasure chest, laden with gold, silver, copper, diamonds, and more, can be yours – all you have to do is find it.
Here is how:
This is mostly an armchair treasure hunt journey and it can be done from anywhere in the world. More than 50 riddles need to be solved to find the location of the treasure chest.
With each riddle solved, a solution or answer card is earned. On every solution card are clues and hidden messages that will guide the treasure hunter to the exact buried location.
Here is a message from the man who buried the treasure box.
“To find the location of this chest – follow my clues, solve my riddles, read my rhymes, and collect all the solution cards. With these cards, build a puzzle; look carefully, and it will show you exactly where the treasure is buried.”
Buy Riddles
You can buy as many Riddle Cards as you like from the official Treasure Hunter Shop. A portion of the profits from these sales go towards promoting tourism and local nature conservation projects.
Once you have the answer to a riddle, that answer becomes a “password” to earn one solution card. With a password in hand, simply go to the “MAIN TREASURE HUNTERS PLATFORM”, select the icon and card number you have an answer for, enter your answer in the password box, and if it is correct, follow the steps to collect your solution card.
Once you have all 52 solution cards in your hands, follow the hidden messages and clues to find the buried treasure chest.
FIRST-STEPS-FIRST: GO ONLINE AND BUY THE TREASURE HUNTERS STARTER KIT, THEN FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
- Download your entire package and unzip the folders/files (We recommend using 7-Zip to unzip all the folders. You will also need a PDF reader to open the PDF files. The 7-Zip software is free and can be safely downloaded from the internet.)
- Print everything. This will help guide you to the treasure chest.
- As explained above, solve the first riddle and use the answer as your password – follow the steps and – solve all riddles and find the treasure chest.
