Shipwreck Beach - Alternate Method for Obtaining 8th GPS Cache - Part 1

The first part of this sequence involves getting back to the stream below the Flooded Vault Challenge Tomb entrance. This page describes the route from The Grotto Day Camp, which is the camp you discover on the way back from the Cliffside Bunker. The route rom the Survivors' Camp, down on the beach, is shown on a separate page.

This is where you're ultimately headed. After returning from the Cliffside Bunker, you should be somewhere near the campsite above and northeast of the GPS cache.

After returning from the Cliffside Bunker, you climb a rope line, kill some dudes, and discover The Grotto Day Camp. Drop down onto the ledge below the campsite.

Then move up the path to get the 13th GPS cache. (This will probably be your 12th since you missed one.)

To get from here to the missing 8th GPS cache, turn right, move to the edge and take a leap of faith down onto the beam below. It looks too far and too narrow, but if you aim for it and steer Lara in the air a little, her special Croft powers will make sure she lands there.

Turn around, walk to the end of the beam and jump onto the ledge ahead. Move through the tunnel onto the wooden bridge near the first Challenge Tomb entrance.

- OR -

Instead of jumping down onto the narrow beam, you can follow the main walkthrough until you reach the ledge with the salvage crate near the waterfall (shown here) and then jump from there down to the wooden bridge. It's a tricky jump and Lara will take some damage, but it's an option.

- THEN -

Once you reach the wooden bridge, drop down into the little stream.