Cape Bojeador Lighthouse

About this place

Cape Bojeador Lighthouse, also called Burgos Lighthouse, is a Spanish colonial heritage structure in the town of Burgos, Ilocos Norte, about 35 km north of Laoag in a straight line. It stands on Vigia de Nagpartian Hill above Cape Bojeador, where early galleons once sailed past. The lighthouse was first lit on 30 March 1892 and still works after more than a century, guiding ships entering the archipelago from the north safely away from the rocky coast. It marks the northwesternmost point of Luzon. It was part of an 1857 Spanish master plan to light the archipelago's coasts, and it is the highest-elevated original Spanish-era lighthouse still in service. The 20-metre octagonal stone tower is topped by a domed lantern, with red-brick buildings with red roofs and a long stone stairway beside it. On clear days the tower can be seen from Pasuquin to the south and Bangui to the east, with green forest around the hill and the South China Sea beyond. Visitors climb a stone stairway from the road to the lighthouse yard, which offers wide views over the coast and sea. It is usually combined with the Bangui wind farm and the Kapurpurawan rock formations on the same trip.