Basco Lighthouse

Basco Lighthouse is a modern navigational lighthouse located on Naidi Hills in Barangay San Antonio, Basco, Batanes, Philippines. Completed in 2003, it stands about 20 meters tall on a hill overlooking the Batan Channel, Basco Port and Mount Iraya. The white tower with its viewing deck offers 360-degree panoramic views of cliffs, rolling hills and sea, and serves as one of the most photographed landmarks and sunset viewpoints in Batanes.

Visitors can expect a white cylindrical lighthouse tower set on the open grassy summit of Naidi Hills with a viewing deck accessible by stairs. The site offers 360-degree panoramic views of the West Philippine Sea, Batan Channel, Basco town, Basco Port, Mount Iraya and surrounding rolling hills and cliffs. The area is open and windy with paved paths, parking area and benches. Visitors typically walk around the hilltop, take photographs and watch sunrise or sunset.

Completed in 2003 on Naidi Hills, the site of a former American-period wireless telegraph station. Built as an active aid to navigation for vessels passing through the Bashi Channel and Luzon Strait, it has since become a landmark of Basco and a symbol of Batanes tourism.

The lighthouse and Naidi Hills are iconic symbols of Batanes, widely featured in tourism promotion and valued for showcasing the Ivatan landscape of rolling hills, cliffs and sea. The hilltop viewpoint is a central part of the Basco cultural landscape experience for visitors.