Beacheneering in Capones Island

Trek to Capones Island Lighthouse
by lakwatserong tatay

After our overnight experience in Anawangin cove, it's time to go home, but before we do that, of course the trippers will not missed to visit the two famous island sidetrips for Anawangin. The Capones Island and Camara Island.
All of the trippers get up early even though some of us were bit drunk due to last night drinking sessions and socials, get to know each other daw....^_^.

The trippers is ready...go.go...Capones....

Capones Island, this island also has white sand and green clear waters which one of the hidden beauties of the Province of Zambales. This island is also known for an old lighthouse built during the Spanish era which will bring you back in time for sure. Getting to this Island is a bit tiring experience but one of as kind adventure, popular to be sidetrips for Anawangin or Nagsasa Cove adventure. Located exactly as part of Brgy. Pundaquit in San Antonio, Zambales. From the shore of Pundaquit, it's a 15 minutes boat ride before reaching the island's beachfront.

Capones Island

This place is legendary for its lighthouse built during the Spanish era around the year of 1890 by filipino hands. It rises high over the cliffs like a cinematic picture right from the movies and lures people to marvel both at the structure and the enchanting panorama of the sea and the sky.

Capones Island's shore....

some of it's rocky part...

Capones Island is quite larger island that has cliffs and rocky shores on one part and a white sandy beach shores on the other. But as a second timer on this island, i was still sheered by its beauty, its shores and the turquoise waters surrounding this island.

The other side of Capones Island...

The Sand of Capones Island...

This island always make me believe that our country posseses the best island and beaches you can find worldwide, it is really impressive how our nature sculpt it and make it as a lovely destinations. The island's raw and rustic simplicity is a sight that most of the tourists visit.

Lakwatserong Tatay's chillax time...^_^

After huggling around, few of us go swimming on its shores, we decided to start our trek to Capones lighthouse. This is the time most of my trippers deciding whether to hike or not due to a very sunny condition, but as we started walking to very hot sand of Capones, 2 of the trippers decided to stay along the shores and be the guard of our valuable things....hehehehe...^_^.

The trippers...takot sa araw mode....^_^

The very hot walk along the shoreline up to the other side of Capones rocky side....^_^

Start of our trek to Capones Lighthouse

The rocky side of the island....

The hill that dividing white sand and rocky side of Capones.....by this time it was really hot....^_^.

rock climbing...hehehehe....

The view from top of the hill, there was also supposed to be a resort, but based from the naval officer we've talked to. Until now it is pending and they even know when the construction will proceed...thanks to the people who opposes to build a resort on this island...and sad to say that's always been a problem on our country.....now this officer used this unfinished building as there based on guarding this island...hooray...^_^.

The other side of this island....

The unfinished resort on this island...

This trek adventure is not as usual as i'am climbing mountain, this time it has a purpose, you may see and visit one of the architectural and historical monument on our country.

Their guide....Lakwatserong Tatay...^_^

One of the picturestique rock formation along it's shore

The rocky part of Capones Island

After few minutes of walking under the sun and rocky shores of Capones Island, this is the start of the actual trek...hehehe...it will almost a 30 minutes hike up to this hill, so be sure to bring enough drinking water, because the heat can turn up too and it's best if you have plenty of provisions to replenish your thirst.

Start of the uphill trek....^_^

Here are some of our photo opps while hiking up into this trail that leads to Capones Lighthouse....^_^.

The trail....

konti nalang...smile...^_^

this is one stiff part of the climb...^_^

After walking for more than 1 hour including the photo opportunities and stop over for few minutes of rest, our group reach the entrance of lighthouse area...

Now entering.....

It's one of a kind experience being on top of a lighthouse, even though im a second timer on this island, this is my first time to see this historic lighthouse, being excited and very delightful to see this historic spot, i've created individual post all about Capones lighthouse.

The Capones Lighthouse

Here are some of my shots while in Capones Lighthouse.....

The light that can be seen at night...

The views below it's lighthouse...

The majestic view can be seen up in Capones Lighthouse

We ended our halfday of adventure of Capones Island and its lighthouse truly remarkable and memorable...and here are some of our group pictures while we get wet and wild at Capones Island.

The male trippers

The lady trippers....

Of course, i wont miss my opportunity to have a photo opps with the majestic and historic lighthouse of Zambales, The Capones Lighthouse...^_^.

L.T. x-plored this place....^_^

It was almost 3 in the afternoon when we left Capones, only 4 of us trippers, proceed to our next island sidetrip, the Camara Island.

bye-bye.....Capones Island......

And we sail again....it was a bit bumpy ride when we arrived at Camara Island.....

Now heading to Camara Island....^_^

Watch out for my last two post for our Weekend Getaway in Zambales, after our island escapade and trekking experience in Capones, we now proceeding on Camara Island....and my post all about Capones, "Faro de Islote de Capon Grande"., that is considered to be one of the most historic lighthouses of the Northern Coast.

This story is part of: Weekend Getaway to San Antonio, Zambales