PAGASA Weather Station


From Basco it’s a 1½-hour walk, a tough 30-minute bike ride or an easy tricycle jaunt up to Radar Tukon, a weather station on a hilltop with great 360-degree views.


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Nearby attractions

1. Tukon Chapel

0.13 MILES

Tukon Chapel is an appealing stone church built by the Abad family for their daughter's wedding in 2008; it's a 1¼-hour uphill hike southeast of Basco.

2. Dipnaysupuan Tunnels

0.85 MILES

The Dipnaysupuan Tunnels were built deep into the rock face by the occupying Japanese during WWII using forced local labour; you can explore the tunnels…

3. Valugan Boulder Beach

1.32 MILES

This sacred fishing port for Barangay San Joaquin is a beach made up of exercise-ball-sized boulders.

4. Basco Lighthouse

1.68 MILES

Basco Lighthouse is 1.2km north of Basco. Climbing it will give you stellar views of the coast.

5. Spring of Youth

2.06 MILES

A refreshing spring and pool that's a 20-minute walk from the fishing village of Diura.

6. White Beach

2.14 MILES

A secluded cove that's safe for swimming, located just south of Mahatao.

7. Vayang Rolling Hills

2.73 MILES

A road leads up to a trail where it's an easy five-minute walk to views over rocky beach and the endless, green Vayang Rolling Hills. If the weather is…

8. House of Dakay

5.28 MILES

Ivana is home to the Unesco-listed House of Dakay (1877), the oldest stone house in the Batanes.