Cape Rachado Lighthouse — Attraction in Malacca

The Cape Rachado Lighthouse (Malay: Rumah Api Tanjung Tuan) is a lighthouse located in Cape Rachado, also known as Tanjung Tuan in Malay, in Alor Gajah District, Malacca, Malaysia. The lighthouse is believed to be the oldest in the country, its history allegedly dating back to Portuguese rule of Malacca during the 16th century.1

The early history of the lighthouse remains largely unverified,1] with unofficial accounts by locals tracing the lighthouse's history back to a period following the conquest of Malacca by Portugal in 1511.[1] The Portuguese government in Malacca vested interest in the construction of a lighthouse to guide its ships through the narrow Straits of Malacca, completing the first iteration of the structure on Cape Rachado (a name given by the Portuguese, meaning "Broken Cape") in the 16th century.[1 Possession of the lighthouse was handed over to the Dutch VOC, alongside Malacca in entirety in 1641, and a second version of the building was claimed to have been built in 1817, during temporary rule by the British under William Farquhar, seven years before Malacca's total changeover to the British in 1824.1]

The present lighthouse was constructed in 1863, during Malacca's status as a British-ruled Straits Settlement, and remains active, as of 2008. In 1990, a second concrete tower was built next to the original lighthouse to house a...

Light house is a good trek from the road. Entrance fee is RM1. Once you are through the entrance, you can walk up through and asphalt road which is pretty steep (some places) to reach the top before climbing up the stairs to light house. Behind the light house, you got a great view of sea. (be careful its a pretty steep drop). Through the side of light house there is a trekking trail which will take you down to the blue sea which you see from top. So all the height you climbed up, you will have to climb down to reach the sea. The place is beautiful. But to get there, the trek is good, may be take about 30 mins, with some steep steps. Good thing is that the steps are concrete and got hand rails too. Once you get down to the beach you will have the whole place for yourself. The beach will have some sharp rocks so please equip yourself to deal with that. There are a lot of shells for kids to pick up if they like to do so.. We went at low tide so it was good with live corals, edible sea weeds sticking out.. and lots of fishes and crabs and other sea creatures in tide pools. If you look closely you can find oysters too. Unadulterated nature if you are into that.. Bring lots of water to drink. 5 liters may be just enough for team of 4. So in effect you will climb up, climb down, to reach the beach, then climb up and then climb down to reach...

A nice place to hike with multiple trails, the difficult level of the trails vary as some are tough and require body strength to pull yourself up and some, just a walk on the dirt trail, not all trails are recommended for solo hike as some slopes are steep, and definitely not kids friendly ,the beaches are beautiful and clean and keep a mind on the water tide timetable to not to get caught if you are taking seaside loop, lots of mini caves, views are beautiful and the waters are very clear, there are coral around the seasides here and believe that fishing are off limits here, surprisingly when you enter the entrance to this place, you are basically crossing into Malacca, the place too big to explore for a day and some trail can take up to 4 hours, so plan accordingly. Note : Photos are taken from this trail (Entrance Lighthouse Pulau Intan seaside Perigi Hang Tuah seaside Pulau Mesjid...