{"id":1442,"date":"2022-01-31T08:51:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T14:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messysuitcase.com\/?p=1442"},"modified":"2022-01-31T19:20:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T01:20:18","slug":"cabo-rojo-lighthouse-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/31\/cabo-rojo-lighthouse-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabo Rojo Lighthouse Hike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A hike in the nature reserve around the Cabo Rojo Lighthouse (Los Morrillos) served us up spectacular vistas, with stomach-dropping white and red cliffs, fascinating rock formations, crystal-clear Caribbean Sea, and even cacti!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220129_111424-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220129_111424-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220129_111424-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220129_111424-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220129_111424-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220129_111424-2048x922.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We found the loop trail, part of the Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge, on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alltrails.com\/trail\/puerto-rico\/west-region\/cabo-rojo-lighthouse-trail\" target=\"_blank\">All Trails app<\/a>. It took us around the rocky coastline of this peninsula, then past the salt flats, before dumping us out on Playa Sucia, or La Playela, a gorgeous beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220129_114027-1024x462.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220129_114027-1024x462.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220129_114027-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220129_114027-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220129_114027-1536x692.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220129_114027-2048x923.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s located on the southeastern point of Cabo Rojo, on the Morrillos Peninsula, in the southwest corner of Puerto Rico. Learn all about this destination at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverpuertorico.com\/profile\/faro-los-morrillos-de-cabo-rojo\/8058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Discover Puerto Rico website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" data-id=\"1460\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/8-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/8-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/8-768x576.jpg 768w, 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We found the loop trail, part of the Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge, on the All Trails app. It took us around &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/31\/cabo-rojo-lighthouse-hike\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cabo Rojo Lighthouse Hike&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[332,222,216,211],"tags":[30,327,333,252,46,336,334,27,335,266,9,325,12,261,262],"class_list":["post-1442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiking","category-lisa-blogger","category-outdoors","category-videos","tag-adventure","tag-caborojo","tag-elfaro","tag-hike","tag-hiking","tag-laplayuela","tag-losmorrillos","tag-messysuitcase","tag-playasucia","tag-puertorico","tag-retirement","tag-retirementlife","tag-travel","tag-travelblog","tag-travelblogger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1442"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1466,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442\/revisions\/1466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}