The California Lighthouse, known by locals as Faro stands tall on a limestone plateau at Hudishibana, near Arashi Beach and Sasariwichi dunes on the northwestern tip of Aruba.

The location name Hudishibana is a word from the Arawak language and can be explained somewhat as follows: HU is spirit/almighty; DI is from; SHI is (?

The S.S. California wreck, situated on the northeast coast of Aruba, lies at a maximum depth of 14 metres (46 ft).

[4] Typically, this steamship usually transported fruits from South America to Aruba, but on that fateful night, it was loaded with merchandise, including clothing, provisions, and furniture.

[9] It is important to note that the S.S. California is often mistaken for the S.S. Californian, a different ship that infamously declined to come to the rescue of the Titanic during its tragic maiden voyage in 1912.

In order to construct the lighthouse at that time, they needed to rent donkeys from a local family named Figaroa who resided in Noord.

Construction tools, materials, and cargo had to be transported by donkey from a harbor in Oranjestad to the westernmost point of the island.

[11] The lighthouse keepers had weekly rotating shifts and took turns residing in the double service house.

[11] However, due to the difficulties caused by World War I, manufacturing and delivering the lighthouse's light from Barbier, Benard, et Turenne in France to Aruba posed challenges.

During this period, the influence of France's most famous attraction, the Eiffel Tower, can be observed in the clean, elegant, and tapered cylindrical lines of the California Lighthouse.

The design of the lighthouse exhibits symmetry and fenestration, standing on a octagonal stone base with a lantern and double gallery.

The regulation was facilitated by a weighted pendulum that descended 24 metres (79 ft) to the bottom, completing its cycle every twelve hours.