Socotra Island, Yemen
Socotra Travel Guide Updated April 2024, The Socotra Travel Guide was originally written in May 2019 After several years of being nearly cut off from the outside world, Socotra is finally opening back up to tourism again. In this Socotra Travel Guide, you’ll learn everything you need to know to visit the mysterious island coined […]
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Socotra Expedition 12-19 November 2024 Hit the Highlights: One Week Socotra Expedition I will be offering a group Socotra departure 12-19 November 2024 with my new travel company Expedition Socotrana (additionally we can set up private and custom trips outside these months too!). This one-week Socotra Island expedition may hit all the highlights but it’s
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14 Day Socotra & South Yemen Expedition November 10-23, 2024 Join us on a journey along old frankincense trade routes through Central Yemen’s Hadhromaut after your expedition across Socotra Island. Having visited both Socotra and Mainland Yemen numerous times over the years, this is a personal favorite trip for me to organize and run. Highlights
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10 Days in Socotra: The Most Alien Looking Place on Earth Updated March 2024, 10 Days In Socotra was originally written in June 2017 The island you have to see to believe, an island like nowhere else. This is Socotra Socotra is an out-of-this-world island sitting within the four-island Socotra Archipelago in the Arabian Sea. The island
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How to get to Socotra Updated March 2024, How to get to Socotra was originally written in May 2019 Likely, the most asked question I receive from readers or people on social media is, “how do I get to Socotra?“. Since 2019, I have been taking groups to explore Socotra alongside a local operator. I first
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Where The Wild Things Grow: Socotra’s Firhmin Forest Updated January 2024, Where The Wild Things Grow: Socotra’s Firhmin Forest was originally published in August 2020 Socotra Island’s Firhmin Forest is the home to the highest concentration of the endemic Dragon Blood Trees on the island, and therefore, the world. Sat across Wadi Dihur from the
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Socotra Packing List & Prep Guide Updated January 2024, The Socotra Packing List & Prep Guide was originally written in July 2019 So you’re thinking about visiting Socotra? Socotra will undoubtedly be one of your most memorable travels with ecological diversity and unusual plant life, friendly Socotris inviting you into their homes, epic trekking, some of
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A Guide To Traveling In South Yemen Updated January 2024, A Guide To Traveling In South Yemen was originally published in June 2020 As you likely already know, Yemen has been embroiled in a bloody civil war, often cited as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, since 2015. Tourist numbers had been long dwindling in
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Visiting the Outer Islands of the Socotra Archipelago Updated January 2024, Visiting the Outer Islands of the Socotra Archipelago was originally published in July 2022 After all these years of going back to Socotra, I finally made it to the outer islands of the Socotra Archipelago this past March. Reaching the Socotra outer islands is
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Can You Still Go To Socotra? Updated December 2023, Can You Still Go To Socotra was originally written in July 2017 In short? Yes, but it’s not that easy… Let me just start off by saying- I was privileged to visit a small bit of mainland Yemen and the otherworldly island of Socotra back in 2014
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