In this Socotra Travel Tours, you’ll learn everything you need to know to visit the mysterious island coined ‘the most alien-looking place on Earth’.
Socotra is located in the Arabian Sea nearly halfway between Yemen and Somalia. About 80 million years ago during the Miocene Epoch, the island was separated from the Arabian Peninsula and left in isolation. Thanks to this long standing isolation it allowed Socotra to become home to one of the highest concentrations of endemic flora and fauna on Earth, putting it up in the ranks of places like the Galapagos, Hawaii, New Caledonia, and New Zealand.
Flights to and from Socotra and tourist visas have been suspended (as of March 2020) due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. we are on the island hope that tourist visas and flights will resume by the fall. Know that if you are planning to travel to Socotra in the coming months, that there is a decent chance that your plans could be postponed.