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The bottle trees on Socotra Island vary greatly in shape depending on where they grow.
Correctly seeing Socotra is not so easy. With the usual moving from one campsite to another, you will not see all the beauty of Socotra. You must choose the right time for each place. Then the result will be such beautiful photos. Photos were taken by us and our guests over the last 10 years of work on Socotra.
Photo by Dmitry Pievtsov, a Ukrainian pilot who regularly works at Socotra
Photos of Socotra island with quadrocopter. February 2019, visiting the island as part of the round-the-world cruise on the yacht Ladoga.
"Touching land countless faces smiling and all curious, who were these people. I announced: "I am happy to finally be back in Africa", to which they replied, "No no, this is the Middle East!" Awesome. Socotra tamam! Socotra good! An expression one quickly learns through osmosis as it is a common expression people often times ask you on the island of Socotra. Though this is a common Arabic expression, the local language Socotri is, as the name suggests, a local language whose roots is one step older than Arabic."
Old photos of Socotra in The national geographic magazine. 1918. "The isle of frankincense" by Charles K.Moses Formerly United States Consul-General to Aden, Arabia.
Lagoon Detwah — desktop wallpapers of Socotra Island.
On this page you can download the most beautiful desktop wallpapers of Socotra Island. Browse through the desktop background images and download every background picture to your Windows and Mac OS computer or smartphone.
Morten takes unusual photos in the ultraviolet range. In February 2015 we organized for him a special tour around Socotra.
Photos from the fourth trip to Socotra in January-February 2015. Anton likes to get into tricky areas to make an unusual pictures.
Photos of our guest Tatiana Egorova, visited Socotra in January 2014. Our camping program "The Best of Socotra".
Photos of our guest Tatiana Drujinina, visited Socotra in 2013. "Thanks for a great tour! Much time has passed, but the impressions is so bright, it seems that it was just yesterday." Our camping program "The Best of Socotra".
Socotra Island - a paradise for photography lovers.
Autumn was very rainy in Socotra. Such heavy rains was not more than 40 years. The whole island covered with greenery. Now it is very beautiful. Especially the sunsets and sunrises.
Every year my friend Vladimir comes to Socotra to visit remote areas of the island. The last time we discovered some very interesting places.
Home movies about Socotra. Photo films over the years.
If you're a photographer and you prefer to travel alone, I'll be happy to offer you an individual tour to Socotra island with my support and services, including outdoor camping and quality cooking.
Panoramas of different sites on the island of Socotra.
With some practice you can successfully fishing right from shore near Hadibo.
The last part of trekking trip to Socotra was the heaviest. The guys walked the bottom of the canyon Wadi Dirhur to the mountain of Skant, then descended into the gorge Ayaft.
О Сокотре на русском языке