Tourist Attractions of Socotra

Sand in Stero
Sand in Stero

If you come into the dunes at sunset or sunrise, you can make great pictures.

Stero Attractions dunes
Samha Island
Samha Island

These are people living on Samha Island.

Samha Attractions sea
Rush Camping
Rush Camping

One of the camping on Socotra, which is managed by the local community.

Rush Attractions
Qalansiya
Qalansiya

Qalansiya is the second largest settlement on the island. From here you can go to Shuab Bay by boat.

Qalansiya Attractions
Qadama is a turtle beach
Qadama is a turtle beach

Here you can meet many turtles crawling onto beach at night between June and July.

Qadama turtle beach Attractions
Endless Net beaches
Endless Net beaches

These beautiful beaches are accessible only by boat. It is not possible to get here by car.

Net beach Attractions
Muri valley
Muri valley

Not far from the airport there is a nice beach which is especially beautiful at sunset.

Muri Attractions
Mumi Plateau
Mumi Plateau

Mumi Plateau is far away from standard tourist routes, but you can find very beautiful and unusual places here.

Mumi Attractions
Mahfirhin
Mahfirhin

It is a nice sandy beach not far from a fishing village in the south of the island.

Mahfirhin Attractions
Matiaf - a fishing village
Matiaf - a fishing village

It is a beautiful place where you can start a trekking route to explore Mumi Plateau .

Mumi Kalysan Matiaf Attractions
Kalysan - the largest freshwater pool on the island
Kalysan - the largest freshwater pool on the island

You can reach the largest freshwater pool of the island by walking for 2 hours from Matiaf village.

Mumi Kalysan Attractions
Ilha - an old Sultan's mosque
Ilha - an old Sultan's mosque

The village is located 5 kilometers from Hadiboh. Here is the old Sultan's mosque. This place is notable for wonderful views away from the tourist routes.

Hadiboh Attractions
Haulaf - a sea port of Socotra
Haulaf - a sea port of Socotra

Almost all products are delivered to Socotra by sea.

port
Faling Cape
Faling Cape

This beautiful place has recently became available for visitors by a new road. Here you can have a good fishing and see dolphins very often. This beautiful beach can be reached by a boat from Erissel.

Faling attractions beach fish
Ras Erissel - the eastern cape of Socotra
Ras Erissel - the eastern cape of Socotra

It is one of the best beaches on Socotra. If you come here at sunrise, you'll be rewarded by excellent photos.

Ras Erissel attractions beach
Di Sebro
Di Sebro

Di Sebro is one of the most remote and pristine places of Socotra. It is a habitat of myrrh trees and a place for gathering excellent honey.

Di Sebro honey attractions
Darsa island
Darsa island

Darsa is an uninhabited island located to the south-west of Socotra.

Darsa attractions photos
Di Hamri Marine Conservation Area
Di Hamri Marine Conservation Area

The desert Cape Di Hamri was one of the first Socotra’s places used for encamping.

Di Hamri Attractions Sea
Indian Ocean in Aomak
Indian Ocean in Aomak

The south coast of the Indian Ocean is one of the places worth staying for overnight. You can do that in the Aomak camping.

Aomak Attractions Beach Camping Sea
Hadiboh is the capital of Socotra
Hadiboh is the capital of Socotra

Hadiboh is the dirtiest place of Socotra. It is hardly understandable why people settled down here. There are often rainy and sunless days. A rivulet flowing through the city is a perfect setting for the nurturing of mosquitoes that bother people at night. The city is overwhelmed by rubbish eaten up by ubiquitous goats, who also often steal food from tables in restaurants.

Hadiboh Attractions
Socotra has a great number of caves some of which stretching for tens of kilometers.