Socotra Islands
Hard
6-16
We will pick you up at the airport and transport you to Ayhaft Canyon National Park. In the canyon (wadi), you will enjoy large fresh waterpools where you can swim or soak. All around you, there will be Tamarind trees, Cucumber trees and a wide variety of birds such as Socotra Sparrow, Socotra Sunbird and both Socotra and Somali Starlings. In fact, Ayhaft is considered as a natural nursery due to its large abundance of endemic trees, plants and birds. It is one of bird watching spots.
Overnight will be camping at Ayhaft.
After an early breakfast, we will drive to Wadi Daneghan, the start point of the trek. After loading our stuff on a camel, we will hike for 3 to 4 hours. On the way to Kishan, we expect to cross wadies and walk among the endemic plants such as croton socotramo, Adinum, pass by a granite wadi. Lunch in Kishan. After picnic, we will carry on to Adoho Dema'alah at some 600 meters.
Dinner and overnight in Adoho Dema'alah
In the morning we will trek to the highest peak called Fa'arah at 1525 meters to have a nice view of Hadiboh. Of course that place is full of vegetation although the peak high up is naked granite. We continue trekking to Wadi Da'aharoh.
Dinner and camp in Da'aharoh
The Firmhin forest is the last dragon's blood woodland. Nowhere else in the world can one find dragon's blood trees in such density. Local people will show us how they used to collect - and still collect on a smaller scale - the precious red resin of the tree. We will continue hiking to Derhur canyon (wadi) where we will see unusual yet beautiful rock formations and can swim in the pool.
Dinner and overnight at Wadi Derhur
In the morning we hike up to Diksam plateau, we meet the car and we head to the south. Lunch at Dagub cave, which overlooks a scattering of traditional villages below. The cave has many stalactites, stalagmites and pools of water. We visit the colossal sand dunes of Hayf and Zahek, pushed up against the mountainside by the seasonal winds of Socotra. Then trek throughout the desert with camels to Aomak sandy beach, where we can swim in the clear water of the Indian Ocean.
Dinner and overnight at Aomak.
Morning drive to Matyaf, then start trekking through the great Qalishen canyon and swimming pools. After lunch drive to Homhil PA where selection trails will trek throughout the forest of Dragon's Blood Trees and Frankincense. Dinner and overnight in Homhil PA.
After breakfast we will begin our trekking to Wadi Al Shifa (hiking down for 2 hours) through awesome surrounding panoramas view overwhelming swimming poll descending while viewing the wild water of the Arabian sea. The cars meet us down in the Wadi then, we drive east to the base of Hoq cave in Terbak village. Before the sunshine gets too hot, we will walk up to the entrance of the cave. It is more than 3 km long with a water pool at the end and holds a wealth of Socotri history. Inside, you will see stalactites, stalagmites and crystalline formations. Ancient writings on the cave walls and also what appears to be a picture of an old trading ship have been preserved over the ages by a calcite glaze. Then,
we will drive to Dihamri marine protected area. It boasts one of the richest coral reefs on the archipelago. You can relax on the beach in palm leaf huts, swim and snorkel in the bay. Snorkeling gear can be hired here. Marine species you will see include: parrotfish, moray eel, rays, sea urchins. Dinner and overnight at Dihamri PA
After an early breakfast, we will drive you to the Socotra Airport.


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