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Seiyun & Island of Socotra SEIYUN & ISLAND OF SOCOTRA Manhattan of the Desert & Undiscovered Garden of Eden November 29 to December 10, 2021 Led by Tour Lecturer Michel Behar Can be combined with Our Sultanate of Oman tour (Nov 18 to Nov 30, 2021) Arab governments are in conflict over an island paradise in the Indian Ocean that few people have ever seen. Socotra, the largest island in the Middle East, is one of the most isolated places on Earth, home to an ancient culture and some of the world’s strangest-looking plants. The island is part of Yemen, but the United Arab Emirates has been investing there, building infrastructure. UNESCO has designated Socotra as World Heritage site in 2008 in recognition of its biodiversity. Hundreds of Socotra’s species of plants, reptiles and land snails exist nowhere else on earth. Notable are the dragon’s blood trees that look like flying saucers perched on trunks. Adenium socotranum are trees that look like elephants’ legs with pink flowers on top. Birds such as the Socotra Starling, Socotra Sunbird, and Socotra Grosbeak are found nowhere else on the planet. Bats are the island’s only native mammal. In 2010 a Russian archaeological team discovered the ruins of a city on Socotra dating to the second century AD. The island is also held by some to be the location of the original Garden of Eden, due to its isolation, biological diversity, and the fact that it is located on the edge of Yemen’s Gulf of Aden, which many connect with the ancient Sumerian tales of a paradise called Dilmun. Ihab Zaki Managing Director, Spiekermann Travel Monday, November 29 we’ll proceed to a gorgeous camping spot at Arher, where you can bask in the shadow of more gigantic dunes and watch the US -Cairo (Egypt) sun slip slowly over the horizon. Dinner will be served under the stars and to the soft sounds of gentle waves. Overnight at your Arrive to the Cairo International airport. Meet your driver and campsite. (B,L,D) transfer to the hotel for rest and overnight. Tuesday, November 30 Friday, December 03 Cairo - Seiyun (Yemen) Arher - Hoq Cave - Di-Hamri - Hadibo After breakfast at the campsite, we’ll drive to one of the island’s After breakfast in the morning you will be transferred to the air- most incredible and fascinating sites: Hoq cave. A local guide port (probably to Terminal 1) to catch your flight to Seiyun. Upon from the nearby village will show you the way as you walk up the arrival your will meet your guide and driver. Transfer to the pre-ar- hillside to reach the mouth of the cave (approx. 1.5 hours) where ranged apartments. Enjoy Seiyun market and photo session of you will have an ample opportunity to take photos of the pan- Sultan Al-Kathiri Palace in the evening. Dinner and overnight at oramic views as you climb higher. Inside the cave, you’ll explore Al-Ahqaf hotel or similar. (B,D) the eerie and beautiful rock formations (make sure you bring a Wednesday, December 01 head-torch) and follow the path deep into the mountain. After Seiyun - Socotra exploring the cave with your guide for about 2 hours, you’ll head back down, where a very delicious lunch will be waiting for you! In In the morning transfer to Seiyun airport and catch your flight to the afternoon, we’ll head to Di-Hamri Marine Reserve, where you Socotra Island. Upon arrival you will be taken to your hotel in the will be able to swim and snorkel by the Coral Reef, and enjoy the island’s capital: Hadibo, for a short rest and refreshment after your beautifully rich world beneath the surface, if you prefer to remain journey. After a traditional lunch in one of Hadibo’s restaurants, dry, you can explore the red rocky outcrops that make Di-Hamri we will drive to Delisha, a well-known swimming spot, and enjoy so distinctive! At the end of the day, we’ll head back to Hadibo for the beautiful crystal-clear water. We will explore several spots in dinner and then to the hotel for your overnight. (B,L,D) the surrounding area, passing the sea-port and Khoor Sarheen, Saturday, December 04 and will have ample opportunity to spot some of Socotra’s unique bird life, such as both Socotra and Somali Starlings! After some Hadibo - Nuged - Wadi Difarhur photo breaks, we will proceed to another spot in Delisha where After another delicious breakfast at one of Hadibo’s traditional you will get the chance to climb some of the island’s enormous restaurants, we’ll drive southwards to Nuged, along the old So- sand dunes to catch beautiful evening views over the ocean. Af- cotra road through the mountains. From Nuged we’ll move on to ter enjoying your first Socotra sunset, we will return to Hadibo for Wadi Difarhur for our picnic lunch by the water stream. Afterwards, dinner and then to the hotel for overnight. (B,L,D) we’ll head to visit a small nearby village and see the beautiful Bottle Trees, one of the unique endemic species only found in Socotra! Thursday, December 02 Next, we’ll drive to Zahik, where we will see shifting white Sand Hadibu - Homhil - Ras Ersel - Arher Dunes, and spend some time taking pictures, rambling through the dunes, or just sitting down and enjoying the view. Lastly, we’ll After breakfast, we’ll set off forHomhi l, one of the island’s most head to our beautiful Haif campsite for check in, enjoy another de- stunning areas of natural beauty. Here we’ll walk with a local guide licious meal under the stars and overnight. (B,L,D) through a seemingly endless forest of the Dragon’s Blood trees, along with other examples of endemic Socotra flora such as the Sunday, December 05 Bottle Tree and Desert Rose. We’ll stop at a small pool fed by a Haif - Omak - Digub Cave - Diksam mountain spring, where you can swim with incredible views over the coastline far below - Socotra’s very own infinity pool! We’ll We’ll set off early in the morning for a drive to see the nearbywhite enjoy a delicious picnic lunch at an unusual spot in Homhil, and sands at Omak protected area, taking pictures and exploring the then after lunch we’ll drive to Ras Ersel, on the very eastern tip of area. Afterwards, we’ll travel to Digub cave, smaller than Hoq but the island. Here you will encounter the traditional fishermen, who not less impressive, where we will spend some time relaxing in work in the rich waters of the Arabian Sea, and meet some of the the cave mouth, a popular hang-out spot for locals to enjoy a pic- local inhabitants of the nearby village for a friendly chat and a cup nic or a cup of tea. When we’re ready to move on, we’ll drive up of tea. There will be more opportunities to swim at Ras Ersel. Then the mountain road to the Diksam plateau and gorge - a high- light of many travelers’ time in Socotra because of the stunning education. Explore Tarim’s scenic old town on foot, wandering scenery and the endless fields of Dragon’s blood trees! We will around the souq, exploring the city’s culture and architecture, pass a small village, where the local inhabitants still use tradition- and visiting the outside of the Al-Muhdhar Mosque, famous al techniques to harvest the sticky red sap that gives the tree its throughout Yemen. After that we will drive to visit the walled name, and we’ll spend our time relaxing in the natural beauty city of Shibam which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home of the area and taking incredibe photographs to wow the folks to some 7,000 inhabitants. The city’s architecture is incredibly back home. We’ll then enjoy a picnic lunch at Wadi Derhur, and unique and has been called the ‘Manhattan of the Desert’ due spend more time in the afternoon amidst nature and more Drag- to the town’s densely concentrated mud-brick high-rises, some on’s Blood trees before returning to Hadibo for dinner, rest and over 11-stories tall. We will spend the early afternoon wandering overnight at your hotel. (B,L,D) around the inside of the town, observing local life and soaking in this incredible place. We also will be visiting beautiful Palace and Monday, December 06 it’s a handcrafts center. Dinner & overnight at Al- Ahqaf hotel or Hadibu - Detwah Lagoon similar. (B,L,D) After breakfast we’ll drive westwards towards the town of Qalan- Thursday, December 09 sia and the nearby Detwah lagoon, one of the most beautiful Seiyun - Cairo beaches in all of Socotra. Along the way we will pass the old Rus- sian T-34 tanks that have been left to rust facing the sea, where Early morning transfer to airport to catch your flight from Seiyun to you’ll have the opportunity to climb aboard for a quick photo Cairo. Upon arrival transfer to hotel near by Cairo Airport and enjoy opportunity! Upon arriving at Detwah, we’ll drive to a panoramic your free evening at leisure. Overnight at the hotel. (B) viewpoint to get the best views of the lagoon and will hopeful- ly be able to spot the flocks of pink flamingos. From there, we’ll Friday, December 10 drive to Khoor Ghaba, where old stories suggest that a star fell Cairo -USA from heaven and opened a crack in the earth, creating a lake where you’ll see people swimming nowadays.
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