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This 11-day trip explores Socotra's diverse coastlines and mountains, combining both swimming and hiking activities while camping throughout. The itinerary focuses on covering all of the island’s natural highlights over six days and then incorporates a spectacular separate four-day camel trek in the magnificent Hajhir Mountains.
An 11-day trip that covers all of Socotra’s main natural highlights, from the beaches and coastlines to the plateaus and valleys, as well as an epic 4-day point-to-point trek through the Hajhir Mountains.
A 10-day overland loop around eastern and central Yemen’s Hadhramaut and Al Mahrah region, from the coast to the valleys to the deserts.
A 6-day fly-in-fly-out exploration of Southern Yemen’s Hadharmaut region, including Shibam, Tarim, Seiyun, and Wadi Do’an.
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Read a harrowing account of travelling to Yemen as a solo female. But, as the author alludes to, there’s a better way going forward.
Wondering how to stay safe as a tourist in Yemen? Here’s your updated 2021 guide to tourist safety and security in Yemen.
Yemen is without a doubt one of the most culturally and historically rich countries in Earth.
On one hand, conflict-zone tourism can seem privileged and voyeuristic. However, on the other, conflict-zone travel can help shift perspectives as well as provide much-welcomed resources and networks for local communities.
Follow an overland journey from the Omani border through south Yemen’s Al Mahrah and Hadhramaut regions.
Your guide to navigating the border crossings between Oman and Yemen.
With conflict-zone tourism on the rise, here are our editor’s top pointers to staying safe and travelling responsibly.
While the island of Socotra is a peaceful ecological paradise, the country’s civil war along with threats from foreign encroachment are putting a strain on their most treasured resource— its natural beauty.
The island of Socotra in the middle of the Arabian Sea is a world like no other. With a third of the species here endemic to the island, vast sand dunes, a still-spoken ancient language and healthy turquoise waters, what’s not to fall in love with?
Explore the work of Photojournalist Giles Clarke who has spent his life documenting humanitarian issues and crises on behalf of the United Nations.
In November 2019, travel writer Anna DeBattiste embarked on a road trip from Oman through Yemen, visiting areas that had only a couple of years prior been under Al Qaeda control.
With weekly flight options from Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Aden and Mukalla, getting to Socotra is not exactly easy, but it’s certainly possible,