Socotra Yemen Archives • Maverickbird

Socotra Travel Guide

The four islands group of Socotra are located around 217 nautical miles off the Yemeni coast and approximately 130 off […]

My last few days in Socotra Yemen were spent holed up in my Taj Socotra Hotel room. I alternated between […]

April 23, 2020

I left Qalanciya with a heavy heart. Our destination was the Moumi Plateau. Qalanciya was such a perfect place. We […]

April 22, 2020

The amber hunter of Detwa Lagoon! My Qalanciya days can be broadly divided into two parts: the unbelievable beauty of […]

April 20, 2020

We left Omak in a cloud of dust, bumped over the edgy road, and rattled our bones towards Qadama till […]

April 19, 2020

Our next stop after the beautiful Wadi Dirhur canyon was the massive Dogub cave. It was a couple of hours’ […]

April 16, 2020

Wadi Dirhur was a strange-looking peaceful place. We reached there by driving along Socotra’s only road through the Diksam Plateau […]

April 15, 2020

“You will be staying at the Taj of Socotra”, beamed my affable guide to me. We were out of the […]

April 13, 2020

I first came to know of the Socotra island when I was in school. A brilliant TV commercial featuring the […]

April 12, 2020

“It is not down in any map, True places never are” – Herman Melville. This is completely applicable to Socotra […]

April 11, 2020