Socotra

Socotra is an archipelago located in the Indian Ocean 150 miles off the coast of the Horn of Africa. Before the landmasses of the world reached their present locations, Socotra had already been isolated. The hundreds of millions of years of isolation has led to one of the most unique ecosystems and the most alien looking place on earth. A third of the plant-life there is unique to Socotra. Tourism is pretty new to Socotra, an airport was just built in 1999 and the number of tourists is still low so it remains a pretty unique experience.

Reaching Socotra is best done by flying into Riyan Mukalla airport in Mukalla, Yemen which has direct flights to Socotra through either Felix Airways or Yemenia.