How to Get to Socotra Island
“The tougher the journey, the more beautiful the destination”
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Email or DM us on social media. Feel free to ask any questions you might have about the tours, process on getting here, or the Island.
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After you select which type of tour you would like to go on (WILD, COMFY or VCP) and your dates; You will begin the process of getting here by sending us a small down payment and a picture of your passport.
These necessities will be used to secure your tourist visa and flight from Jeddah or Abu Dhabi to Socotra.
Flights typically leave once a week on Tuesdays from Jeddah or Abu Dhabi, and go to Socotra DIRECT. The departing time is usually around 09:30am.
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Visa time! We apply for your visa with the information given. All you have to do is sit back and relax. *Your visa will arrive via email 2 weeks before your international departure to Jeddah or Abu Dhabi.
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You fly to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia or Abu Dhabi, UAE (not included) at least one or two days before your flight to Socotra. We highly suggest arriving a day or two before to get acclimated to the time zone, as well as to rest.
You hop on the government-run flight from Jeddah or Abu Dhabi to Socotra, which we have booked for you.
- *We handle the visa for you. The fee covers all the logistics, paperwork and man power it takes to obtain. You will receive it within two weeks of your departure. You could try and do it yourself but we highly suggest against this. Takes a while and you’re not guaranteed to get approval. With us, it’s guaranteed. We have never had anyone declined in over 13 years of obtaining visas.
- **The above flight won’t be found online and you can’t book it for yourself! (Don’t worry, we tried as well the first time we came)
- ***Hopefully in the future the flight situation will change but for right now it’s what everyone has to do. Even us!