This stunning drone footage provides a unique perspective of Socotra’s surreal landscapes, showcasing its dramatic rock formations, pristine white-sand beaches, and rare, otherworldly flora.

Often compared to the Galapagos Islands, Socotra floats in splendid isolation ... Among them are bottle trees, whose swollen trunks jut from rock like sculptures, and frankincense, their gnarled ...

Socotra’s 60,000 inhabitants have lived in ... Rescue Committee in shocking video Activists believe flora, coral and rock from the island is packed up there, destined for the UAE.

In the pitch-black depths of Hoq cave, inscriptions in Brahmi, Ethiopian Ge’ez, Ancient Greek and Bactrian are scratched into the rock. But, in the 21st century, Socotra has receded back to legend.