Why this ride
A 47 km round trip from Kilmia - roughly 1 h 52 in the saddle.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Kalfarun and Abd Alkuri
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 47 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 52
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Abd Alkuri a
Socotra is the island everyone has heard of, with its dragon's blood trees and its upside-down umbrella shapes, but the archipelago has other members, and Abd al Kuri is the most western and the least visited. It lies about a hundred kilometres west of Socotra, closer to the Horn of Africa than to Yemen, and is a long, narrow slab of limestone and rock roughly thirty kilometres from end to end. Together with Socotra, Samha and Darsa, it forms a group that has been cut off from the mainland for millions of years, and that isolation has produced a remarkable number of species found nowhere else.
Read the complete Abd Alkuri a write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abd Alkuri a comes up 30 km in. Next is Abd Alkuri.
2. Abd Alkuri
The people of Abd al Kuri are fishermen, and their lives follow the sea more than the land. The island is thinly populated, with a handful of small settlements, including Kilmia, a village on the coast, and the houses are low and simple, made of stone and cement, with boats drawn up on the beach. Fish, dried and salted, is the staple, along with goat meat, dates and rice brought from the mainland. The islanders speak a language related to the Socotri language of the main island, which is a South Arabian tongue that is quite different from Arabic and has no written tradition.
Read the complete Abd Alkuri write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
61 km in you reach Abd Alkuri. Next is back through Abd Alkuri a.
3. back through Abd Alkuri a
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abd Alkuri a write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Abd Alkuri a, late in the day. Next is Kalfarun.
Leg by leg
Abd Alkuri a to Abd Alkuri
Abd Alkuri a → Abd Alkuri is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abd Alkuri to back through Abd Alkuri a
Abd Alkuri → back through Abd Alkuri a is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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