Why this ride
On the way it passes Socotra g, Socotra h and back through Socotra g.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Socotra e and Socotra h
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 226 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 59
- 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. Socotra e
Eastern Socotra is where the island feels most like itself and least like anywhere else. The point lies about twenty-seven kilometres east of Hadibu, the island's main town, in the stretch between the coast and the inland limestone plateaus. Socotra sits in the Arabian Sea, closer to Somalia than to Yemen, and it has been isolated for so long that a large share of its plants and reptiles exist nowhere else on Earth. UNESCO recognised it as a natural World Heritage Site in 2008.
Read the complete Socotra e write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Socotra e is where the day begins. Next is Socotra g.
2. Socotra g
Socotra's south coast feels like the far side of a very strange moon. Here the island drops from the granite spine of the Haggier mountains onto a broad gravel plain that runs down to a hot, wind-scoured shore, with dunes piled against the cliffs and nothing taller than a goat for miles.
Read the complete Socotra g write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Socotra g comes up 64 km in. Next is Socotra h.
3. Socotra h
Socotra looks like the set of a science fiction film. On this island in the Arabian Sea, about three hundred and fifty kilometres off the coast of Yemen, the dragon's blood tree spreads its branches like an umbrella turned inside out, desert roses swell from the rocks with fat, bottle-shaped trunks, and frankincense trees cling to the cliffs. Around a third of the plant species here exist nowhere else on Earth, the result of millions of years of isolation, and the archipelago became a World Heritage site in 2008.
Read the complete Socotra h write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
129 km in you reach Socotra h. Next is back through Socotra g.
4. back through Socotra g
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Socotra g write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Socotra g, late in the day. Next is Socotra e.
5. Socotra e
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Socotra e write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Socotra e. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Socotra e to Socotra g
Socotra e → Socotra g is 66 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Socotra g to Socotra h
Socotra g → Socotra h is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Socotra h to back through Socotra g
Socotra h → back through Socotra g is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Socotra g to Socotra e
back through Socotra g → Socotra e is 66 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
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