Image credits

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• dragon-blood-forest
  Photo by Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, source, CC BY-SA 2.0
• coast-turquoise
  Photo by Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, source, CC BY-SA 2.0
• dunes
  Photo by Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, source, CC BY-SA 2.0
• canyon-wadi
  Photo by Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, source, CC BY-SA 2.0
• bottle-tree-plateau
  Photo by Rod Waddington, source, CC BY-SA 2.0
• culture (tile, full resolution)
  Photo by Rod Waddington, source, CC BY-SA 2.0
• culture
  Photo by Rod Waddington, source, CC BY-SA 2.0
• diving-snorkelling (tile, full resolution)
  Photo by Gerry & Bonni, source, CC BY 2.0
• diving-snorkelling
  Photo by Gerry & Bonni, source, CC BY 2.0
• Hoq Cave guide (the cave mouth, in the article)
  Photo by Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, source, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Hoq Cave guide (Digub cave, in the article)
  Photo by Hardscarf, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
• How to get to Socotra (guide photo)
  Photo by Hardscarf, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
• A history of Socotra (crosses at Eriosh, in the article)
  Photo by Clemens Schmillen, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
• A history of Socotra (petroglyphs at Eriosh, in the article)
  Photo by Clemens Schmillen, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Socotra permit and entry (guide photo)
  Photo by Rod Waddington, source, CC BY-SA 2.0
• UNESCO World Heritage guide (the Gulf Dove, in the article)
  Photo by Hardscarf, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Socotra 15-Day Expedition (package cover and share image)
  Photo by Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, source, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Socotra Classic Circuit (package cover and share image)
  Photo by Hardscarf, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Socotra Diving Expedition (package cover and share image)
  Photo by Gerry & Bonni, source, CC BY 2.0
• Socotra Hotel-Based Tour (package cover and share image)
  Photo by Hardscarf, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Socotra Three-Camp Expedition (package cover and share image)
  Photo by Hardscarf, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Delisha beach, with the grounded tanker Gulf Dove
  Photo by Hardscarf, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Detwah lagoon (place page and share image)
  Photo by Hardscarf, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Diksam plateau (place page and share image)
  Photo by Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, source, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Firmihin forest (place page and share image)
  Photo by Hardscarf, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Homhil plateau (place page and share image)
  Photo by Hardscarf, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Aomak beach (itinerary photo)
  Photo by Hardscarf, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Arher dunes (itinerary photo)
  Photo by Gerry & Bonni, source, CC BY 2.0
• Dihamri (itinerary photo)
  Photo by Gerry & Bonni, source, CC BY 2.0
• Hadibo (itinerary photo)
  Photo by Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, source, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Haghier mountains (Mt Skand) (itinerary photo)
  Photo by Valerian Guillot from Cambridge, United Kingdom, source, CC BY 2.0
• Hoq Cave (itinerary photo)
  Photo by Valerian Guillot, source, CC BY 2.0
• Ras Irissel (itinerary photo)
  Photo by Hardscarf, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Rosh (itinerary photo)
  Photo by Gerry & Bonni, source, CC BY 2.0
• Shuab beach (itinerary photo)
  Photo by Valerian Guillot from Cambridge, United Kingdom, source, CC BY 2.0
• Wadi Ayhaft (itinerary photo)
  Photo by Valerian Guillot, source, CC BY 2.0
• Wadi Dirhur (itinerary photo)
  Photo by Hardscarf, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Zahek dunes (itinerary photo)
  Photo by Hardscarf, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra blue baboon spider
  Photo by Arabella Willing, source, CC BY 4.0
• Wildlife of Socotra: bottle tree
  Photo by Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, source, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Wildlife of Socotra: cucumber tree
  Photo by Gerry & Bonni, source, CC BY 2.0
• Wildlife of Socotra: dragon's blood tree
  Photo by Alex38, source, CC BY 4.0
• Wildlife of Socotra: Egyptian vulture
  Photo by Gerry & Bonni, source, CC BY 2.0
• Wildlife of Socotra: Euphorbia socotrana
  Photo by Morten Ross, source, CC BY 4.0
• Wildlife of Socotra: frankincense tree
  Photo by Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, source, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Wildlife of Socotra: dragon's blood trees with goats (hero)
  Photo by Hardscarf, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Wildlife of Socotra: Jatropha unicostata
  Photo by Arabella Willing, source, CC BY 4.0
• Wildlife of Socotra: Persian violet (in cultivation)
  Photo by jacilluch, source, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra begonia
  Photo by Nick Helme, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra buzzard
  Photo by Manuel Schwarz, source, CC BY 4.0
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra grey shrike
  Photo by Manuel Schwarz, source, CC BY 4.0
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra pomegranate
  Photo by Nick Helme, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra skink
  Photo by Manuel Schwarz, source, CC BY 4.0
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotrine aloe (in cultivation)
  Photo by Krzysztof Golik, source, CC BY-SA 4.0

Other licences

Attribution is not required by these licences. We give it anyway.

• _hero — Andrew Svk (Unsplash License)
• _fallback — Khojiakbar Teshaboev (Pexels License)
• beaches-dunes — Andrew Svk (Unsplash License)
• camping — Eleanore Stohner (Pexels License)
• caves-canyons — Andrew Svk (Unsplash License)
• endemic-flora — Andrew Svk (Unsplash License)
• expeditions — Khojiakbar Teshaboev (Pexels License)
• trekking — Khojiakbar Teshaboev (Pexels License)
• Birding on Socotra (guide photo) — James Eaton (CC0)
• A history of Socotra (Admiralty Chart No. 5, in the article) — United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (Public domain)
• A history of Socotra (Hadibo and the Haghier from Tamarida Bay, in the article) — Henry Ogg Forbes, The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri (1903) (Public domain)
• A history of Socotra (hero: Dom João de Castro's 1541 view of the island) — Dom João de Castro (CC0)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Abd al-Kuri sparrow — James Eaton (CC0)
• Wildlife of Socotra: dragon's blood tree (1898–99 photograph) — The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri (1903) (Public domain)
• Wildlife of Socotra: frankincense and bottle trees (1898–99 photograph) — The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri (1903) (Public domain)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Abd al-Kuri sparrow (plate) — Henrik Grønvold, The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri (1903) (Public domain)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Boswellia socotrana (plate) — Harriet Anne Hooker Thiselton-Dyer and John Nugent Fitch, Botany of Socotra (1888) (Public domain)
• Wildlife of Socotra: cucumber tree (plate) — Harriet Anne Hooker Thiselton-Dyer, Botany of Socotra (1888) (Public domain)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Dirachma socotrana (plate) — John Nugent Fitch, Botany of Socotra (1888) (Public domain)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Dorstenia gigas (plate) — Matilda Smith, Botany of Socotra (1888) (Public domain)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Euphorbia arbuscula (plate) — Matilda Smith, Botany of Socotra (1888) (Public domain)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra grosbeak (plate) — Joseph Smit, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (Public domain)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Haemodracon gecko (plate) — John Green, The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri (1903) (Public domain)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Hemidactylus geckos (plate) — The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri (1903) (Public domain)
• Wildlife of Socotra: land snail (plate) — The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri (1903) (Public domain)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra scops owl (plate) — Henrik Grønvold, The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri (1903) (Public domain)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra bunting (plate) — Bale & Danielsson (engravers), The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri (1903) (Public domain)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra cormorant (plate) — Henrik Grønvold, The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri (1903) (Public domain)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra sparrow (plate) — Joseph Smit, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (Public domain)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra warbler and sunbird (plate) — Joseph Smit, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (Public domain)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra chameleon — iNaturalist contributor (photo 336779771) (CC0)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra cisticola — James Eaton (iNaturalist) (CC0)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra golden-winged grosbeak — James Eaton (CC0)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra scops owl — James Eaton (CC0)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra sparrow — James Eaton (CC0)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra starling — James Eaton (CC0)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra sunbird — James Eaton (CC0)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra warbler — James Eaton (CC0)
• Wildlife of Socotra: Socotra white-eye — James Eaton (CC0)

Audio

The ambience on this site is sound design, not field recording. It is built from Creative Commons recordings made elsewhere and mixed to suggest a place. None of it was recorded on Socotra, and we will say so every time we use it.