Socotra is closer to Somalia (Africa) than it is to Yemen but it is one of the most unique islands on Earth with more than thirty percent of the species endemic. Weird, wonderful and with very little tourist infrastructure, hence to see it you have to camp. Coral reefs, pristine white sand beaches, lagoons, extraordinary sea life, turquoise wadis and forests of Dragon's blood trees (Dracaena Cinnabar), bottle trees (Adenium obese socotranum) and frankincense trees (Boswellia). It is sometimes known as the Galapagos of the Indian Ocean. There are coastal deserts in the south and dunes which accumulate against the mountains in the North, formed during the monsoon season. The Bedouin people are muslim and speak Socotran, an unwritten language unique to the island.