点评:First of all, Socotra is a beautiful island and definitely worth a visit. Don't expect to have it all for yourself though, there are plenty of tourists these days. If you decide to go, I highly recommend booking with Traveling Socotra. Our crew was simply amazing, so friendly and funny, they did everything to make this trip perfect. The food was excellent, lots of fresh fish, three great meals a day plus snack (fritters with local honey, our favourite).
We were a small group (3) which I was very happy about, seeing some of the other large groups queueing to take pictures at view points. Two things really stood out for me: First, the camp sites. Our first site (Detwah) was part of a large camp site, but we were at the very end, quite far from the others, so it still felt very private. The other two sites were just exclusive for us. We did visit a large site in the forest (on our way to/from seeing the sunrise) where most groups were staying, all very close to each other, and I felt very lucky that we weren't staying there. Second, the itinerary / timing of our trip. Even though all groups seem to follow pretty much the same itinerary, our tour leader worked it out in such a way that we still had many places for ourselves. For example the natural pool in the white canyon, we got there as everyone else was leaving and we were the only ones there. Or the Hoq cave, we got there before (most) other groups.
翻译:首先,索科特拉岛非常美丽,绝对值得一游。不过,别指望能独享整个岛屿,现在游客很多。如果你决定去,我强烈推荐通过 Traveling Socotra 预订行程。我们的工作人员简直太棒了,既友好又风趣,他们竭尽全力让这次旅行完美无瑕。食物也很棒,有很多新鲜的鱼,一日三餐都很丰盛,还有小吃(我们最爱的蜂蜜油炸饼)。
我们是一个小团(只有3个人),看到其他一些大团在观景点排队拍照,我非常高兴。有两件事让我印象特别深刻:首先是营地。我们的第一个营地(Detwah)虽然属于一个大型营地,但我们位于营地的最末端,离其他营地很远,所以感觉非常私密。另外两个营地则完全是为我们准备的。我们还去了森林里一个很大的营地(在去/回来看日出的路上),那里住着很多团,彼此挨得很近,我感觉自己很幸运没有住在那里。其次,是我们的行程安排/时间安排。虽然所有旅行团的行程看起来都差不多,但我们的领队安排得非常巧妙,让我们有很多独处的机会。例如,白峡谷的天然水池,我们到达的时候其他人都已经离开了,所以只有我们几个人在那里。还有霍克洞穴,我们比(大多数)其他旅行团都先到。