What a crazy tree, I just looked at some pics. On Socotra we had a picnic under a enormous dragon tree. Our guide told us that the scientists also guess that this tree is over 1000 years old. But it wasn't as big as "el drago" maybe because of the different climate.

What an island, so many endemic species.

100%! Walking under those trees was unreal.

Thanks!

I agree

By plane :) I flew from Abu Dhabi, everything was organised by "Photopills" and "Welcome to Socotra" Together with other photographers we camped for 7 nights :) "Living" on the island felt totally save, there were no guns around and all the Socotri were really helpfull and welcoming.

I agree, Socotra now belongs to the UAE, they are really pushing the tourism as of lately. I also drove past the military base, it's really small, a few houses next to the beach in a deserted area. The biggest harm to the environment are the countless goats on the island but for most people there they are the only food source.

Yes, but they are far away :)

Oh the times will come when earthporn is full of AI images. Lets enjoy the last few weeks of peace :)

100% real! :)

Thats sadly impossible. Ignoring the specific living conditions they grow wayyy too slowly.

Don't remind me of the price... Hella expensive, as all Photopills tours are.

Not quite, the leaves are hard to describe. They are like a long pointy really narrow green dagger. They grow pretty much directly out of the branches.

Thats rude :)

I would love to see a scooting dragonblood tree :)

That would be sick! But the crown of those trees are only splitting after roughly 70 years, that would need a lot of patience.

Noooo!

I guess the main tree of this image is more than 300 years old. They grow really slowly, but there is no way to tell how old a tree is.

As i understand, 2 weekly flights from Abu Dhabi (Air Arabia) and a weekly flight from Aden. The Abu flights arent publicly viewable. You need a Socotrian organisation to book them for you. Edit: This picture is 2 weeks old, so pretty fresh :)

I am currently sharing a picture a day on instagram. I try to do the same on reddit, but I'll surely miss a few days. After I am done with all my editing (200GB of RAW data) I'll post a summary of my best pictures on my website.

Pretty much

I sadly just git some images of a few goats and egyptian vultures. Nothing endemic :(

Socotra isn't an Atlantic island :) As I understand it did actually split from the african continent.

:(

Socotra is pretty far away from Yemen and it hasnt been attack in the recent years. I flew from Abu Dhabi, we made a big turn to avoid Yemen mainland. There are alot of tourists (~6000 every year, I know thats not alot but in the context of Socotra it is) I wasnt visitjng Socotra just for Dragonblood trees, the island has way more to offer :)