What's on in Hadibu (Socotra), Yemen through the year

Busy — Ramadan, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Ramadan

  25 Jan – 25 Mar · usuallyClosures

  Hadibu has almost no restaurants at the best of times and daylight eating disappears altogether. Tour camps carry their own food, so an organised trip barely notices; an independent one does. Source ↗

Still on: Socotra touring season (1 Oct – 30 Apr)

Busy — Ramadan, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Nature

  Desert rose flowering

  20 Feb – 15 Apr · usuallyWildflowers & blooms

  Socotra's swollen-trunked desert rose flowers pink while still leafless in late winter and spring, usually best in March, so the tail of the touring season is the time to see the limestone plateaus in colour. Source ↗

Still on: Ramadan (25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)), Socotra touring season (1 Oct – 30 Apr)

Busy — Ramadan, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Ramadan (25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)), Desert rose flowering (20 Feb – 15 Apr (usually)), Socotra touring season (1 Oct – 30 Apr)

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Desert rose flowering (20 Feb – 15 Apr (usually)), Socotra touring season (1 Oct – 30 Apr)

Busy — Eid al-Adha, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Eid al-Adha

  1 May – 5 Jun · usuallyRamadan & EidClosures

  The feast of the sacrifice moves about eleven days earlier each year; it currently falls in the run-up to the monsoon when few tours operate, and shops and offices in Hadibu close for several days. Source ↗

Busy — Eid al-Adha, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Southwest monsoon wind

  15 Jun – 15 Sep · usuallyWind seasonRiskClosures

  The southwest monsoon puts a hard wind across the island for most of the summer, hardest through July and August. The sea is unusable, camps come down and most operators simply stop running until it drops. Source ↗

Still on: Eid al-Adha (1 May – 5 Jun (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Southwest monsoon wind (15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Southwest monsoon wind (15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Southwest monsoon wind (15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Socotra touring season

  1 Oct – 30 AprTrail season

  Operators run camping tours from October to late April, when the wind has dropped enough to sleep on a beach and the tracks across the interior are passable. Wildlife and plants are at their best in the later half of it. Source ↗

Quiet — one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Socotra touring season (1 Oct – 30 Apr)

Shoulder season — school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Socotra touring season (1 Oct – 30 Apr)