Suqutra Getting there & around

Getting around

Yemenis say that Suqutra is President Saleh’s little baby, and he’s certainly enthusiastically promoting the island and pumping cash into it. One of the biggest projects currently under way is the construction of an island ring road, as well as linking trans-island roads. Work is progressing at a rate of knots and the tarmac has already reached Qalansiyah and the Dicksam plateau among other places. By the time you read this there is a good chance that the ring road will be completed. Despite this there is currently no public transport whatsoever, so you will need to rent a jeep (US$70), which can be done through the Soqotra Eco-Tourism Society, Summer Land Hotel or a San’a tour agency.