Tour
Socotra Erlebnis Fotoreise
Outside protected areasby Nick Schmid Fotoreisen
An eight-day landscape and Milky Way photo trip on Socotra led by Swiss photography coach Nick Schmid with local guide Salem AlKeabany, with feedback sessions along the way. The route covers Hadibu, the Diksam highlands and Firmihin dragon tree forest, Zaheq and Arher dunes, Homhil bottle trees and the Dihamri reef, starting and ending with flights from Jeddah.
Details
- No feeding
- No baiting
- No captive animals
- Led by
- Nick Schmid
- Route
- Starts and ends in Jeddah
- Visits
- Hadibu, Diksam, Firmihin, Zaheq dunes, Ras Erisal, Arher, Homhil, Dihamri and Detwah
- Length
- 8 days
- Group size
- Up to 8 people
- Language
- English
Months
- January, closed
- February, closed
- March, open
- April, open
- May, closed
- June, closed
- July, closed
- August, closed
- September, closed
- October, closed
- November, closed
- December, closed
Mar, Apr
Light and conditions
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Light through the year
Golden hour is when the sun is low, between the horizon and 6° above it: soft, warm light. Times are for the 15th of each month, in Aden time (with summer time where it applies). In-season months are marked.
| Month | Golden hour | Daylight | Sun at noon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning golden hour | Evening golden hour | |||
| Jan | 05:53– | 16:47– | 11h 28m11 h 28 min | 56° |
| Feb | 05:50– | 17:01– | 11h 44m11 h 44 min | 65° |
| MarIn season | 05:35– | 17:06– | 12h 3m12 h 3 min | 75° |
| AprIn season | 05:15– | 17:08– | 12h 25m12 h 25 min | 87° |
| May | 05:03– | 17:12– | 12h 43m12 h 43 min | 84° |
| Jun | 05:02– | 17:20– | 12h 52m12 h 52 min | 79° |
| Jul | 05:10– | 17:24– | 12h 48m12 h 48 min | 81° |
| Aug | 05:16– | 17:16– | 12h 33m12 h 33 min | 89° |
| Sep | 05:17– | 16:57– | 12h 12m12 h 12 min | 80° |
| Oct | 05:17– | 16:37– | 11h 51m11 h 51 min | 69° |
| Nov | 05:26– | 16:25– | 11h 33m11 h 33 min | 59° |
| Dec | 05:41– | 16:30– | 11h 23m11 h 23 min | 54° |