Socotra - a small archipelago of four islands in the Indian Ocean. Because of its landscape island called a unique place on earth, no other place to find. Despite the harsh, hot and dry climate here is amazing plant life thrives.
Socotra is located 250 km from Somalia and 340 from Yemen. Wide sandy beaches gradually move to a limestone plateau with many caves and mountains up to 1525 meters Socotra name translated from Sanskrit as the Island of Happiness. And it is quite possible to agree - crazy botanical charm coexist here with the silence, isolation and large quiet beaches Some of these unique plants and animals of the island, which is protected here natural insulation, and because some of them have remained in the same form as the 20 million years ago. Let's start with dracena cinnibaris - tree called dragon's blood, a source of valuable resin for varnishes, paints, and medicine. Dragon's blood resin is also used in medieval ritual magic and alchemy