YEMEN

DAY 1: we’ll meet up in Cairo and spend the night at the hotel in Cairo

DAY 2: continuing the journey with flight to Seiyun. Arrival in Yemen, meet up with local contacts at the airport, customs procedures and transfer to the city of Hawta. Dinner and spend the night in Hawta

Morning: visit of the museum of the Sultan’s Palace, and transfer to the city of Tarim, a historical Sufi city built in mud. Visit of the small market of Tarim and the mosque of Al-Mihdar. Lunch in Tarim

Afternoon: drive to the shrine of the Prophet Hud, one of the most beautiful historical Sufi shrines in the Aynat area. Visit of the complex, main place of pilgrimage in Yemen for the Sufis. Return to Hawta

Evening: dinner and stay overnight in Hawta

Morning: transfer to Shibam. The historic capital of Hadramawt, a UNESCO World Heritage Site called “the Manhattan of the desert”. The city is built entirely of mud with 500 buildings that reach the height of 5-9 floors. Dating back to the sixteenth century: they are therefore real skyscrapers of antiquity, which makes up one of the most incredible skylines in the world

Afternoon: transfer to the Wadi Dawan with a stop at Al-Hajjrain, and in the city of Sif. Onward journey to Haid Al-Jazil, a small village perched on a rocky spur in the middle of the valley. We’ll be able to admire the most beautiful and iconic panorama of the entire Wadi Dawan

Evening: dinner and overnight in Haid Al-Jizil

Morning: easy and wonderful hike of about 1 hour to the village of Hawfah in the Wadi Dawan, from the top of the mountain to the end The village of Hawfah. Travel to the village of Buqshan with its incredible colourful palaces

Afternoon: drive to the Buddha area to admire another beautiful panorama of the Wadi Doa’n, with pit stops in the various villages (such as Qarn Majed) on the way. Travel to the city of Al-Khuraiba and then return to Haid Al-Jazil for the sunset: seeing the sun go down between the mountains, in a peaceful silence interrupted only by the distant songs of Haid Al-Jazil’s muzzin. This will be one of the most exciting experiences of the trip

Evening: dinner and spend overnight in Haid Al-Jazil

Morning: starting off the return trip to Seiyun, the main airport in southern Yemen, with pit stops in various villages and have lunch

Afternoon: arrival in Paro and check-in at the hotel. In the afternoon we’ll transfer to Shibam for a photo shoot of the skyline at sunset

Evening: return to Hawta, dinner and stay overnight

Morning: transfer to the airport

Afternoon: flight to Cairo and say our final goodbye over a coffee