Arrival at Seiyun airport on the Cairo–Seiyun flight (Yemenia). Full assistance through formalities with our local team. The Sultan's Palace of Seiyun — the largest mud building in the world — and first walk in the palm groves.
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Shibam (UNESCO): eleven-storey tower houses packed inside a city wall since the 1530s, and the escarpment viewpoint opposite as the mud towers turn gold. Afternoon in Tarim: the Al-Mihdhar minaret, the Al-Kaf manuscript libraries and merchant palaces.
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Into Wadi Do'an: cliff villages stacked against the canyon walls, the balanced village of Haid al-Jazil, Sidr-honey souks and the Bugshan palace. Return to Seiyun.
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Drive south through the Hadhramaut to the port city of Al-Mukalla on the Gulf of Aden: the corniche, the fishing harbour at the day's catch, the old sultan's quarter.
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Return north into the wadi. In the early afternoon of 2 August, from a fine open desert vantage, we watch the partial solar eclipse together — the Sun narrowing to a bright crescent — with ISO-certified eclipse glasses provided. (Yemen lies just north of the path of totality; this is a deep partial, not a total, eclipse.) Evening back in Seiyun.
🏨 Best available hotel, Seiyun | Breakfast included
Transfer to Seiyun airport for the Cairo flight; full assistance until wheels-up.
