{"id":490681,"date":"2026-06-22T13:15:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akbartravels.com\/in\/blogs\/?p=490681"},"modified":"2026-06-25T05:13:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T05:13:25","slug":"alien-like-places-on-earth-that-feel-straight-out-of-a-sci-fi-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akbartravels.com\/in\/blogs\/alien-like-places-on-earth-that-feel-straight-out-of-a-sci-fi-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Alien-Like Places on Earth That Feel Straight Out of a Sci-Fi Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are over 100 billion planets in the Milky Way alone, yet we can’t visit any except our own. <\/em>But what if we could see places that look like entirely different worlds?
Somewhere between a desert in Chile and a salt flat in Bolivia, the planet stops pretending to be normal. World UFO Day 2026 is the perfect excuse to round up the strangest alien-like places on Earth, the kind that make a person squint and wonder if Google Maps glitched. No spaceship needed, just decent shoes. Grab cheap flight tickets online early though, these alien-like places on Earth fill up fast once the curiosity bug bites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Socotra Island, Yemen<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Socotra Island
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Trees here look borrowed from another planet’s botany book. The Dragon’s Blood trees, with their odd upside-down umbrella shape, have grown in isolation for millions of years, making this one of the strangest alien-like places on Earth, roughly a third of its plants exist nowhere else. Getting there isn’t easy, though: flights to Socotra are limited, and most travellers first book cheap flights to Abu Dhabi<\/a> before continuing to the island. Visitors, including Indians, must obtain a Yemen visa<\/a> and the necessary travel permits in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n