Welcome to the Dakhla Rovers Gallery

This gallery is a selection of our past and recent pictures, showing the amazing landscapes and wildlife of the Atlantic Sahara. We set up an account (dakhlarovers) and a project (Dakhla nature) in the iNaturalist community of researchers and amateurs to improve the knowledge base and rise awareness about Dakhla’s stunning nature. We are committed to deliver as many observations as we can, while further reports can be found in our Mammals & Reptiles and Birdwatching pages.

We encourage our guest to join in, and contribute their observations, too. Curious by nature? Have a look at our Help section. For a daily stream of fresh and vintage pics from Dakhla, check the @DakhlaRovers Twitter account!

 

Red kite (Milvus milvus)
Desert sunset
Savannah landscape with mountains on the background – this, too, is Dakhla
Pharaoh Eagle-owl (Bubo bubo ascalaphus)
Bits of savannah around Dakhla
Camel photobombing (with crow)
Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus)
The bay of Dakhla on a calm, windless day
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The sky is the limit!
Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) and Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
Canyons in the Dakhla desert
Sand dollar (Heliophora orbiculus)
Mystic reflections simulate water on a flat, hot desert plane
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
An empty space that can only be filled letting your spirit expand free
Lesser Egyptian Jerboa (Jaculus jaculus)
The sky meets the ocean at the White Dune
The power of ocean waves on a beach in Dakhla
Grass battered by the wind where the first dunes start to appear
The Sebkha of Imlili is a kaleidoscope
Fulvous Chatterer (Turdoides fulva)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Sunset colors on the way back to Dakhla
Cricket Longtail (Spiloptila clamans)
Be yourself watching sunset in the dunes
Colors and shapes keep changing around Dakhla
West African Fiddler Crab (Uca tangeri)
Surprises in the dunes
Surprises in the dunes
A Zen garden in the Dakhla desert
The RAMSAR zone in the bay of Dakhla
Spiny-tailed Lizard (Uromastyx sp.)
Rüppell’s Fox (Vulpes rueppellii)
A golden Dragon Island while the sun goes down
Where is Dakhla? Bring your sun screen!
Sleeping in the savannah around Dakhla
Colors change with time and season on the dunes of Dakhla
A Martian lansdscape along the Atlantic coast
Pools at Imlili, water in the desert of Dakhla
Fading away in the dunes
Crowned Sandgrouse (Pterocles coronatus)
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin (Sousa teuszii)
Dunes – just the best playground ever!
Sunset over a camp in the dunes
The sun goes down, and a peaceful night begins
Sunset on the Dragon Island
Rocks and sky around Dakhla
Common House-Martin (Delichon urbicum) and Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Getting into the dunes, while the sun goes down
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Cliffs along the Atlantic coast
Desert spurge (Euphorbia officinarum ssp. echinus)
A lonely acacia tree offers shelter from the sun
The dragon sleeps tonight – Dragon Island at low tide
Canyons in the Dakhla desert
Peaceful dunes in the Dakhla desert
Not just sand – canyons and cliffs are all around the place
Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Greater Hoopoe-Lark (Alaemon alaudipes)
European Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Martian landscapes in the Dakhla desert
Dakhla Rovers open desert and sky
Plenty of colors at the White Dune
The vastness of the desert welcomes Dakhla Rovers
Morning in the dunes
Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
Savannah-like grass attrac a multitude of animals big and small at Oued Jenna
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Sand and bushes in the Dakhla desert
A tall dune ready to engulf acacia tress
A long journey begins, another amazing day in the Dakhla desert
Desert Sparrow (Passer simplex)
Sand Cat, Felis margarita (Ph. A. Jonsson, modified)
A classic Sahara vision
Dunes, water and mountains in the Dakhla desert
Guinea Tilapia (Tilapia guineensis)
Water – a hidden secret
Dunes can make walls!
Sand along the coast of Dakhla
Temminck’s Lark (Eremophila bilopha)
Can you touch it?
Soft ripples over the White Dune