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!

 

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