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!

 

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