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!

 

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