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