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!

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