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