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!

 

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