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