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!

 

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