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