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!

 

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