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!

 

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