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