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!

 

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