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!

 

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