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!

 

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