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!

 

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