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!

 

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