Sahara wildlife Fennec, antelopes, and even scorpions, the Sahara is not really that deserted... © Alexis Bidegain
The wildlife is limited to antelopes and fennecs and small sand foxes live by the Sahara. In the winter, Erg Chebbi dunes shelter Lake Dayet Srji which attracts hundreds of flamingoes. Between the months of December and March ornithologists come to the Valley of the Birds, near Boulmane, in the Dadès region. A guide and binoculars are necessary to go bird watching.