Events
Moments worth a fare watch
Once-a-year things around the world, each with its dates and airports already set. Pick one and we watch every fare for it.
907 events, the ones like Black necked crane season first
Every FebruaryYellowstone winter wildlife watchLamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Every February to MarchMonarch butterfly overwinteringEl Rosario sanctuary, Michoacan
Every October to NovemberArribada at OstionalPlaya Ostional, Guanacaste
Every February to MayQuetzal nesting seasonSan Gerardo de Dota
Every FebruaryYosemite FirefallYosemite National Park, California
Every November to DecemberSouthern right whale season closingPeninsula Valdes
Every July to OctoberHumpback whales at Marino BallenaUvita
Every January to FebruaryWildebeest calving seasonSouthern Serengeti and Ndutu, Tanzania
Every JulyPuffin nesting seasonSkellig Michael and the Skellig coast
Every SeptemberRed deer rutRichmond and Bushy Park
Every January to MarchNorthern lights in TromsøTromsø, Norway
Every September to OctoberCommon crane migrationHortobagy national park
Every January to MarchGray whale calving seasonLaguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur
Every July to SeptemberThe Great Migration river crossingsMasai Mara, Kenya
Every September to OctoberElk rut in Rocky Mountain National ParkEstes Park, Colorado
Every September to DecemberWhale sharks off Nosy BeNosy Be
Every JulyBrown bears at Brooks FallsKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every September to OctoberFat Bear WeekKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every October to DecemberAurora season in LofotenReine and Svolvaer, Lofoten
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every October to NovemberCloud sea season at ZhangjiajieWulingyuan, Hunan
Every April to MayFuji Shibazakura FestivalFujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
Riebeek Kasteel · Every May
Riebeek Valley Olive Festival
Two olive-farming villages an hour from Cape Town open their farms, tables and cellars for a weekend.
Mysore, Karnataka · Every September to October
Mysore Dasara
A palace lit by 100,000 bulbs every night for ten days, then a golden howdah on an elephant through the city.
Macha · Every April to May
Tinku ritual fighting festival
Montmartre, Paris · Every October
Fête des Vendanges de Montmartre
Kenting, Pingtung · Every March to April
Spring Scream music festival
Sighișoara, Transylvania · Every July to August
Sighișoara Medieval Festival
Yangon · Every April
Thingyan water festival
Cobán, Alta Verapaz · Every July to August
Rabin Ajau
Paro · Every March to April
Paro Tshechu
Obando, Bulacan · Every May
Obando Fertility Dance
Llanos de Challe and Vallenar, Atacama region · Every August to October
Desierto florido of the Atacama
Viana do Castelo, Minho · Every August
Romaria de Nossa Senhora da Agonia
Bacolod, Negros Occidental · Every October
MassKara Festival
Chiang Mai · Every January to February
Chiang Mai flower festival
Old City, Jerusalem · Every June to July
Jerusalem Festival of Light
Vienna · Every May to June
Wiener Festwochen
Comayagua · Every March to April
Semana Santa sawdust carpets in Comayagua
Central Lima · Every October to November
Señor de los Milagros
Tortuguero · Every July to October
Green turtle nesting at Tortuguero
Tinos, Cyclades · Every August
Dormition of the Virgin pilgrimage on Tinos
Macau · Every January to March
Macau lunar new year lion dance parade
Avignon, Provence · Every July
Festival d'Avignon
Dhofar coast, Salalah · Every June to September
Khareef in Salalah
Skellig Michael and the Skellig coast · Every July
Puffin nesting season
Madrid · Every January
Cabalgata de Reyes Magos
Poland (nationwide, notably Kraków and rural villages) · Every March
Marzanna drowning (topienie Marzanny)
La Villa de Los Santos, Azuero · Every May to June
Corpus Christi devil dances
Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos, São Paulo · Every November
São Paulo Grand Prix at Interlagos
Bras-Panon · Every May
Fête de la Vanille
Ficksburg, Free State · Every November