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 Everest base camp autumn window first
Every March to MayRhododendron bloomAnnapurna and Langtang foothills
Every October to NovemberCloud sea season at ZhangjiajieWulingyuan, Hunan
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every December to MarchLos Roques dry seasonLos Roques Archipelago, Venezuela
Every July to SeptemberThe Great Migration river crossingsMasai Mara, Kenya
Every FebruaryYosemite FirefallYosemite National Park, California
Every January to MarchGray whale calving seasonLaguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur
Every September to NovemberCaño Cristales in full colourLa Macarena, Meta
Every December to MarchSalar de Uyuni mirror seasonSalar de Uyuni, Potosí
Every September to OctoberLarch season above Moraine LakeBanff National Park, Alberta
Every December to FebruaryIguazu Falls at peak flowPuerto Iguazu, Misiones
Every May to JulySunrise at DeadvleiSossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft
Every September to DecemberWhale sharks off Nosy BeNosy Be
Every September to OctoberFat Bear WeekKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every JulyBrown bears at Brooks FallsKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every September to OctoberAutumn on the Seceda ridgeVal Gardena, South Tyrol
Every October to NovemberAutumn colour at PlitvicePlitvice Lakes, Lika
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every OctoberBlue Ridge Parkway fall colorAsheville, North Carolina
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every OctoberHead of the Charles RegattaCambridge, Massachusetts
Every July to OctoberHumpback whales at Marino BallenaUvita
Every October to NovemberArribada at OstionalPlaya Ostional, Guanacaste
Every April to MayFuji Shibazakura FestivalFujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
Wulingyuan, Hunan · Every October to November
Cloud sea season at Zhangjiajie
Thousands of sandstone pillars standing out of the cloud after rain.
Copenhagen · Every May to June
Copenhagen Carnival
Whitsun weekend turns the Danish capital into a samba parade with a Nordic sense of order.
Piazza del Campo, Siena · Every June to July
Palio di Siena (Provenzano)
Haast and Hokitika, West Coast · Every September to November
Whitebait season on the West Coast
Nong Han Kumphawapi, Udon Thani · Every December to February
Red Lotus Sea
Pashupatinath, Kathmandu · Every January
Maghe Sankranti
Pamplona · Every July
San Fermin (running of the bulls)
Masaya · Every September to October
Fiestas de San Jerónimo
Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi · Every April to May
Fuji Shibazakura Festival
Kasanka National Park · Every October to December
Kasanka bat migration
Sukhothai Historical Park · Every October to November
Loy Krathong in Sukhothai
La Macarena, Meta · Every September to November
Caño Cristales in full colour
Daimonji-yama and the hills of Kyoto · Every August
Gozan no Okuribi
Erfoud, Tafilalet oasis · Every October
Erfoud Date Festival
Borobudur, Central Java · Every May to June
Waisak at Borobudur
Sun Moon Lake, Nantou · Every August to September
Sun Moon Lake Swimming Carnival
Mount Mulanje · Every July
Mount Mulanje Porters Race
Val Gardena, South Tyrol · Every September to October
Autumn on the Seceda ridge
Banff National Park, Alberta · Every September to October
Larch season above Moraine Lake
Doi Mae U-Kho, Mae Hong Son · Every November to December
Bua Tong sunflower bloom
Antananarivo · Every June
Madagascar Independence Day
Beiteddine Palace, Chouf · Every July to August
Beiteddine Art Festival
Mwansabombwe, Luapula · Every July to August
Mutomboko ceremony
Balik Pulau, Penang · Every June to August
Penang durian season
Düsseldorf and the Lower Rhine · Every November
St Martin's lantern processions in the Rhineland
Comayagua · Every March to April
Semana Santa sawdust carpets in Comayagua
Galway · Every September
Galway International Oyster Festival
Tilcara, Purmamarca and Humahuaca, Jujuy · Every August
Pachamama offerings in the Quebrada de Humahuaca
San Simeon, California · Every December to February
Elephant seal pupping at Piedras Blancas
Ludzidzini Royal Village, Lobamba · Every August to September