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 Horseshoe crab spawning and red knots on Delaware Bay first
Every July to OctoberHumpback whales at Marino BallenaUvita
Every September to DecemberWhale sharks off Nosy BeNosy Be
Every JulyBrown bears at Brooks FallsKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every FebruaryYellowstone winter wildlife watchLamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Every September to OctoberFat Bear WeekKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every September to OctoberElk rut in Rocky Mountain National ParkEstes Park, Colorado
Every February to MayQuetzal nesting seasonSan Gerardo de Dota
Every January to MarchGray whale calving seasonLaguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur
Every October to NovemberArribada at OstionalPlaya Ostional, Guanacaste
Every February to MarchMonarch butterfly overwinteringEl Rosario sanctuary, Michoacan
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every September to OctoberCommon crane migrationHortobagy national park
Every July to SeptemberThe Great Migration river crossingsMasai Mara, Kenya
Every FebruaryYosemite FirefallYosemite National Park, California
Every January to FebruaryWildebeest calving seasonSouthern Serengeti and Ndutu, Tanzania
Every December to MarchLos Roques dry seasonLos Roques Archipelago, Venezuela
Every OctoberHead of the Charles RegattaCambridge, Massachusetts
Every JulyPuffin nesting seasonSkellig Michael and the Skellig coast
Every OctoberBlue Ridge Parkway fall colorAsheville, North Carolina
Every November to DecemberSouthern right whale season closingPeninsula Valdes
Every SeptemberRed deer rutRichmond and Bushy Park
Every February to AprilJacaranda bloom in Mexico CityMexico City
Every September to OctoberLarch season above Moraine LakeBanff National Park, Alberta
Every October to NovemberAutumn colour at PlitvicePlitvice Lakes, Lika
Kandy · Every July to August
Kandy Esala Perahera
Ten nights of torch-lit processions, whip crackers, fire dancers and a hundred elephants in the hill capital.
Jigokudani Monkey Park, Yamanouchi, Nagano · Every December to March
Jigokudani Snow Monkeys
Wild macaques soaking in a hot spring while snow falls on their heads, the only monkeys on earth that do it.
El Rosario sanctuary, Michoacan · Every February to March
Monarch butterfly overwintering
Cerro Catedral, Bariloche · Every June to September
Ski season at Cerro Catedral
Head of Bight, Nullarbor, South Australia · Every June to September
Southern right whales at Head of Bight
Portobelo, Colón · Every October
Cristo Negro de Portobelo
Jaipur, Rajasthan · Every October to November
Diwali in Jaipur
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem · Every March to May
Holy Week and the Holy Fire in Jerusalem
Quillacollo, Cochabamba · Every August
Virgen de Urkupiña
Qamsar and Niasar, Kashan · Every May to June
Golabgiri rosewater harvest in Kashan
San Simeon, California · Every December to February
Elephant seal pupping at Piedras Blancas
Thanjavur and the Kaveri delta · Every January
Pongal
Skellig Michael and the Skellig coast · Every July
Puffin nesting season
Vienna · Every October to November
Viennale
Rovaniemi, Lapland · Every December
Christmas and polar night in Rovaniemi
Buenos Aires · Every August
Tango World Championship and Festival
Broome, Western Australia · Every August to September
Shinju Matsuri
Naejangsan National Park, Jeongeup · Every October to November
Naejangsan Autumn Leaves
Valley of Flowers National Park, Uttarakhand · Every July to August
Valley of Flowers bloom
Tromsø, Norway · Every January to March
Northern lights in Tromsø
Southern Serengeti and Ndutu, Tanzania · Every January to February
Wildebeest calving season
Nosy Be · Every September to December
Whale sharks off Nosy Be
Jenn Lann Temple, Dajia, Taichung · Every March to May
Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage
Santiago de Cuba · Every July
Carnaval de Santiago de Cuba
New Orleans, Louisiana · Every April
French Quarter Festival
San Juan · Every June
Noche de San Juan
Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur · Every January to March
Gray whale calving season
Emirgan Park, Istanbul · Every April
Istanbul Tulip Festival
Bundala National Park · Every November to February
Bundala migratory bird season
El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba · Every September