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 Los Roques dry season first
Every December to MarchLos Roques dry seasonLos Roques Archipelago, Venezuela
Every September to DecemberWhale sharks off Nosy BeNosy Be
Every September to NovemberCaño Cristales in full colourLa Macarena, Meta
Every December to MarchSalar de Uyuni mirror seasonSalar de Uyuni, Potosí
Every December to FebruaryIguazu Falls at peak flowPuerto Iguazu, Misiones
Every May to JulySunrise at DeadvleiSossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every October to NovemberCloud sea season at ZhangjiajieWulingyuan, Hunan
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 OctoberLarch season above Moraine LakeBanff National Park, Alberta
Every JulyBrown bears at Brooks FallsKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every March to MayRhododendron bloomAnnapurna and Langtang foothills
Every July to OctoberHumpback whales at Marino BallenaUvita
Every October to NovemberAutumn colour at PlitvicePlitvice Lakes, Lika
Every September to OctoberAutumn on the Seceda ridgeVal Gardena, South Tyrol
Every September to OctoberFat Bear WeekKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every OctoberBlue Ridge Parkway fall colorAsheville, North Carolina
Every November to DecemberSouthern right whale season closingPeninsula Valdes
Every NovemberJacaranda season in Buenos AiresRecoleta, Palermo and Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires
Every OctoberHead of the Charles RegattaCambridge, Massachusetts
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Neiva, Huila · Every June to July
Festival Folclórico y Reinado del Bambuco
Colombia's hot south dances the sanjuanero for a fortnight, with rajaleñas, parades and pageant queens.
Moremi Game Reserve · Every June to August
Okavango Delta at peak flood
Water that fell in Angola months ago spreads across the Kalahari and turns the delta into a mokoro world.
Kenting, Pingtung · Every March to April
Spring Scream music festival
Notting Hill, London · Every August
Notting Hill Carnival
Otavalo and Cotacachi, Imbabura · Every June
Inti Raymi in Otavalo and Cotacachi
Chicago, Illinois · Every November to December
Christkindlmarket Chicago
Puerto Limón · Every October
Carnaval de Limón
Macha · Every April to May
Tinku ritual fighting festival
Temple of Confucius, Qufu, Shandong · Every September to October
Qufu Confucius Cultural Festival
Avignon, Provence · Every July
Festival d'Avignon
Cork · Every October
Guinness Cork Jazz Festival
Blatherskite Park, Alice Springs · Every July
Camel Cup
Leksand, Dalarna · Every June
Midsummer in Dalarna
Yangon · Every April
Thingyan water festival
Herjólfsdalur, Heimaey · Every July to August
Þjóðhátíð in the Westman Islands
Kingstown, St Vincent · Every June to July
Vincy Mas
Kandy · Every April
Avurudu, the Sinhala and Tamil New Year
Sapporo, Hokkaido · Every January to February
Sapporo snow festival
Champakulam, Alappuzha · Every June to July
Champakulam Moolam boat race
Ohrid · Every July to August
Ohrid Summer Festival
Puri, Odisha · Every June to July
Rath Yatra
Lyon · Every December
Fête des Lumières
Mihintale, Anuradhapura · Every June to July
Poson Poya at Mihintale
Taipei 101, Xinyi District, Taipei · Every December to January
Taipei 101 New Year's Eve Fireworks
Ubud, Bali · Every March to May
BaliSpirit Festival
New Orleans, Louisiana · Every January to March
Mardi Gras
Jaipur, Rajasthan · Every October to November
Diwali in Jaipur
Queenstown, Otago · Every June to July
Queenstown Winter Festival
Córdoba · Every May
Festival of the Patios
Icho Namiki, Aoyama, Tokyo · Every November to December