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 Monarch butterflies at Pacific Grove first
Every July to OctoberHumpback whales at Marino BallenaUvita
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 September to DecemberWhale sharks off Nosy BeNosy Be
Every JulyBrown bears at Brooks FallsKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every February to MayQuetzal nesting seasonSan Gerardo de Dota
Every January to MarchGray whale calving seasonLaguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur
Every JulyPuffin nesting seasonSkellig Michael and the Skellig coast
Every SeptemberRed deer rutRichmond and Bushy Park
Every FebruaryYosemite FirefallYosemite National Park, California
Every December to MarchLos Roques dry seasonLos Roques Archipelago, Venezuela
Every OctoberBlue Ridge Parkway fall colorAsheville, North Carolina
Every September to OctoberCommon crane migrationHortobagy national park
Every November to DecemberSouthern right whale season closingPeninsula Valdes
Every February to MarchMonarch butterfly overwinteringEl Rosario sanctuary, Michoacan
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every OctoberHead of the Charles RegattaCambridge, Massachusetts
Every October to NovemberArribada at OstionalPlaya Ostional, Guanacaste
Every February to AprilJacaranda bloom in Mexico CityMexico City
Every January to FebruaryWildebeest calving seasonSouthern Serengeti and Ndutu, Tanzania
Every July to SeptemberThe Great Migration river crossingsMasai Mara, Kenya
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Old Town, Quito · Every March to April
Jesús del Gran Poder procession
Purple-hooded penitents and barefoot cross-bearers fill Quito's colonial streets on Good Friday.
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · Every October
Ironman World Championship
The original Ironman, raced through lava fields in October heat and finished on Ali'i Drive after dark.
Guayaquil, Guayas · Every October
Fiestas de Guayaquil
Outer reef off Cairns and Port Douglas, Queensland · Every November to December
Coral spawning on the Great Barrier Reef
Taxco, Guerrero · Every March to April
Semana Santa in Taxco
Buccoo, Tobago · Every March to April
Buccoo Goat Race Festival
Guararé, Azuero · Every September
Festival Nacional de la Mejorana
Page, Arizona · Every June to August
Light beam season in Antelope Canyon
Alfama, Lisbon · Every June
Festas de Santo António
Osaka Tenmangu and the Okawa River · Every July
Tenjin Matsuri
Portobelo, Colón · Every October
Cristo Negro de Portobelo
Wadden Sea marshes, Denmark · Every September to November
Sort Sol starling murmurations
Grand Canal, Venice · Every September
Regata Storica
Yasaka Shrine and downtown Kyoto · Every July
Gion Matsuri
Grímsey, off Akureyri · Every June to July
Midnight sun on the Arctic Circle at Grímsey
Anitkabir, Ankara · Every October
Republic Day in Ankara
Taebaek, Gangwon · Every January to February
Taebaek mountain snow festival
Los Remedios, Seville · Every April to May
Feria de Abril
Asakusa Shrine, Tokyo · Every May
Sanja Matsuri
Sydney · Every January to March
Sydney lunar new year festival
Stowe, Vermont · Every September to October
Vermont fall foliage
Takayama, Gifu · Every April
Takayama Spring Festival (Sanno Matsuri)
Bang Tabun, Phetchaburi · Every September to November
Bryde's whales of the upper Gulf
Queenstown, Otago · Every June to July
Queenstown Winter Festival
Puerta del Sol, Madrid · Every December
Twelve grapes at Puerta del Sol
Salzburg and the Gastein valley · Every November to December
Krampus runs in the Salzburg region
Rotorua, Bay of Plenty · Every May
Rotorua Marathon
Champs-Élysées and Eiffel Tower, Paris · Every July
Bastille Day
Mysore, Karnataka · Every September to October
Mysore Dasara
Haast and Hokitika, West Coast · Every September to November