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 Red deer rut first
Every SeptemberRed deer rutRichmond and Bushy Park
Every JulyPuffin nesting seasonSkellig Michael and the Skellig coast
Every September to OctoberCommon crane migrationHortobagy national park
Every JulyBrown bears at Brooks FallsKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every January to FebruaryWildebeest calving seasonSouthern Serengeti and Ndutu, Tanzania
Every FebruaryYellowstone winter wildlife watchLamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Every September to DecemberWhale sharks off Nosy BeNosy Be
Every September to OctoberElk rut in Rocky Mountain National ParkEstes Park, Colorado
Every January to MarchGray whale calving seasonLaguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur
Every September to OctoberFat Bear WeekKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every November to DecemberSouthern right whale season closingPeninsula Valdes
Every July to SeptemberThe Great Migration river crossingsMasai Mara, Kenya
Every February to MarchMonarch butterfly overwinteringEl Rosario sanctuary, Michoacan
Every July to OctoberHumpback whales at Marino BallenaUvita
Every February to MayQuetzal nesting seasonSan Gerardo de Dota
Every October to NovemberArribada at OstionalPlaya Ostional, Guanacaste
Every February to MarchAlmond blossom festivalValley of the Temples, Agrigento
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every June to JulyLavender bloom in ProvenceValensole and the Luberon, France
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every January to MarchNorthern lights in TromsøTromsø, Norway
Every September to OctoberAutumn on the Seceda ridgeVal Gardena, South Tyrol
Every October to DecemberAurora season in LofotenReine and Svolvaer, Lofoten
Every October to NovemberAutumn colour at PlitvicePlitvice Lakes, Lika
Denpasar, Bali · Every June to July
Bali Arts Festival
A month of gamelan, dance and shadow puppetry from every regency of Bali, most of it free.
Yasaka Shrine and downtown Kyoto · Every July
Gion Matsuri
A whole month of festival, with 25-tonne wooden floats pulled through the streets by rope on July 17.
Prayagraj (Sangam) · Every January to March
Magh Mela
Zaragoza · Every October
Fiestas del Pilar
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee · Every May to June
Synchronous fireflies at Elkmont
Uvita · Every July to October
Humpback whales at Marino Ballena
Outer reef off Cairns and Port Douglas, Queensland · Every November to December
Coral spawning on the Great Barrier Reef
Point Pelee National Park, Ontario · Every September
Monarch butterfly migration at Point Pelee
Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur · Every January to March
Gray whale calving season
Kazanlak · Every May to June
Rose Festival in the Valley of Roses
George Town, Exuma · Every April
National Family Island Regatta
Chicago, Illinois · Every November to December
Christkindlmarket Chicago
Colombo · Every April to June
Vesak in Colombo
La Villa de Los Santos, Azuero · Every May to June
Corpus Christi devil dances
Barotse floodplain, Mongu · Every March to April
Kuomboka ceremony
Byron Bay, New South Wales · Every March to April
Byron Bay Bluesfest
Buñol, Valencia · Every August
La Tomatina
Matsalu National Park · Every September to October
Crane migration at Matsalu Bay
Bacolod, Negros Occidental · Every October
MassKara Festival
Tokyo, Japan · Every March to April
Cherry blossoms in Tokyo
Panama City · Every January to March
Panama Jazz Festival
Ohrid · Every July to August
Ohrid Summer Festival
Holguín · Every May
Romerías de Mayo
Puebla · Every August to September
Chiles en nogada season
Bells Beach, Torquay, Victoria · Every March to April
Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach
Matura Beach, Trinidad · Every March to April
Leatherback turtle nesting
Liwa Oasis, Al Dhafra · Every July to August
Liwa Date Festival
Antigua · Every March to April
Semana Santa processions and sawdust carpets
Sunayu, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido · Every December to March
Whooper Swans at Lake Kussharo
Cabarete and Puerto Plata · Every October to November