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 River of Raptors first
Every January to MarchGray whale calving seasonLaguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur
Every February to MarchMonarch butterfly overwinteringEl Rosario sanctuary, Michoacan
Every September to OctoberElk rut in Rocky Mountain National ParkEstes Park, Colorado
Every February to MayQuetzal nesting seasonSan Gerardo de Dota
Every July to OctoberHumpback whales at Marino BallenaUvita
Every JulyBrown bears at Brooks FallsKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every October to NovemberArribada at OstionalPlaya Ostional, Guanacaste
Every September to OctoberFat Bear WeekKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every FebruaryYellowstone winter wildlife watchLamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Every July to SeptemberThe Great Migration river crossingsMasai Mara, Kenya
Every JulyPuffin nesting seasonSkellig Michael and the Skellig coast
Every SeptemberRed deer rutRichmond and Bushy Park
Every September to OctoberCommon crane migrationHortobagy national park
Every September to DecemberWhale sharks off Nosy BeNosy Be
Every February to AprilJacaranda bloom in Mexico CityMexico City
Every January to FebruaryWildebeest calving seasonSouthern Serengeti and Ndutu, Tanzania
Every November to DecemberSouthern right whale season closingPeninsula Valdes
Every September to OctoberLarch season above Moraine LakeBanff National Park, Alberta
Every OctoberBlue Ridge Parkway fall colorAsheville, North Carolina
Every FebruaryYosemite FirefallYosemite National Park, California
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every September to OctoberAutumn on the Seceda ridgeVal Gardena, South Tyrol
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every October to NovemberCloud sea season at ZhangjiajieWulingyuan, Hunan
Kiel · Every June
Kiel Week
The world's largest sailing event fills a Baltic fjord with thousands of boats and a city with a party.
Dieng Plateau, Central Java · Every August
Dieng Culture Festival
Dreadlocked children have their hair cut in a highland ritual, then lanterns rise over ancient temples.
Byblos harbour · Every June to August
Byblos International Festival
Buccoo, Tobago · Every March to April
Buccoo Goat Race Festival
Vava'u · Every July to October
Swimming with humpbacks in Vava'u
Nassau · Every December to January
Junkanoo
Huamantla, Tlaxcala · Every August
Huamantla: the night nobody sleeps
Kraków · Every May
Juwenalia in Kraków
Wellington · Every August
Wellington on a Plate
Ivrea · Every February to March
Battle of the Oranges
Locarno, Ticino · Every August
Locarno Film Festival on the Piazza Grande
Tinos, Cyclades · Every August
Dormition of the Virgin pilgrimage on Tinos
Petra, Wadi Musa · Every September
Petra Desert Marathon
Ras al Jinz, Ash Sharqiyah · Every July to September
Green turtle nesting at Ras al Jinz
Reykjavík · Every December to January
New Year's Eve bonfires and fireworks in Reykjavík
Kingston, Norfolk Island · Every June
Bounty Day
Yasothon · Every April to May
Bun Bang Fai rocket festival
Alba, Piedmont · Every October to December
Alba International White Truffle Fair
Addis Ababa · Every November
Great Ethiopian Run
Sumiyoshi Taisha, Osaka · Every June
Otaue Rice Planting Festival
Stowe, Vermont · Every September to October
Vermont fall foliage
Nile riverbanks and public gardens, Cairo and Alexandria · Every April to May
Sham el-Nessim
Keukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands · Every March to May
Tulip season in Holland
Tortuguero · Every July to October
Green turtle nesting at Tortuguero
Essaouira · Every June to July
Gnaoua World Music Festival
Chiang Mai · Every April
Songkran water festival
Canal Royal, Sète · Every August
Fête de la Saint-Louis
Sham Shui Po and Victoria Park, Hong Kong · Every July to September
Yu Lan Hungry Ghost Festival
Oaxaca City · Every July to August
Guelaguetza
Basílica de Guadalupe, Mexico City · Every December