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 Triple Crown of Surfing first
Every September to DecemberWhale sharks off Nosy BeNosy Be
Every December to MarchLos Roques dry seasonLos Roques Archipelago, Venezuela
Every FebruaryYosemite FirefallYosemite National Park, California
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every JulyBrown bears at Brooks FallsKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every September to OctoberFat Bear WeekKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every OctoberHead of the Charles RegattaCambridge, Massachusetts
Every OctoberBlue Ridge Parkway fall colorAsheville, North Carolina
Every October to NovemberCloud sea season at ZhangjiajieWulingyuan, Hunan
Every May to JulySunrise at DeadvleiSossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every December to FebruaryIguazu Falls at peak flowPuerto Iguazu, Misiones
Every September to OctoberLarch season above Moraine LakeBanff National Park, Alberta
Every September to OctoberAutumn on the Seceda ridgeVal Gardena, South Tyrol
Every October to NovemberAutumn colour at PlitvicePlitvice Lakes, Lika
Every July to OctoberHumpback whales at Marino BallenaUvita
Every July to SeptemberThe Great Migration river crossingsMasai Mara, Kenya
Every January to MarchGray whale calving seasonLaguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur
Every March to MayRhododendron bloomAnnapurna and Langtang foothills
Every December to MarchSalar de Uyuni mirror seasonSalar de Uyuni, Potosí
Every September to NovemberCaño Cristales in full colourLa Macarena, Meta
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every December to JanuarySydney harbour new year's eve fireworksSydney
Every September to OctoberElk rut in Rocky Mountain National ParkEstes Park, Colorado
Anloga, Volta Region · Every October to November
Hogbetsotso
The Anlo Ewe re-enact their escape from a tyrant king by walking backwards, in a lagoon town near Togo.
La Tirana, Tarapacá · Every July
Fiesta de La Tirana
A desert village of a few hundred hosts two hundred thousand pilgrims and diablada dancers for a week.
Sighișoara, Transylvania · Every July to August
Sighișoara Medieval Festival
Quebec's cabane à sucre country, Quebec · Every March to April
Sugaring off season
Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto · Every May
Aoi Matsuri
Madrid · Every January
Cabalgata de Reyes Magos
Skellig Michael and the Skellig coast · Every July
Puffin nesting season
San Miniato, Tuscany · Every November
San Miniato White Truffle Fair
Minneriya National Park · Every July to October
The Gathering at Minneriya
Basseterre, St Kitts · Every June to July
St Kitts Music Festival
Douz, Kebili · Every December
International Festival of the Sahara at Douz
Lamu Town · Every November
Lamu Cultural Festival
San José · Every December
Festival de la Luz
Wadden Sea marshes, Denmark · Every September to November
Sort Sol starling murmurations
Kelaa M'Gouna, Valley of Roses · Every May
Rose Festival of Kelaa M'Gouna
Kisama Heritage Village, Kohima · Every December
Hornbill Festival
Eilat mountains and the Sinai coast · Every February to May
Raptor migration over the Gulf of Aqaba
Óbuda Island, Budapest · Every August
Sziget Festival
Timgad Roman theatre, Batna · Every July to August
Timgad International Festival
León · Every December
La Gritería
Reith im Alpbachtal and the Zillertal, Tyrol · Every September to October
Almabtrieb cattle descent in Tyrol
Phobjikha Valley · Every January
Black necked crane season
Queens, New York · Every August to September
US Open Tennis Championships
Parque Simón Bolívar, Bogotá · Every August
Festival de Verano de Bogotá
Erg Chebbi and the Draa desert, southern Morocco · Every March to May
Marathon des Sables
Otavalo and Cotacachi, Imbabura · Every June
Inti Raymi in Otavalo and Cotacachi
Prague and the Bohemian countryside · Every April to May
Witches' Night bonfires in Bohemia
Düsseldorf and the Lower Rhine · Every November
St Martin's lantern processions in the Rhineland
Sun Moon Lake, Nantou · Every August to September
Sun Moon Lake Swimming Carnival
Bells Beach, Torquay, Victoria · Every March to April