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 Bison rut in Lamar Valley first
Every September to OctoberFat Bear WeekKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every JulyBrown bears at Brooks FallsKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every January to MarchGray whale calving seasonLaguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur
Every FebruaryYellowstone winter wildlife watchLamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Every FebruaryYosemite FirefallYosemite National Park, California
Every July to SeptemberThe Great Migration river crossingsMasai Mara, Kenya
Every September to DecemberWhale sharks off Nosy BeNosy Be
Every September to OctoberElk rut in Rocky Mountain National ParkEstes Park, Colorado
Every OctoberBlue Ridge Parkway fall colorAsheville, North Carolina
Every February to MarchMonarch butterfly overwinteringEl Rosario sanctuary, Michoacan
Every February to MayQuetzal nesting seasonSan Gerardo de Dota
Every October to NovemberArribada at OstionalPlaya Ostional, Guanacaste
Every July to OctoberHumpback whales at Marino BallenaUvita
Every September to OctoberLarch season above Moraine LakeBanff National Park, Alberta
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every May to JulySunrise at DeadvleiSossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft
Every October to NovemberAutumn colour at PlitvicePlitvice Lakes, Lika
Every September to OctoberAutumn on the Seceda ridgeVal Gardena, South Tyrol
Every December to FebruaryIguazu Falls at peak flowPuerto Iguazu, Misiones
Every March to MayRhododendron bloomAnnapurna and Langtang foothills
Every November to DecemberSouthern right whale season closingPeninsula Valdes
Every January to FebruaryWildebeest calving seasonSouthern Serengeti and Ndutu, Tanzania
Every OctoberHead of the Charles RegattaCambridge, Massachusetts
Every September to NovemberCaño Cristales in full colourLa Macarena, Meta
Asakusa Shrine, Tokyo · Every May
Sanja Matsuri
Tokyo's rowdiest festival: a hundred portable shrines and two million people jammed into the old town.
Puerto Iguazu, Misiones · Every December to February
Iguazu Falls at peak flow
Two hundred and seventy-five separate waterfalls at their loudest, in the middle of the wet season.
León · Every December
La Gritería
Valley of Flowers National Park, Uttarakhand · Every July to August
Valley of Flowers bloom
Doha Corniche · Every December
Qatar National Day
Sturgis, South Dakota · Every August
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Lucban, Quezon · Every May
Pahiyas Festival
Persepolis, near Shiraz · Every March
Nowruz at Persepolis
Dochula Pass · Every December
Druk Wangyel Tshechu at Dochula
Santiago de Cuba · Every July
Carnaval de Santiago de Cuba
Jaipur, Rajasthan · Every October to November
Diwali in Jaipur
Tomb of Hafez, Shiraz · Every December
Yalda Night in Shiraz
Rantepao, South Sulawesi · Every July to August
Toraja funeral season
Bluefields · Every May
Palo de Mayo
Kralendijk, Bonaire · Every October
Bonaire Regatta
Jinbu, Pyeongchang · Every December to February
Pyeongchang Trout Festival
Madrid · Every January
Cabalgata de Reyes Magos
Kisama Heritage Village, Kohima · Every December
Hornbill Festival
Windhoek · Every April to May
Windhoek Karneval
Dublin · Every March
St Patrick's festival
Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne · Every October to November
Melbourne Cup
Tozeur oasis · Every October to November
Tozeur date harvest
Neiva, Huila · Every June to July
Festival Folclórico y Reinado del Bambuco
Monterey, California · Every September
Monterey Jazz Festival
New Orleans, Louisiana · Every January to March
Mardi Gras
South Luangwa National Park · Every August to November
Carmine bee-eater colonies
Ashikaga Flower Park, Tochigi · Every April to May
Ashikaga Great Wisteria
Tel Aviv · Every June
Tel Aviv Pride
Hanifaru Bay, Baa Atoll · Every July to October
Hanifaru Bay manta season
Montmartre, Paris · Every October