The Best Place to Be Today

365 THINGS TO DO & THE PERFECT DAY TO DO THEM

COMPILED AND EDITED BY SARAH BAXTER

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Where in the world is the best 3 place to be today, tomorrow or for your next birthday?

My, I felt smug. The sky was chosen adventure. And that’s why this book too blue to be true, a spread of exists – to help you focus your travels, zooming cobalt I thought only existed in in on precise dates or periods to ensure some Technicolor or Photoshop. The of the very best experiences, be they wildlife historic trail – largely empty, migrations, active escapades, raucous festivals it being before the peak hiking or cultural showstoppers. months – was fringed by a golden Perhaps you want to know when to fuzz of gorse, while surrounding meadows pack your picnic for the prettiest Japanese nodded with purples, pinks and fresh greens. cherry blossom party (26 March, in case Birds were in good voice, singing and zinging you’re wondering). Or when best to raft the from the leafy treetops on a quest to secure a Colorado River through the Grand Canyon mate. And the days were endless! The sunshine (try 16 September, the day after motorboats hours stretched beyond 10pm, encouraging are prohibited for the year). Maybe you want late nights on warm-enough outdoor terraces, to spend your Christmas break with baby savouring tapas dishes of (in-season) padrón warthogs rather than baby Jesus (try Kenya, 27 peppers and a vino tinto or two. Yes, it seemed December), ride a bobsled in summer rather walking a smidgen of Spain’s Camino de than winter (Austria, 2 July) or be sure not to Santiago pilgrimage trail in late May (26 May, miss a biggie, such as Glastonbury (England, to be precise), when it was all wildfl owers 28 June) or messy Tomatina (Spain, 26 August). and long days and holiday-horde free, was the embodiment of right time, right place. We all want that This, of course, is where all travellers sweet serendipity want to be, no matter what their cultural or of being there geographical preferences: right time, right when the Northern place. We all want that sweet serendipity of being there when the Northern Lights are most Lights are most likely to dance (but, ideally, it’s not too chilly); likely to dance... when the sleepy scruff -bucket town transforms for its once-a-year fabulous fi esta; when a mass mob of whales gathers at the nearby reef; when the climate is just perfect for whatever our

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Or maybe you want to be there (with a good waterproof coat) when the rain is gushing There’s an idea in biblical torrents, thus ensuring waterfalls are at their most spectacular and most other here for every day people have stayed away (think Iguaçu Falls, of the year. Some 9 December). Perhaps ‘right’ is being there in suggestions are shoulder season – say, tramping New Zealand’s date specifi c, others Milford Track on 10 March – to best balance give an indication still-decent weather with fewer crowds. When you drill down into the calendar year, of the best week or you can fi nd the world’s seasonal secrets, like month Vanuatu’s land-divers marking the start of the yam season or the brief window of opportunity to trek while listening to the sound of mating pandas. Organising the planet this way helps you pick a destination for that June honeymoon or your October annual leave. You pinned them to their 2015 occurrences where can even use it to inspire your whereabouts on possible, with dates given for the following your next birthday. years where known. There’s an idea here for every day of the Of course, there are myriad options. On any year. Some suggestions are date specifi c – a given day, there are many best places to be, religious holiday, a festival, an annual seasonal many destinations ripe for adventures. But opening. Some give an indication of the best here are 365 goodies to get you started. Now, week, month or timeframe when perhaps stop reading this – you shouldn’t be HERE. it’s driest, coolest, quietest or most full of Why not fl ick forward to ‘today’ and start wildebeest. For the date-specifi c events, we’ve planning tomorrow?

SARAH BAXTER

CONTENTS JANUARY Page 008 FEBRUARY Page 030 MARCH Page 050 APRIL Page 072 MAY Page 094 JUNE Page 116 JULY Page 136 AUGUST Page 158 SEPTEMBER Page 180 OCTOBER Page 202 NOVEMBER Page 224 DECEMBER Page 244

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Celebrate St Patrick’s Day PAGE 63 17 MAR

09 JUL

Run with bulls 27 in Pamplona OCT PAGE 141 15 FEB Mountain bike in Moab Dress up PAGE 221 for Venice Carnevale PAGE 40

09 NOV

Dive into cenotes PAGE 230

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Circuit Mt Kailash PAGE 188 Explore Wadi Rum 12 PAGE 107 SEP 20 MAY

Party at Ati-Atihan PAGE 20 17 JAN

Paddle the Franklin River PAGE 263 27 DEC 13 APR

Get soaked at Songkran 23 PAGE 81 JUN

Marvel at a migration PAGE 133

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Colombia 12, 28, 248 A B Congo 247 adventures, activities & sports Bahamas 8-9 Corsica 195, 217 BASE jumping 214, 229 Baja 32 Costa Rica 45, 166, 206 boat journeys 37, 77, 106, 120, 157, 196, Bali 65, 122 Cresta Run 11 232, 249 Barbados 158 Croatia 91, 211 bobsledding & tobogganing 11, 138 Barcelona 196 Cuba 23, 255 bog snorkelling 179 Batu Caves 33 Cumbria 194 canyoneering & canyoning 79, 229 Banff 222 Cuzco 132 cheese-rolling 110 Bazaruto Archipelago 130 cycle journeys 15, 23, 89, 105, 134, 163, Belém 210 190, 212 Belgium 41 D diving & snorkelling 19, 38, 91, 113, 130, 145, Belize 38, 52, 114 Death Valley 151 170, 179, 195, 215, 230, 246, 259 Benin 15 Dogon Country 23 gliding & paragliding 71, 213, 217 Bermuda 102 Dominican Republic 33 heli-biking 48 Bhaktapur 82 Donsol 44 hiking 16-17, 23, 27, 34, 38, 52, 57, 58, 67, 83, Dublin 61, 127 86, 92, 96, 98, 103, 109, 120, 124, 125, 146, Bhutan 97, 206 153, 160, 167, 168, 171, 173, 175, 195, 206, Bhyundar Valley (Valley of Flowers) 160 208, 219, 231, 243, 244 Binche 41 E horse races 168, 227 bird-watching Ecuador 69, 163, 259 horse-riding 101, 112, 129 birds of paradise 156 Edinburgh 265 hot-air ballooning 205 cranes 22 Egypt 15, 37, 235 ice-skating 36 flamingos 19 England 75, 86, 91, 94-95, 110, 130, 135, 140, kiteboarding 164 Kakadu 222 155, 185, 194, 228 kloofing 229 kea 28 Estonia 77 marathons 91, 151 oilbirds 102 Ethiopia 21, 238 motorcycle travel 155 Panama 259 penguins 35, 242, 249 motorsports 27 F mountain-climbing 44, 52, 70, 114, 118, 124, Rajasthan 14 Falkland Islands 204 133, 135, 182, 259 seabirds 171, 204 festivals & events naghol (land diving) 87 storks 179 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta rafting & kayaking 106, 120, 188, 191, 209, Black Rock Desert 176 205 229, 232, 243, 254, 263 Black Sea 179 Ati-Atihan 20 regattas 127, 185 Bolivia 19, 41, 182, 212 Art Deco Weekend 20 river-tubing 52 Borneo 53, 195 Auckland Festival 52 road trips 155, 161, 212 Botswana 41, 105, 180, 191 Baby-Jumping Festival 121 rock climbing & bouldering 91, 255 Brazil 60, 72-73, 210 Badwater Ultra, the 151 rodeos 139 British Virgin Islands (BVI) 235 Banff Mountain Film Festival 222 sailing 37, 102, 116, 211, 235 Budapest 213 Barcelona Acció Musical 196 skiing 19, 57, 78, 252 Bulgaria 179 Batalla del Vino 135 skydiving 200 Bisket Jatra 82 snuba 236 Bounty Day 121 storm-chasing 11, 108, 240 C Bovec 120 surfing 13, 48, 122, 178 Cabarete 33 Braemar Gathering 184 swimming 44, 66, 140, 145, 166 Calgary 139 Bridge Day 214 tree-climbing 80 California 70, 75, 84, 151, 255 Burning Man Festival 176 wife-carrying 139 Canada 11, 34, 108, 125, 139, 140, 149, 172, 177, 220, 222 Café Budapest Contemporary windsurfing 33, 150 Cannes 105 Arts Festival 213 Alaska 56, 127, 142 Canning Stock Route 161 Camel Cup 144 Amazon 60, 163, 182, 210 Cape Adere 35 Cannes Film Festival 105 Anatolia 252 Cape Clear Island 171 Cape Minstrel Carnival 10 Andalucía 76, 86, 101 Cape Town 10, 71 Carnaval de Negros y Blancos 12 Angel Falls 186 Cartagena 28 Carnaval de Québec 34 Antarctica 11, 35, 146, 249 Castrillo de Murcia 121 Christmas 247, 258, 260, 261 Argentina 16, 38, 70, 250 Cayman Islands 231 Cinéma en Plein Air 154 Arizona 79, 191 Cedars Ski Field 252 Círio de Nazaré 210 Auckland 52, 229 Chichén Itzá 65 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Annual Australia 13, 38, 46, 66, 70, 80, 98, 121, 144, Chichicastenango 253 Festival 84-85 161, 213, 222, 227, 263, 264 Coopers Capers 243 Austria 18, 138, 167 Chile 16-17, 57, 244 China 30, 83, 88, 96, 153, 188, 199, 210 Corsa dei Ceri 104

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Crop Over 158 Naadam 145 Galicia 156 269 Day of the Dead 224 Northeast Kingdom Fall Foliage Festival 201 Galway 198 Día de las Velitas 248 Nyepi 65 Gambia 264 Diwali 231 Oktoberfest 202 Geneva 252 Edinburgh Festival 169 Oppikoppi 163 George Town 231 Elephant Round-Up 236 Oruro Carnaval 41 Germany 60, 93, 202, 258 Elvis Week 168 Pirate Festival 231 Gloucestershire 110 Fashion Week 185 Plymouth-Banjul Rally 264 Glover’s Reef 38 Feria de Abril 86 Procession de San Lázaro 255 Gombe Stream 86 Feria del Caballo 101 Pushkar Camel Fair 241 Gonder 21 Festa del Redentore 148 Rallye Monte-Carlo 27 Grand Canyon 191 Festival du Vent 217 Regata Storica 185 Greece 150, 173, 197 Fête du Citron 49 Riding of the Marches 129 Greenland 140 Fete Gede 226 Rose Festival 98 Guatemala 253 Fiesta de San Fermin (Running of the Bulls) Sahara Festival 260 Gujarat 167 141 Saidai-ji Eyō (Naked Festival) 44 Gulf of Carpentaria 213 Fiesta de Santa Marta de Ribarteme 156 Salzburger Festspiele 167 Gulf of Corcovado 57 Fiesta de Santo Tomás 253 Sardine Run 113 Galway Oyster Festival 198 Semana Santa 76 Gion Matsuri 147 H Snake Festival 97 Haiti 226 Glastonbury Music Festival 135 South by Southwest 59 Haro 135 Guy Fawkes Night 228 Spartathlon 197 Haute Route 78 Halloween 223 St Patrick’s Day 61 Hawaii 48, 164, 171 hanami (blossom festivals) 68 Starkbierzeit 60 Hay-on-Wye 108 Hay Festival 28, 108 Tamaki Makaurau 52 Hebrides 215 Heiva 150 Thaipusam 33 Hermanus 195 Holi 54 Thanksgiving 241 Hokkaido 22, 57, 193 Hogmanay 265 Three Great Float Festivals of Japan 247 Hong Kong 231 Holy Week 76 Timkat 21 Honshu 247, 257 Icelandic Language Day 235 Tour d’Afrique 15 Hungary 213 Ice & Snow Festival 30 Tour de France 145 Iditarod 56 Turnip Festival 233 Il Palio 168 Umhlanga (Reed Dance) 183 I Independence Day 139 Up-Helly-Aa 27 Ibiza 191 Inti Raymi 132 Valentine’s Day 39 Iceland 162, 235 Jazz Fest 90 Venice Biennale 100 Iguazú Falls 250 Jazz & Heritage Festival 90 Venice Carnevale 40 India 14, 34, 119, 155, 160, 167, 231, 234, 236, 241, 248 Jidai Matsuri 217 Voodoo Festival 15 Indonesia 65, 97, 105, 122 Junkanoo 8-9 Waffle Day 67 Innsbruck 138 Kaapse Klopse 10 Waisek 97 Iran 19, 124 Klausjagen 247 Walpurgisnacht 93 Ireland 61, 127, 155, 171, 198, 205 La Diablada 227 Welcome Whale Wave Walk 195 Isla del Coco 166 La Pourcailhade 165 White Nights 126 Isle of Man 155 La Tomatina 176 Woodford Folk Festival 264 Israel 58 Lajkonik 124 World Bog Snorkelling Championships 179 Las Fallas 64 Italy 39, 40, 78, 97, 100, 104, 127, 130, 148, World Marble Championships 75 168, 182, 185 Les Festes de la Mercè 196 World Toilet Day 236 l’Escalade 252 Yamayaki 26 London Marathon 91 Fiji 209 J Maslenitsa 42 Finland 139, 189, 261 Japan 22, 26, 44, 57, 68, 80, 118, 147, 193, 217, 247, 257 MassKara 213 Florida 232 Java 97 Matchmaking Festival 205 Fontainbleau 255 Jellyfish Lake 19 May Day 94 France 49, 78, 105, 140, 145, 154, 165, 185, Mawazine 119 195, 217, 255 Jinja 254 Melbourne Cup 227 French Riviera 49, 105 John O’Groats 134 Melbourne International Comedy Festival 70 Friendship Highway 88 Jordan 83, 107 Mevlâna Festival 252 Moab Ho-Down Bike Festival 221 G K Midnight Mass 260 Gabon 133 Kamchatka Peninsula 136 Mwaka Kogwa 150 Galápagos Islands 69 Kauai 171

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Kazakhstan 112 Annapurnas 208 Kaziranga National Park 234 Kenya 131, 216, 262 Cotopaxi 259 Keoladeo Ghana National Park 14 Keukenhof 89 Croagh Patrick 155 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 41 Krakow 124 El Capitan’s Nose 70 Komodo National Park 105 Küssnacht 247 French Alps 145 Kruger National Park 103 Kyoto 147, 217 Harz Mountains 93 Loango National Park 133 Kyrgyzstan 175 Huá Shān 153 Madidi National Park 182 Fansipan 67 Mashatu Game Reserve 105 L Karakoram Mountains 146 Moremi Game Reserve 191 Ladakh 34, 155 Kopra Ridge 208 Mujib Nature Reserve 83 Lago de Maracaibo 240 Mt Damavand 124 Ningaloo Marine Park 66 Laguna Colorado 19 Mt Elbrus 135 Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park 247 Lake Mälaren 36 Mt Everest 114, 200 Paklenica National Park 91 Lake Titicaca 227 Mt Kailash 188 Sinharaja National Park 74 Lake Zürich 233 Mt Kilimanjaro 44 Soberanía National Park 259 Land’s End 134 Mt Olympus 173 Soomaa National Park 77 Lapland 189, 261 Mt Wakakusa-yama 26 South Luangwa National Park 99 Lebanon 252 Roraima 27 Sunderbans Tiger Reserve 248 Lefkada 150 Rwenzori Mountains 52 Tallgrass Prairie Preserve 102 Lesotho 200 Serengeti National Park 33 Walrus Islands Sanctuary 127 Lima 221 Simien Mountains 238 Wild Ass Wildlife Sanctuary 167 Lisbon 124 Svolværgeita 133 Wolong Nature Reserve 83 Lobamba 183 Tian Shan Range 175 Wrangel Island Reserve 157 Lofoten Islands 133 Tombstone Range 177 Yala National Park 50-51 London 91, 185 Mozambique 130 Yellowstone National Park 29 Luzon 196 Munich 60, 202 Yosemite National Park 70, 123 Nepal 82, 88, 114, 200, 208 Netherlands 89 M N Namibia 121 Nevada 176 Madagascar 173 New Caledonia 215 Malaysia 33, 53, 195 Nassau 8 national parks, reserves & sanctuaries New Delhi 236 Maldives 185 New Mexico 205 Mali 23 Abernethy Forest 80 Addo Elephant National Park 67 New Orleans 90 Manitoba 108, 220 New York City 185, 223, 241 Masai Mara 216 Aksu-Dzhabagly Nature Reserve 112 Amboseli National Park 262 New Zealand 28, 48, 52, 57, 91, 229 Matura Beach 58 Newfoundland 140 Maui 164 Año Nuevo State Reserve 255 Arthur’s Pass National Park 28 Ngorongoro 210 Mauritius 236 Norfolk Island 121 Melbourne 70, 227 Bialowieza National Park 83 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 25 North Korea 77 Memphis 168 Norway 133, 189, 246 Mendoza 38 Canaima National Park 27, 186 Catatumbo National Park 240 Nunavut 149 Menton 49 Nuremberg 258 Mexico 43, 54-55, 65, 178, 224, 230 Chang Tang Nature Reserve 210 Miami 20 Chobe National Park 180 Micronesia 19, 259 Community Baboon Sanctuary 114 O Milan 185 Corbett National Park 119 Oahu 48 Moab 221 Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Oaxaca 178, 224 Park 46 Monaco 27 Okayama 44 Daisetsuzan National Park 193 Mongolia 145 Oklahoma 102 Dolomites, the 182 Monte Carlo 27 Ölüdeniz 217 Durmitor National Park 106 Montenegro 106 Oruro 41 El Rosario Butterfly Sanctuary 43 Monterey Bay 75 Ouidah 15 Eungella National Park 38 Montserrat 60 Oxford 94 Everglades National Park 232 Morocco 98, 119 Fauna Silvestre Ostional Refuge 206 Moscow 42 Gunung Mulu National Park 195 P mountains & peaks Pakistan 146 Iguazú National Park 250 100 Mountains 118 Palau 19 Jigokudani Monkey Park 257 Aconcagua 38 Pamplona 141 Kakadu 222 Adam’s Peak 28 Panama 259 Kasanka National Park 237 Alborz Mountains 19, 124 Pantanal 72 Katmai National Park 142

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Pape’ete 150 Stonehenge 130 Snowman Trek 206 271 Papua New Guinea 156, 168 Suicide Gorge 229 South West Coast Path 86 Paria Canyon 79 Sussex 75, 228 Torres del Paine 244 Paris 154, 185 Swaziland 183 Wadi Mujib 83 Pasto 12 Sweden 36, 67, 189 West Coast Trail 125 Patagonia 16-17, 244 Switzerland 11, 78, 233, 247, 252 Washington 243 Pemberton 80 West Virginia 188, 214 Pembrokeshire 167 wildlife-watching Pentecost Island 87 T bats 160, 195, 237 Peru 109, 132, 221 Tahiti 150 bears 142-143, 220 Philippines 20, 44, 196, 213 Tanzania 33, 44, 86, 131, 150, 210 bison 83, 102 Pisa 127 Tennessee 168 buffalo 216 Poland 83, 124 Texas 59, 160 butterflies 43 Poor Knights 91 Thailand 81, 236, 243 camels 20, 241, 260 Port-au-Prince 226 Tibet 89, 188, 210 cheetahs 33 Portugal 124 Tiger Leaping Gorge 96 chimpanzees 86 Powys 108, 179 Tonga 170 deer 215 Pyongyang 77 Tornado Alley 108 dugongs 188 Trinidad 58 elephants 50, 180, 236 Turkey 20, 92, 116, 217, 252 giraffes 99 Q gorillas 25, 247 Québec 34 Tuscany 168 Tysfjord 246 hippopotamuses 133 Komodo dragons 105 R leopards 50, 97 Rabat 119 U marine life 66, 113, 173, 229 Rajasthan 14, 241 Uganda 25, 52, 254 meerkats 67 Réunion 115 Ulaanbaatar 145 migrations 113, 131, 179, 195, 246 Reykjavík 235 Umbria 39, 104 monkeys 114, 257 rivers USA 29, 48, 56, 59, 70, 75, 79, 84, 90, 102, 108, otters 75 Caves Branch River 52 123, 127, 139, 142, 151, 160, 164, 168, 171, pandas 83 Colorado River 191 176, 185, 188, 191, 201, 205, 214, 221, 223, platypuses 38 Franklin River 263 232, 241, 243, 255 rhinoceroses 234 Gauley River 188 Utah 79, 221 safaris 41, 103, 105, 119, 210 Nile River 37, 254 seals 255 Pagsanjan River 196 V sharks 44, 145, 155, 166, 185, 259 Río Catatumbo 240 Valdés Peninsula 70 snakes 108 Soča River 120 Valencia 64, 176 squirrels 80 Tara River 106 Vancouver Island 11, 125 Tasmanian devils 46 Zambezi River 243 Vanuatu 87 tigers 119, 248 Zanskar River 34 Vatican City 260 turtles 53, 58, 206 Russia 42, 126, 135, 136, 157, 189 Venezuela 27, 102, 186, 240 warthogs 262 whales 32, 57, 70, 140, 149, 170, 172, Venice 40, 100, 148, 185 195, 246 S Vermont 201 wild dogs 191 Salzburg 167 Verona 130 wildebeest 131 Scotland 27, 80, 129, 169, 184, 215, 265 Victoria Falls 243 wolves 29 Selçuk 20 Vienna 18 Woodford 264 Selkirk 129 Vietnam 67, 207 Seville 76, 86 Shetland Islands 27 Y W Yap 259 Shikoku 80 Wadi Rum 107 Yasawa Islands 209 Sinai Peninsula 235 Wales 108, 167, 179, 190 Yucatán 65, 230 Slovenia 120 walking trails Somerset 135 88 Temple Circuit 80 Sonkajärvi 139 Camino de Santiago 112 Z South Africa 10, 15, 41, 67, 71, 103, 113, 145, Hoerikwaggo Trail 219 Zambia 99, 237, 243 163, 195, 219, 229 Inca Trail 109 Zanzibar 150 South Georgia 242 Israel National Trail 58 Spain 64, 76, 86, 112, 121, 135, 141, 156, 176, Kalalau Trail 171 191, 196 Kokoda Track 168 Sri Lanka 28, 50, 74 Larapinta Trail 98 St Moritz 11 Lycian Way 92 St Petersburg 126 Milford Track 57

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