Here is a great calendar for planning your trip at just the right time!
JANUARY
- Tanzania: Peak migration in southern Serengeti
- Galapagos: Green sea turtles begin egg laying
FEBRUARY
- Tanzania: Sauti za Busara Swahili Music and Cultural Festival in Zanzibar
- Peru: Inca Trail closed for cleanup
- Peru: Carnaval (Festival)
- Ecuador: Carnaval (Festival)
MARCH
- Bhutan: Paro Tshechu (Festival)
- Tibet: Butter Lamp Festival
- Peru: Inca Trail permits sell out for July and August
APRIL
- Tanzania: Low season discounts
- Peru: Semanta Santa (Holy Week) Celebrations
- Galapagos: Massive arrival of waved albatrosses to Española Island with amazing courtship, green sea turtles begin to hatch
MAY
- Tibet/Nepal: Peak season for Everest Base Camp
JUNE
- Peru: Inti Raymi Festival
- Tibet: Saka Dawa Festival
- Elbrus: Climbing season begins (June-September)
- Ecuador: Cotopaxi summer climbing season begins (June-August)
JULY
- Tanzania: Peak migration in western Serengeti
- Ecuador: Founding of Guayaquil Celebration
- Galapagos: Whales and dolphins can be seen
AUGUST
- Peru: Santa Rosa de Lima Celebration
SEPTEMBER
- Tibet: Shoton (Yogurt) Festival
- Ecuador: Fiesta del Yamor and Colla Raymi
OCTOBER
- Kenya: Peak migration in Masai Mara
- Bhutan: Thimphu Tshechu (Festival)
NOVEMBER
- Aconcagua: Climbing season begins (November-February)
- Bhutan: Black-necked cranes arrival and festival
- Ecuador: Cotopaxi winter climbing season begins (November-February)
DECEMBER
- Peru: Chocolatada Festival in Cusco (hot chocolate and gifts to city needy and rural villagers)
- Ecuador: Founding of Quito Celebration
- Galapagos: Giant tortoises begin to hatch