Stand in the shadow of a total solar eclipse
A friend has invited you to do this with them.
For a few minutes the Moon covers the Sun completely, day turns to twilight and the corona, the Sun's outer atmosphere, becomes visible to the naked eye. Totality falls only along a narrow band of the Earth each time, so seeing one usually means travelling to meet it.
ModerateOver £500 / $650A year or moreOutdoorsAlone or with others
How to start
- Open NASA's eclipses pages and find the next total solar eclipse whose track you could travel to.
- Book travel and somewhere to stay inside the band of totality well ahead, with a plan to move if cloud threatens.
- Buy eclipse glasses or a solar filter that meets the safety standard NASA describes, and practise using them beforehand.
Where to go
We opened this link on 7 October 2026 and found it to be what we say. Dates, places and prices are on the official page, where they stay up to date.
Plan this
Pick a day, or a month, and we will set out how to get ready, step by step, with a date and a reason for each. The hard part of a day out is the timing: the right season, tickets and getting there. The plan watches the calendar for you.
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