For many years, the only known synchronous fireflies in the world were found in Malaysia
. It was only in the early 1990's that one of the residents of the Elkmont community noticed the evening show, which you can see only about two weeks of the year. She convinced a professor at Georgia Southern University to come take a look, and the existence of the rare fireflies was finally documented in 1994. You'll have to travel a long way to see the other synchronous firefly colonies - they exist along the rivers in Kampong Kuantan, Malaysia. No one knows why two colonies of Photinus Carolinus exist on opposite sides of the earth. All I know is that in either location, you are in for a wondrous sight!