If you prefer to plan travel around the atmosphere rather than airfare, start here. These are the fixed times in the calendar when cities swell, traditions ignite and landscapes perform – moments worth anchoring a journey around, with a Karma address never far away.
1. Six Nations Championship – Europe (Feb–Mar)
Winter loosens its grip as stadiums from Dublin to Rome thunder with tribal anthems. The Six Nations, already into its second weekend is less tournament, more travelling carnival – pubs overflowing, last-minute tries, cold air lit by floodlights.
2. Rio Carnival – Brazil (Feb–Mar)
Rio doesn’t host Carnival; it becomes it. Sequinned samba schools surge through the Sambadrome in a blur of percussion and sweat-slicked choreography – months of rehearsal detonated in a single incandescent week.
3. Cherry Blossom Season – Japan (March–April)
For a fleeting fortnight, parks and riverbanks dissolve into blush-pink haze. Picnics unfold beneath trembling petals; then, almost overnight, it’s gone. You might want to catch it before it does.
4. Coachella – USA (April)
In the Californian desert, vast stages rise from dust and palm trees. Sunset turns the sky apricot as headline acts and fashion statements compete for attention at the most sought out music festival of all.
5. Wimbledon Championships – UK (June–July)
Immaculate grass, white linen, the soft thud of championship tennis. Precision and pageantry share the same court. Look out for your favourites and show up to cheer them on.
6. Glastonbury Festival – UK (June)
A temporary republic of sound: muddy, mythic, multigenerational. Legends are crowned here. Be part of them this summer.
7. La Tomatina – Spain (August)
One hour. One small Valencian town. Thousands of tomatoes. Joyful, anarchic catharsis under a Mediterranean sun. Time to paint the town red this verano.
8. Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Scotland (August)
The Georgian streets turn theatrical; comedy, polemic and avant-garde experiments spill from basements to grand halls.
9. Oktoberfest – Germany (Sept–Oct)
Munich’s beer tents heave with brass bands and clinking steins. Base yourself at Karma Bavaria to balance the revelry with Alpine lakes and crisp mountain air.
10. Northern Lights – Scandinavia (Sept–March)
Emerald ribbons ripple across polar skies – silent, elusive, worth the vigil. Be the one to witness the magic first hand.
11. Ocean Giants Migration – Maldives / Australia (Seasonal)
From the decks of Karma Fushi, watch the Indian Ocean heave as manta rays and migrating whale sharks glide beneath sapphire water – spectacle without scaffolding.
12. Formula One – Monaco / Singapore / Melbourne (Seasonal)
Engines scream through harbourfronts and night circuits; carbon fibre meets couture. A fight like no other, fast & furious in the real sense for you to experience real time.
13. Sydney New Year’s Eve – Australia (31 December)
Fireworks crown the Harbour Bridge in a blaze of gold. The year ends – and begins – in incandescent light.
