Hi Sashkow,
I think the answer is pretty easy: Go along the Nile via Dongola and take time! There is a lot to be seen on the way, the villages along the river (though the new road passes outside the palm areas), the temple of Soleb, the mud-brick temple in Kerma, Old Dongola. There is a ferry passing from the Western side of the Nile to Old Dongola on the Eastern side (leave the main highway at km 374 to the left). From Old Dongola a new tarmac road passes all the way to Karima on the Northern bank of the Nile (you might want to stop to visit the two tombs at Kurru (turn right at km 15 before Karima).
If your question meant whether to go from Dongola straight via the short cut to Karima or follow the Nile via Old Dongola, I would still opt for the latter.
Greetings from Sudan
Achim
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