The Karma Karnak is Karma Group’s first floating property in Egypt, a four-deck river vessel carrying 56 air-conditioned cabins. Every cabin has an en-suite bathroom and a large picture window facing the Nile, so the riverbank slides past while you are still in bed. Cabins come as Doubles and Twins, with Suites sleeping three. The top deck holds a swimming pool ringed with loungers and parasols alongside a shaded sun deck, the middle deck holds the restaurant, and there is a bar, a lounge and an entertainment lounge for the evenings.

The route runs seven nights out of Luxor, four of them sailing south to Aswan by way of Edfu and Kom Ombo, then three more back down the river to Luxor. The river route puts you within reach of the Valley of the Kings, Karnak and Luxor Temples, the Temple of Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon, the Temple of Horus at Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philae and the Aswan High Dam, each available as a shore excursion. On board, the kitchen draws on Mediterranean, North African and Middle Eastern cooking, and evenings run to cocktail parties, Jalabiya nights, Nubian performances and belly dancing.