Three hours. It holds around 120,000 artefacts and the complete Tutankhamun collection, so we build the day around it rather than fitting it in.

Yes, at a local restaurant between the museum and Giza. Drinks are not.

03:00 from Hurghada, and earlier from Safaga and Soma Bay. It is a five-hour drive each way and the plateau closes in the late afternoon, so the early start is what makes the day possible.

Not on this one. Dahshur is 40 minutes past Saqqara, and adding it to a road day means cutting the museum to about 90 minutes. Take the two-day version or a private day tour instead.

Flying replaces ten hours of road with two and buys you a third sight. It roughly doubles the price. If the drive worries you more than the cost, fly.

No — this is a shared departure running a fixed programme, and the group moves together. That is what keeps it at this price. Our private Cairo day tours reorder, add and skip freely.