• A transportation package consisting of international airfare (between Los Angeles and Lima, Peru) and round-trip transfers overseas between the airport and the hotel in Lima excluding mandatory U.S. government and airline-imposed departure taxes, fees and fuel surcharges (estimated at $235) for which students will be billed separately. (Please see Airfare Conditions.)
• Accommodation in twin rooms on a bed and breakfast basis in tourist class hotels in Lima and Cusco.
• Welcome meal in Lima.
• Sightseeing tour in Lima with professional English-speaking guide and  entrances to the Cathedral and the Church of San Francisco
• Round-trip flight Lima-Cusco with airport transfers to hotels.
• Full–day visit to the Sacred Valley of the Incas including visits to Pisac and Ollantaytambo with English-speaking guide.
• Guided overnight excursion to Machu Picchu by train.  Accommodation in twin rooms on a bed and breakfast basis. Full-day mini Inca trek. Box lunch is included. The following morning visit the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu.  Afternoon return to Cusco by train.
• Morning visit to the ruins of the city of Cusco: Sacsahuaman followed by a visit to Tambomachay (the Inca baths).  Onward to Kenko and finally Puca Pucara.  Visits are with an English-speaking guide.
• Farewell dinner in Cusco.
• Final night in Lima.
• $50 non-refundable application fee
• Student medical and program fee refund insurance policies, as outlined in the AIFS insurance brochure. Coverage includes $10,000 accidental medical expense and $10,000 accidental death payment plus 24-hour emergency care assistance during the program and repatriation in cases of verified emergency beyond the students’ control.
• $51,000,000 liability coverage with SOCCCD named as co-insured for the duration of the program
• Accounting / billing services in the U.S
• Pre-departure information services and a toll-free contact number in the U.S.
• Promotional materials
• Advance planning services of the AIFS London program headquarters.

Based on an enrollment of 15 to 19 paying student participants with 1 faculty member, for the services specified above, the fee per person is $2,895

Should SOCCCD wish to run this program with an enrollment below 15 paying student participants it would be necessary to either add a supplement to the fee above or to remove some components from the program. AIFS would discuss these options with SOCCCD.

This fee excludes a $125 refundable damage deposit, passport or visa fees if applicable, meals other than those indicated on the itinerary, personal expenses, any SOCCCD  tuition or administrative fees, textbooks, additional fieldtrips or excursions required by the SOCCCD faculty and anything not specified.

These fees are guaranteed not to change as a result of fluctuations in the $ exchange rate. AIFS will charge a $35 returned check fee on each check returned by the bank for insufficient funds.

Professor, Carmenmara Hernandez-Bravo

Director of Study Abroad Programs for over 20 years

B.A., U.C.I. in Spanish, Magna Cum Laude
M.A., U.C.I. in Spanish
Ph.D. candidate, U.C.I.