UACCM Announces 2017 International Travel Opportunity

Students and community members interested in an affordable and safe international travel experience are invited to register for UACCM’s Galapagos Island Adventure scheduled May 25 – June 4, 2017.

Information meetings for this trip will be held on Thursday, October 22nd at both noon and 6:30 p.m. and on Friday, October 23rd at 11:00 a.m. All meetings will be held in the Kirk Building in room 122. Students and community members are invited to attend.

 The current price, which reflects a promotional $200 discount that expires October 31, 2015, includes round-trip airfare, all transportation, sightseeing tours and site visits, all hotels with private bathroom, breakfast and dinner daily, and a full-time multi-lingual tour director. Excursions include a visit to Lava Cave and the Sierra Negra Volcano, snorkeling and touring the wetlands and visiting the giant tortoises at Las Tintoreras. Islands that will be visited include San Cristobal, Isabella, and Santa Cruz.

 For more information about this trip visit www.explorica.com/Caig-3830 or contact Karen Caig at 501.977.2075 or caigk@uaccm.edu

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