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CUBA FIELD TRIP 2024-2025 : Tropical Expedition - DEPOSIT

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£600.00

Description

Deposit of £600.00 for the Field Trip to Cuba due by 9 am Monday 28th October 2024. Trip dates are likely to be sometime between 21st March and 23rd April.

 

Detailed Description

An expedition to Cuba.  A life-changing opportunity to work with internationally recognised experts from the University of Havana.  Help them with their research and learn the techniques used in the tropics to study some remarkable plants and animals.  Many of these species are endemic to Cuba and found nowhere else in world.

 

The total cost of the expedition for this year will be £2300.  This includes cost of your visa, food, all transport from UWE, travel insurance, accommodation, hire of dive equipment, tank air and dive master fees.  Additional cost includes your personal wet suit, mask, snorkel & fins, personal first aid kit, personal camping equipment (e.g. sleeping bag, head torch) and the cost of any inoculations.

-       A refundable deposit of £600 should be paid by 9 am Monday 28th October 2024.

-       This will be followed by an interim payment of £850 due in February 2025 and

-       remaining balance of £850 will need to be paid in March 2025 BEFORE we leave.

 

SSI Open Water dive qualifications, or their equivalent, are required for all students.  Additional costs of dive training, if required, is provided at a discounted cost of £500 and will be paid separately through the online store at the start of Term 2.