Breakdown of Costs: SALUD (for intermediate and advanced language students)
$150 Registration Fee, due upon registration. Please begin the passport application process now if you don’t have one already.
$3175 SALUD Fees (excursion package). These include:
Total: $3,325*
*This does not include airfare to and from Quito, required travel medical insurance, or the cost of obtaining or renewing a passport.
**If you are interested in participating in the SALUD program without the excursions and cultural activities, please contact us for a price quote.
$3175 SALUD Fees (excursion package). These include:
- Activities in Quito on arrival (Otavalo, Equator, City Tour, lunch both days)
- Two nights hotel in Quito with breakfast, double or triple accommodation
- Transportation by plane from Quito to Cuenca (round trip)
- Three-week of intensive Mini Group language classes
- Three weeks of daily Medical vocabulary classes
- Accompanied visits to private and public hospitals and health facilities
- One week of doctor shadowing at a local medical facility
- Seminars about the Ecuadorian medical system
- Three weeks accommodation with 3 meals per day
- Cultural activities: films, dance classes, and cooking classes
- Museum visit with tickets and guide
- Excursion to Ingapirca National Park. lunch included.
- Visit to an indigenous community, lunch included.
- Excursion to El Cajas National Park, lunch included.
- Free access to Estudio Sampere WiFi Internet.
- Farewell dinner with live Andean music and dance
- Return flight to Quito, with accommodation in Hotel, breakfast and transfers in and out.
- Quito Teleférico with lunch.
Total: $3,325*
*This does not include airfare to and from Quito, required travel medical insurance, or the cost of obtaining or renewing a passport.
**If you are interested in participating in the SALUD program without the excursions and cultural activities, please contact us for a price quote.
Payment Plan
$150 non-refundable fee due upon registration
Payment schedule:
$150 due upon registration
$475 due by 01/31/23
$675 due by 02/28/23
$675 due by 03/31/23
$675 due by 04/28/23
$675 due by 05/31/23
Balance must be paid in full by May 31. Payment in advance of the deadline is encouraged.
Payment methods:
1. Personal check, made payable to SANAS or South America North America Studies. Contact us for the mailing address.
2. Venmo made payable to @SANASCuenca.
We are no longer accepting PayPal.
Payment schedule:
$150 due upon registration
$475 due by 01/31/23
$675 due by 02/28/23
$675 due by 03/31/23
$675 due by 04/28/23
$675 due by 05/31/23
Balance must be paid in full by May 31. Payment in advance of the deadline is encouraged.
Payment methods:
1. Personal check, made payable to SANAS or South America North America Studies. Contact us for the mailing address.
2. Venmo made payable to @SANASCuenca.
We are no longer accepting PayPal.
