Dear Colleagues,
Upon demand, the Global Awareness Institute (GAI) hosts summer Professional
Development Seminars in the Amazon. I would like to invite you to take advantage of this
unique faculty/professional development opportunity. The title of the program is Medicinal
Plants and Cultures of the Amazon. The program combines seminars with the world’s
leading scientists and practitioners in the field of tropical medicinal plants and natural
medicine with a 320-mile boat excursion on the Amazon.The river excursion includes visits to
three indigenous tribes and to the gallery and home of world-renowned artist, Francisco
Grippa.
You will lodge at the GAI Selva jungle reserve outside Iquitos, Peru, travelling daily by
motorized canoe for seminars and other activities in the city.
The cost of the Professional Development Seminar in the Amazon is $2,500. Included
are round trip flights Lima-Iquitos, lodging on the GAI reserve, breakfast and evening meals
at the reserve, scheduled excursions, tuition for seminars, and round trip boat fare from
Iquitos to Pevas. Not included are out-of-pocket expenses, meals while off the reserve, and
unscheduled or optional excursions.
An optional one-week guided tour of Cuzco/Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley of the Incas
is available for an additional fee. Included in this tour are round trip air Lima-Cuzco, all
lodging, all ground transportation, entrance to Machu-Picchu ruins, and a personal guide
24/7.
There is no application fee, but a non-refundable deposit of $500 is due by February 15.
Additional payments of $1,000 each are due on March 15 and April 15.
For more information about the program, please click on Study Abroad Programs, and
explore. The program itinerary is attached below.
Of course, you can contact me at any time.
For the planet,
Barbara Brodman, Ph.D.
President, Global Awareness Institute (GAI)
gai.global@yahoo.com
Professional Development Program Itinerary