If you send us your airport pick-up confirmation [insert link to form] at least two weeks before the start of your program we will be happy to make airport transportation reservations for you. You can either travel to Santa Cruz with the airport shuttle van with other passengers or by private car service. For detailed rates and instructions, please contact us at cruzip@ucsc-extension.edu

There are a number of companies which provide transportation from the airport. This listing is intended as a starting point, but is not an endorsement or complete listing of these businesses:

Yes. We travel throughout Northern California and charge a reasonable travel fee to locations outside of The Bay Area. There is no travel fee for receptions held in The Bay Area. Most per-meal charges are excessive; please do not feel compelled to include the DJ in the meal count, many times the DJ's can "fend for themselves". You may wish to ask your caterer if "vendor meals" are provided.

Santa Cruz Island is located off the coast of southern California in the Channel Islands National Park. It is 19 miles from Ventura and 25 miles from Santa Barbara. At 96 square miles, it is the largest of the eight Channel Islands, as well as the most biologically diverse. The island supports 60 species found only in the Channel Islands. Twelve of those species-four animals and eight plants-exist only on Santa Cruz Island and nowhere else on Earth.

Our lovely city is located approximately 120 kilometers south of San Francisco, 72 kilometers from Monterey and Carmel and 44 kilometers from San Jose and the Silicon Valley.

UCSC is located approximately 40 miles south from San Jose International Airport and about 70 miles south of San Francisco International Airport. All services listed below connect with university buses. A number of companies provide transportation from the airport. This listing is a starting point and is neither an endorsement of these businesses nor a complete listing of services in the area:

Yes. We travel throughout California and charge a reasonable travel fee to locations outside of the Bay Area. There is no travel fee for events held in the Bay Area.

We suggest you contact your local animal shelter, veterinarian or hospitals for recommendations of local organizations that do pet visitations. You can also investigate Delta Society or any of the other resources we've compiled.

Until recently, feral pigs posed the biggest threat to Santa Cruz Island. Brought to the island as domestic farm animals in the 1800s, the pigs rooted up vegetation and disturbed the soil, which lead to the destruction of ancient Chumash archaeological sites, caused widespread erosion and facilitated the spread of invasive weeds. Their presence on the island also enabled golden eagles from the mainland to colonize Santa Cruz Island in the 1990s.

The island fox is a descendant of the much larger mainland gray fox. The first foxes probably found their island home approximately 18,000 years ago by floating from the mainland on debris after a storm. The land mass where they landed-called Santarosae, about five to seven miles off the coast - consisted of what we now call Anacapa, San Miguel, Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz Islands.

The Nature Conservancy contracted with a highly skilled, professional hunting firm to eradicate the feral pigs from Santa Cruz Island. The firm specializes in island eradications and has successfully removed destructive, non-native species from the Great Barrier Reef Island off New Zealand, and Lord Howe Island off Australia. The firm has also been consulted on eradication efforts to preserve the rare, biological diversity of the Galapagos Islands off South America.

For public safety and liability reasons, The Nature Conservancy is limiting public access to its property through June 2007. Landing permits will continue to be issued, and boaters may continue to anchor offshore at all anchorages and explore the island's magnificent sea caves, beaches and coastal areas. However, hiking 50 feet inland-past the mean high water mark-will not be permitted to ensure public safety.

Bald eagles disappeared from the Channel Islands by 1960, when high concentrations of DDT in their ocean-based food supply rendered their eggs too thin to hatch. The National Park Service launched a five-year program to re-establish bald eagles in the northern Channel Islands in 2002.

Most students walk to classes. It is often the fastest and the most direct method â?" and itâ??s beautiful too! Youâ??ll find that many of your routes will leave you feeling like you are hiking in the forest. UCSC also has a great shuttle system â?" with weekday and weekend routes throughout the campus. Night shuttles and special shuttles to the Long Marine Laboratory and the local supermarket are available.

I was at San Luis Obispo last weekend. I was surprised to see the church laid out in a V with the sanctuary sorta angled to face both wings. Later, looking at pictures in the Sunset book and on various websites, I can see that it is totally different. The whole sanctuary is different, the crucifix is moved, the reredo doesn't have the all-seeing eye, and so on.

Send a check for $12.50 (includes priority mail postage within the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii), $15.50 (Canada), or $30.00 (all other international destinations) payable to UC Regents to:

Yes! We will arrange dormitory or homestay accommodation for you if you include a $235 housing placement fee and the housing application form with your ELI application form. Please note that this fee is not refundable if you change your mind about studying in the ELI program.

Santa Cruz, capital of the island, is a mixture of tradition and modern times. It has become one of the most important capital cities in Spain, because of its beauty, tradition, culture, economy and, of course, its quality of life.

No. You will be centrally located in Santa Cruz. You’ll live across from the beach and a 10 minute walk to the downtown with it’s movie theaters, coffee shops, grocery stores, and laundry facilities.

Passport, JI Visa Work Permit, bath towels, sunglasses, hat, a warm jacket, sweater, long pants, sweatpants, shorts, T-shirts, swim suit, sunscreen lotion, sandals and a camera to record your visit. You will also need solid colored tennis or sport shoes and white, blue or black crew socks to wear while you are working. Uniforms will be provided by the company.

There are no services on the islands. This means you need to bring your own food and beverages. There are picnic benches and pit-toilets. Paddle Sports has a lock-box that you can safely leave you gear in while we are kayaking. There are also several short hikes that are perfect for after we are done kayaking.

Yes! Students at the advanced level may enroll in UCSC courses for credit on a space available basis and with permission from the course professor and the ELI Academic Coordinator. Students may also choose to audit a class for no credit.

Most major California banks have branches in Santa Cruz. Check with your local office for branch information. Bay Federal Credit Union (831) 479-6000 and Wells Fargo (831) 476-6101 have on-campus automatic teller machines at the Bay Tree Bookstore. The University Cashier's Office (located in the central campus area at Hahn Student Services) will cash checks up to $25.00 with a valid student I.D. for a 25¢ service charge.

Depending on your itinerary, the transfer can be as short as a few minutes or as long as 2 or more hours. It may seem unwise to have such a bus ride following an international overnight flight, but remember: your hotel room will not be ready until late afternoon. So even if you stay in the same city for the first night, you will tour the area for about five or six hours before arriving at the hotel. Back to top

Yes, but it can take a couple of hours. However it will cost only around 4,50 euros (per person). There is a special bus from the airport into the centre of Palma and then you need the direct bus to Santa Ponsa. There are other buses but they travel into Palma Nova and Magalluf and therefore take longer.

The Nature Conservancy, the National Park Service and several public and private partners are engaged in a science-based program to recover the island fox and restore Santa Cruz Island's native habitat.