There are 6 ways to get from Alice Springs to Costa Rica by plane, shuttle, taxi, or ferry
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Fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Alice Springs Airport (ASP) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane ASP - SJO
45h 35m$979–3,535Fly to Cobano, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Alice Springs Airport (ASP) to Cobano (ACO)plane ASP - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenasferry
2d 10h$945–3,598Fly to Limón International Airport
- Fly from Alice Springs Airport (ASP) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane ASP - LIO
41h 7m$1,140–4,348Fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Alice Springs Airport (ASP) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane ASP - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
44h 14m$2,702–9,512Fly to Nosara Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Alice Springs Airport (ASP) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane ASP - NOB
- Take a shuttle bus from Nosara to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
2d 9h$1,527–4,642Fly to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Alice Springs Airport (ASP) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane ASP - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
38h 17m$1,258–4,493
Alice Springs Airport (ASP) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Alice Springs to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $950 - $3,600 and takes 45h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Alice Springs to Costa Rica is to fly and taxi which takes 38h 17m and costs $1,200 - $4,500.
The distance between Alice Springs and Costa Rica is 15718 km.
It takes approximately 45h 35m to get from Alice Springs to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 15h 30m behind Alice Springs. It is currently 6:46 AM in Alice Springs and 3:16 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 778+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Alice Springs, NT, Australia and Costa Rica?
Qantas, American Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Alice Springs Airport (ASP) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 3 times a day.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Limón International Airport via Sydney, Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,000
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Limón International Airport via Adelaide, San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,300
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Nosara Airport via Brisbane, San Francisco, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 9h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,100
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Nosara Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,900
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Nosara Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 10h
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,800
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Nosara Airport via Melbourne, Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 10h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,500
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Nosara Airport via Melbourne, Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,000
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Sydney, Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,000
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Adelaide, San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,300
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Cobano via Brisbane, San Francisco, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 16h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Cobano via Brisbane, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–4,100
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Cobano via Melbourne, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Cobano via Melbourne, Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 10h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,400
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Cobano via Brisbane, Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Sydney, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 36m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 6m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,200
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Melbourne, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,400
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Melbourne, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,400
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Liberia International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 53m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,400–11,000
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Liberia International Airport via Melbourne, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,600–12,000
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Limón International Airport via Sydney, Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,000
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Limón International Airport via Adelaide, San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,300
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Nosara Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,900
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Nosara Airport via Melbourne, Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 10h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,500
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Sydney, Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,000
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Adelaide, San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,300
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Cobano via Brisbane, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–4,100
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Cobano via Melbourne, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Cobano via Melbourne, Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 10h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,400
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,200
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Melbourne, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,400
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Liberia International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 53m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,400–11,000
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Liberia International Airport via Melbourne, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,600–12,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Sydney, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Liberia International Airport via Melbourne, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 4m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $2,600–10,000
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Nosara Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 8h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,000
Flights from Alice Springs Airport to Cobano via Brisbane, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Nosara to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $397
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +506 6061 5674 / 2645 7272
- jorge27fm@gmail.com
- Website
- shuttlesmonteverde.com
Shuttle from Nosara to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $190
- Schedules at
- shuttlesmonteverde.com
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- info@navieratambor.com
- Website
- navieratambor.com
Ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–25
- Schedules at
- navieratambor.com
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $2
- Moto
- $8
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $25
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