There are 7 ways to get from Balikpapan to Costa Rica by taxi, plane, ferry, or shuttle
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Taxi to Senipah, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Take the taxi from Balikpapan to Senipah (SZH)taxi
- Fly from Senipah (SZH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane SZH - SJO
2d$394–2,629Fly Sepinggan International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Fly from Sepinggan International Airport (BPN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BPN - SJO
40h 9m$755–2,807Taxi to Senipah, fly to Limón International Airport
- Take the taxi from Balikpapan to Senipah (SZH)taxi
- Fly from Senipah (SZH) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane SZH - LIO
2d 7h$465–3,042Taxi to Senipah, fly to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Take the taxi from Balikpapan to Senipah (SZH)taxi
- Fly from Senipah (SZH) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane SZH - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
2d 3h$583–3,187Taxi to Senipah, fly to Cobano, ferry
- Take the taxi from Balikpapan to Senipah (SZH)taxi
- Fly from Senipah (SZH) to Cobano (ACO)plane SZH - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenasferry
2d 6h$400–2,792Taxi to Senipah, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the taxi from Balikpapan to Senipah (SZH)taxi
- Fly from Senipah (SZH) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane SZH - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
2d 4h$1,247–7,506Fly Sepinggan International Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Sepinggan International Airport (BPN) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane BPN - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
43h 41m$2,278–4,684
Senipah (SZH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Balikpapan to Costa Rica is to taxi and fly which costs $390 - $2,700 and takes 2 days 0h.
The fastest way to get from Balikpapan to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 40h 9m and costs $750 - $2,900.
The distance between Balikpapan and Costa Rica is 17525 km.
It takes approximately 2 days 0h to get from Balikpapan to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 14h behind Balikpapan. It is currently 1:41 PM in Balikpapan and 11:41 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 776+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Balikpapan, Indonesia and Costa Rica?
Royal Brunei Airlines, Aeroméxico, and five other airlines fly from Sepinggan International Airport (BPN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) once daily.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Senipah to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Changsha, Osaka Kansai, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from Sepinggan International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bandar Seri Begawan, Tokyo Narita, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Sepinggan International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Ngurah Rai, Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 29m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
Flights from Sepinggan International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Ngurah Rai, Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 47m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $2,300–9,000
Flights from Sepinggan International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Bandar Seri Begawan, Tokyo Narita, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–4,200
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Senipah to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Changsha, Osaka Kansai, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from Senipah to Liberia International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–7,000
Flights from Sepinggan International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Bandar Seri Begawan, Tokyo Narita, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–4,200
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Senipah to Limón International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $430–3,000
Flights from Senipah to Quepos La Managua Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $430–3,000
Flights from Senipah to Cobano via Guangzhou Baiyun, Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 9h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–2,600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Senipah to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–2,600
Flights from Sepinggan International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bandar Seri Begawan, Tokyo Narita, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Senipah to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Los Angeles, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–2,600
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Sepinggan International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bandar Seri Begawan, Tokyo Narita, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Senipah to Limón International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $430–3,000
Flights from Senipah to Quepos La Managua Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $430–3,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Senipah to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–2,600
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Senipah to Cobano via Guangzhou Baiyun, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–2,600
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Senipah to Liberia International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–7,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Senipah to Liberia International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–7,000
- 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 Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.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
- $1–25
- Schedules at
- navieratambor.com
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $1
- Moto
- $8
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $25
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Estimated price
- $22–160
Mawar
- Phone
- +62 542 874545
Grab Taxi
- Website
- grab.com
Globalindo
- Phone
- +62 542 735050
Mawar
- Phone
- +62 542 874545
Grab Taxi
- Website
- grab.com
Globalindo
- Phone
- +62 542 735050
Mawar
- Phone
- +62 542 874545
Grab Taxi
- Website
- grab.com
Globalindo
- Phone
- +62 542 735050
Taxi Quepos
- Phone
- +506 8501 0497
- Website
- quepostaxi.com
Mawar
- Phone
- +62 542 874545
Grab Taxi
- Website
- grab.com
Globalindo
- Phone
- +62 542 735050
Mawar
- Phone
- +62 542 874545
Grab Taxi
- Website
- grab.com
Globalindo
- Phone
- +62 542 735050
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