There are 8 ways to get from Caldera to Arenal Volcano by bus, plane, shuttle, taxi, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Antofagasta Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
best- Take the bus from Caldera to Terminal de Buses Cardenal Carlos Oviedo Cavadabus
- Fly from Antofagasta Airport (ANF) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane ANF - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to La Fortuna
21h 39m$590–1,262Fly Chamonate Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, drive
cheapest- Fly from Chamonate Airport (CPO) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane CPO - XQP
- Drive from Quepos-Airport-XQP to Arenal Volcanocar
21h 29m$260–960Fly Chamonate Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport
- Fly from Chamonate Airport (CPO) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON)plane CPO - FON
21h 49m$280–980Fly Chamonate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Chamonate Airport (CPO) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane CPO - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to La Fortuna
17h 20m$402–1,001Bus to Antofagasta Airport, fly to La Fortuna Arenal Airport
- Take the bus from Caldera to Terminal de Buses Cardenal Carlos Oviedo Cavadabus
- Fly from Antofagasta Airport (ANF) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON)plane ANF - FON
34h 43m$376–1,162Fly Chamonate Airport to Nosara Airport, shuttle, taxi
- Fly from Chamonate Airport (CPO) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane CPO - NOB
- Take a shuttle bus from Nosara to Monteverde
- Take the taxi from Monteverde to Arenal Volcanotaxi
22h 16m$543–1,406Fly Chamonate Airport to Liberia International Airport, bus, shuttle
- Fly from Chamonate Airport (CPO) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane CPO - LIR
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Cañasbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Cañas to La Fortuna
24h 4m$718–2,289Fly Chamonate Airport to Cobano, shuttle, taxi
- Fly from Chamonate Airport (CPO) to Cobano (ACO)plane CPO - ACO
- Take a shuttle bus from Tambor to Monteverde
- Take the taxi from Monteverde to Arenal Volcanotaxi
22h 48m$686–1,339
Antofagasta Airport (ANF) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Caldera to Arenal Volcano is to fly and drive which costs $260 - $1,000 and takes 21h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Caldera to Arenal Volcano is to fly and shuttle which takes 17h 20m and costs $400 - $1,000.
The distance between Caldera and Arenal Volcano is 4623 km.
It takes approximately 21h 39m to get from Caldera to Arenal Volcano, including transfers.
Arenal Volcano is 3h behind Caldera. It is currently 11:17 PM in Caldera and 8:17 PM in Arenal Volcano.
There are 661+ hotels available in Arenal Volcano.
What companies run services between Caldera, Atacama Region, Chile and Arenal Volcano, Provincia de Alajuela, Costa Rica?
LATAM Chile, SANSA, and Copa Airlines fly from Chamonate Airport (CPO) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON) 6 times a week.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Chamonate Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Santiago, Lima, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 29m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Chamonate Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Santiago, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Lima, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Lima, Juan Santamaría International Airport, Roxana
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Santiago, Lima, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 11m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Cali, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Cali, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Nosara Airport via Santiago, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Liberia International Airport via Santiago, Lima, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Liberia International Airport via Santiago, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 9m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Santiago, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 59m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Santiago, Guayaquil, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Cobano via Santiago, Lima, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 3m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Cobano via Santiago, Guayaquil, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 59m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Cobano via Santiago, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 51m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Liberia International Airport via Santiago, Lima, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Liberia International Airport via Santiago, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 29m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Santiago, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 59m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Santiago, Guayaquil, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Cobano via Santiago, Guayaquil, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 59m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Santiago, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cali, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Santiago, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 27m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Nosara Airport via Santiago, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Nosara Airport via Santiago, Guayaquil, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 9m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Cobano via Santiago, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 39m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cali, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Santiago, Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 24m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Santiago, Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 34m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–750
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Chamonate Airport to Liberia International Airport via Santiago, Guayaquil, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 44m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
- Phone
- +56 22 822 7500
- atencion_clientes@turbus.cl
- Website
- turbus.cl
Bus from Caldera to Terminal de Buses Cardenal Carlos Oviedo Cavada
- Semi Cama
- $16–23
- Cama
- $22–30
- Premium
- $60–75
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Alajuela to La Fortuna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Nosara to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $326
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Cañas to La Fortuna
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $156
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tambor to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $300
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.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 2663 1752
- reinadelcamposa@hotmail.com
- Website
- reinadelcampo.com
Bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Cañas
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–5
- Schedules at
- reinadelcampo.com
- Phone
- +506 2222 0610
- info@grupocaribeños.com
Bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Cañas
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Estimated price
- $120–150
Taxi Monteverde Central 7
- Phone
- +506 2645 7777
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Monteverde
- Phone
- +506 2645 7272
- Website
- facebook.com
Jorge's Taxis and Shuttles
- Phone
- +506 6192 3389
Taxi Monteverde Central 7
- Phone
- +506 2645 7777
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Monteverde
- Phone
- +506 2645 7272
- Website
- facebook.com
Jorge's Taxis and Shuttles
- Phone
- +506 6192 3389
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