There are 7 ways to get from Cartago to Nosara by bus, plane, taxi, car, or shuttle
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Bus, fly to Nosara Airport
best- Take the bus from Cartago to Terminal Lumacabus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane SJO - NOB
3h 13m$111–1,001Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Nosarabus San Jose
7h 56m$10–13Bus, taxi
- Take the bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Hojanchabus San Jose
- Take the taxi from Hojancha to Nosarataxi
5h 57m$75–92Drive 254 km
- Drive from Cartago to Nosaracar 254 km
4h 51m$35–50Shuttle
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to NosaraPrivate
5h 23m$336Bus, fly to Tamarindo Airport, shuttle
- Take the bus from Cartago to Terminal Lumacabus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)plane SJO - TNO
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Nosara
4h 44m$368–380Bus via Nicoya
- Take the bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Nicoyabus San Jose
- Take the bus from Nicoya to Nosarabus 548 Nicoya
7h 35m$14–21
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Nosara Airport (NOB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cartago to Nosara is to bus which costs $10 - $14 and takes 7h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Cartago to Nosara is to bus and fly which takes 3h 13m and costs $110 - $1,000.
No, there is no direct bus from Cartago to Nosara. However, there are services departing from Cartago and arriving at Nosara via Terminal Cartago, Central Autobusera Inteligente and Nicoya. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 35m.
The distance between Cartago and Nosara is 200 km. The road distance is 254 km.
The best way to get from Cartago to Nosara without a car is to bus and taxi which takes 5h 57m and costs $75 - $95.
It takes approximately 3h 13m to get from Cartago to Nosara, including transfers.
Cartago to Nosara bus services, operated by Transporte Inteligente de Guanacaste, depart from Central Autobusera Inteligente station.
Cartago to Nosara bus services, operated by Transporte Inteligente de Guanacaste, arrive at Nicoya station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cartago to Nosara is 254 km. It takes approximately 4h 51m to drive from Cartago to Nosara.
There are 309+ hotels available in Nosara.
What companies run services between Cartago, Costa Rica and Nosara, Costa Rica?
Caribe Shuttle operates a shuttle from San José to Nosara on demand. Tickets cost $335 and the journey takes 4h.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Nosara Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–250
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Tamarindo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–280
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Nosara Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–250
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Tamarindo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–280
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Nosara Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–250
- Phone
- +506 4109 9900 / 4404 9950
- servicioalcliente@lumaca.cr
- Website
- lumaca.cr
Bus from Cartago to Terminal Lumaca
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- lumaca.cr
- Phone
- +506 4404 0505
- sac@tiguanacaste.com
- Website
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Hojancha
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Nicoya
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–14
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Nosara
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Phone
- +506 2750 0626
- info@caribeshuttle.com
- Website
- caribeshuttle.com
Shuttle from San José to Nosara
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $335
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Nosara
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $204
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2685 5352
- traroc19@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Nicoya to Nosara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4–5
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Estimated price
- $65–80
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