There are 6 ways to get from Costa Rica to Arusha by plane, taxi, shuttle, or ferry
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Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport, taxi
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)plane SJO - JRO
- Take the taxi from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Arushataxi
32h 1m$618–2,223Fly Limón International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport, taxi
cheapest- Fly from Limón International Airport (LIO) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)plane LIO - JRO
- Take the taxi from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Arushataxi
34h 48m$527–1,933Taxi to Quepos La Managua Airport, fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport, taxi
- Take the taxi from San Isidro to Quepos-Airport-XQPtaxi
- Fly from Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)plane XQP - JRO
- Take the taxi from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Arushataxi
35h 14m$689–2,165Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Nairobi, shuttle
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Nairobi (NBO)plane SJO - NBO
- Take a shuttle bus from Nairobi JKIA to Arusha
33h 23m$773–1,352Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Arusha
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Arusha (ARK)plane SJO - ARK
29h 40m$654–2,507Ferry to Cobano, fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport, taxi
- Take the ferry from Puntarenas to Paqueraferry
- Fly from Cobano (ACO) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)plane ACO - JRO
- Take the taxi from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Arushataxi
39h 37m$634–2,384
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Arusha is to fly and shuttle which costs $750 - $1,400 and takes 33h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Arusha is to fly which takes 29h 40m and costs $650 - $2,600.
The distance between Costa Rica and Arusha is 13551 km.
It takes approximately 32h 1m to get from Costa Rica to Arusha, including transfers.
Arusha is 9h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 5:49 PM in Costa Rica and 2:49 AM in Arusha.
There are 557+ hotels available in Arusha.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Arusha, Tanzania?
Lufthansa, Airbus France, and five other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Arusha (ARK) 4 times a week.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 39h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Limón International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Madrid, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Limón International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Madrid, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Madrid, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Cobano to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Madrid, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Nairobi via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Cobano to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Website
- precisionairtz.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Arusha via Frankfurt, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Arusha via Madrid, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
- Website
- auricair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Arusha via Frankfurt, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
- Phone
- +254722328595
- Website
- riverside-shuttle.com
Shuttle from Nairobi JKIA to Arusha
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Schedules at
- riverside-shuttle.com
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- info@navieratambor.com
- Website
- navieratambor.com
Ferry from Puntarenas to Paquera
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–23
- Schedules at
- navieratambor.com
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $1
- Moto
- $7
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $23
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Estimated price
- $17–150
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