There are 6 ways to get from Costa Rica to Brisbane by plane, shuttle, taxi, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane SJO - BNE
29h 52m$1,419–3,727Ferry to Cobano, fly
cheapest- Take the ferry from Puntarenas to Paqueraferry
- Fly from Cobano (ACO) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane ACO - BNE
36h 58m$942–3,266Fly from Limón International Airport
- Fly from Limón International Airport (LIO) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane LIO - BNE
45h 24m$1,133–3,744Shuttle, shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Puntarenas to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane LIR - BNE
30h 55m$1,615–4,718Taxi to Quepos La Managua Airport, fly
- Take the taxi from San Isidro to Quepos-Airport-XQPtaxi
- Fly from Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane XQP - BNE
46h 25m$1,164–3,458Shuttle, shuttle to Nosara Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Puntarenas to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Nosara
- Fly from Nosara Airport (NOB) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane NOB - BNE
34h 54m$1,390–3,628
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Brisbane Airport (BNE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Brisbane is to fly which costs $1,400 - $3,800 and takes 29h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Brisbane is to fly which takes 29h 52m and costs $1,400 - $3,800.
The distance between Costa Rica and Brisbane is 13752 km.
It takes approximately 29h 52m to get from Costa Rica to Brisbane, including transfers.
Brisbane is 16h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 9:21 PM in Costa Rica and 1:21 PM in Brisbane.
There are 2462+ hotels available in Brisbane.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Brisbane, QLD, Australia?
United Airlines, Delta, and four other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Brisbane Airport (BNE) 4 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Brisbane Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Brisbane Airport via San Francisco, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,200
Flights from Limón International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Los Angeles, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,700
Flights from Limón International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,700
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Brisbane Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Los Angeles, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,300
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,300
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Brisbane Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Los Angeles, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,200
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Brisbane Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,200
Flights from Nosara Airport to Brisbane Airport via Liberia International Airport, Los Angeles, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Nosara Airport to Brisbane Airport via Liberia International Airport, Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Cobano to Brisbane Airport via Liberia International Airport, Los Angeles, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,200
Flights from Cobano to Brisbane Airport via Liberia International Airport, Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,200
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Limón International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,700
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Brisbane Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Nosara Airport to Brisbane Airport via Liberia International Airport, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,100
Flights from Cobano to Brisbane Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Las Vegas, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,700
Flights from Limón International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–9,500
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Brisbane Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Cobano to Brisbane Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Cobano to Brisbane Airport via Liberia International Airport, Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–7,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 17m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,000
Flights from Nosara Airport to Brisbane Airport via Liberia International Airport, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
Flights from Cobano to Brisbane Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Los Angeles, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,300
Flights from Cobano to Brisbane Airport via Liberia International Airport, Los Angeles, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,200
- Website
- fijiairways.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–9,500
Flights from Cobano to Brisbane Airport via Liberia International Airport, Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–7,000
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Puntarenas to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $303
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $390
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Nosara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $575
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–100
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +506 6061 5674 / 2645 7272
- jorge27fm@gmail.com
- Website
- shuttlesmonteverde.com
Shuttle from Monteverde to Nosara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $276
- Schedules at
- shuttlesmonteverde.com
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- info@navieratambor.com
- Website
- navieratambor.com
Ferry from Puntarenas to Paquera
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–37
- Schedules at
- navieratambor.com
- Adult
- $3
- Child
- $2
- Moto
- $11
- Bike
- $7
- Car
- $37
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Estimated price
- $190–240
Coopemargarita
- Phone
- +506 2238 3838
- Website
- facebook.com
Coopeheredia
- Phone
- +506 2262 6262
- Website
- coopeheredia.com
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