There are 7 ways to get from Costa Rica to Isla de Roatán by plane, bus, ferry, shuttle, or taxi
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Limón International Airport to Roatán International Airport
best- Fly from Limón International Airport (LIO) to Roatán International Airport (RTB)plane LIO - RTB
15h 11m$96–463Bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Terminal Tica Bus to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Managua Tica Bus to San Pedro Sulabus
- Take the bus from San Pedro Sula to La Ceibabus
- Take the ferry from La Ceiba to Roatánferry
33h 19m$94–166Bus, ferry via Tegucigalpa
- Take the bus from Terminal Atlántico Norte to Terminal Managua - CCAbus Sjo
- Take the bus from Managua Tica Bus to Tegucigalpabus
- Take the bus from Tegucigalpa to La Ceibabus Tgu
- Take the ferry from La Ceiba to Roatánferry
32h 58m$101–177Shuttle, ferry
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Peñas Blancas
- Take a shuttle bus from Peñas Blancas to Granada
- Take a shuttle bus from Granada to La Ceiba
- Take the ferry from La Ceiba to Roatánferry
25h 36mTaxi to Quepos La Managua Airport, fly to Roatán International Airport
- Take the taxi from San Isidro to Quepos-Airport-XQPtaxi
- Fly from Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) to Roatán International Airport (RTB)plane XQP - RTB
15h 2m$210–594Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Roatán International Airport
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Roatán International Airport (RTB)plane SJO - RTB
7h 39m$321–552Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP)plane SJO - SAP
- Take the bus from El Progreso to La Ceibabus
- Take the ferry from La Ceiba to Roatánferry
11h 39m$221–509
Limón International Airport (LIO) to Roatán International Airport (RTB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Isla de Roatán is to bus and ferry which costs $90 - $170 and takes 33h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Isla de Roatán is to fly which takes 7h 39m and costs $320 - $550.
The distance between Costa Rica and Isla de Roatán is 807 km.
The best way to get from Costa Rica to Isla de Roatán without a car is to bus and ferry via Tegucigalpa which takes 32h 58m and costs $100 - $180.
It takes approximately 15h 11m to get from Costa Rica to Isla de Roatán, including transfers.
There are 284+ hotels available in Isla de Roatán.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Isla de Roatán, Honduras?
World Ticket, Copa Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Limón International Airport (LIO) to Roatán International Airport (RTB) twice daily.
- Website
- tag.com.gt
Flights from Limón International Airport to Roatán International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $85–450
Flights from Limón International Airport to Roatán International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, San Salvador, Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Limón International Airport to Roatán International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Guatemala City, Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–450
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Roatán International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–440
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Roatán International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, San Salvador, Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Roatán International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Guatemala City, Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–440
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Roatán International Airport via Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–450
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Roatán International Airport via San Salvador, Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–550
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Roatán International Airport via Panama City, Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Roatán International Airport via Guatemala City, Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–550
- Website
- cmairlines.com
Flights from Limón International Airport to Roatán International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $85–450
Flights from Limón International Airport to Roatán International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, San Salvador, Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Limón International Airport to Roatán International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Guatemala City, Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–450
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Roatán International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–440
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Roatán International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, San Salvador, Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Roatán International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Guatemala City, Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–440
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Roatán International Airport via Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–450
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Roatán International Airport via San Salvador, Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–550
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Roatán International Airport via Panama City, Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Roatán International Airport via Guatemala City, Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–550
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–480
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–480
- Phone
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Terminal Atlántico Norte to Terminal Managua - CCA
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $30–50
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- info@ticabus.com
- Website
- ticabus.com
Bus from Managua Tica Bus to Tegucigalpa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
Bus from Terminal Tica Bus to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
Bus from Managua Tica Bus to San Pedro Sula
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
- Phone
- +504 3285 2353
- transportes_cristina@yahoo.com
- Website
- transportescristina.com
Bus from Tegucigalpa to La Ceiba
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14
- Schedules at
- transportescristina.com
- Phone
- +506 2750 0626
- info@caribeshuttle.com
- Website
- caribeshuttle.com
Shuttle from San José to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $385
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
- Phone
- +1 586 310 8389
- info@easyridecostarica.com
- Website
- easyridecostarica.com
Shuttle from Peñas Blancas to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $149
- Schedules at
- easyridecostarica.com
- Phone
- +504 8763 1410
- info@shuttlelaceibatoleon.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Shuttle from Granada to La Ceiba
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/shuttlelaceibatoleonGuacamayostours
- Phone
- +504 3210 1599
- Mirnaexpress2020@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from El Progreso to La Ceiba
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/Mirnaexpress1
Bus from San Pedro Sula to La Ceiba
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/Mirnaexpress1
- Phone
- +504 2445 1775
- info@roatanferry.com
- Website
- roatanferry.com
Ferry from La Ceiba to Roatán
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- Website
- https://www.roatanferry.com/
- Adults
- $30–35
- Children (0-4)
- $0
- Children (5-10)
- $12–17
- Seniors (60+) for Honduran Citizens and Residents only
- $18–23
- Phone
- +504 9436 2231
- info@utilaferry.com
- Website
- hondurasferry.com
Ferry from La Ceiba to Roatán
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–30
- Schedules at
- hondurasferry.com
- Flexible
- $26
- VIP
- $30
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Estimated price
- $130–160
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