There are 5 ways to get from Costa Rica to Manizales by plane, bus, 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 to Pereira, bus
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Pereira (PEI)plane SJO - PEI
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira to Terminal de Transportes de Manizalesbus
8h 18m$64–339Fly to Armenia, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Armenia (AXM)plane SJO - AXM
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transportes de Armenia to Terminal de Transportes de Pereirabus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira to Terminal de Transportes de Manizalesbus
9h 27m$265–509Fly to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, taxi
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE)plane SJO - MDE
- Take the taxi from Medellín to Manizalestaxi
9h 54m$354–665Fly to Manizales
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Manizales (MZL)plane SJO - MZL
7h 44m$117–610Fly to Perales Airport, taxi
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Perales Airport (IBE)plane SJO - IBE
- Take the taxi from Perales Airport (IBE) to Manizalestaxi
9h 54m$221–752
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Pereira (PEI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Manizales is to fly and bus which costs $60 - $340 and takes 8h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Manizales is to fly which takes 7h 44m and costs $110 - $650.
The distance between Costa Rica and Manizales is 1160 km.
It takes approximately 8h 18m to get from Costa Rica to Manizales, including transfers.
Manizales is 1h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 8:19 PM in Costa Rica and 9:19 PM in Manizales.
There are 380+ hotels available in Manizales.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Manizales, Colombia?
Avianca - Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A., Easyfly, and Copa Airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Manizales (MZL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Pereira via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Pereira via Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Pereira via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Armenia via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Armenia via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–260
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–440
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–440
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Perales Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Perales Airport via San Salvador, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Pereira via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–300
- Website
- easyfly.com.co
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manizales via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manizales via Panama City, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manizales via Guatemala City, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manizales via San Salvador, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–300
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Perales Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Bus from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira to Terminal de Transportes de Manizales
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- expresopalmira.com.co
- Book at
- expresopalmira.com.co
- Phone
- 01 8000 42 37 87
- contacto@empresaarauca.com.co
- Website
- empresaarauca.com
Bus from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira to Terminal de Transportes de Manizales
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Schedules at
- empresaarauca.com
- Basico
- $4–6
- Phone
- +57 314 8882781
- info@flotaospina.com
- Website
- flotaospina.com
Bus from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira to Terminal de Transportes de Manizales
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6
- Schedules at
- flotaospina.com
Bus from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira to Terminal de Transportes de Manizales
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Schedules at
- terminaldemanizales.com.co
- Phone
- +57 606 331 7161
- coochoferessecretaria@gmail.com
- Website
- coochoferes.com
Bus from Terminal de Transportes de Armenia to Terminal de Transportes de Pereira
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4
- Schedules at
- coochoferes.com
- Phone
- 01-8000-910293
- calidad@coomotor.com.co
- Website
- coomotor.com.co
Bus from Terminal de Transportes de Armenia to Terminal de Transportes de Pereira
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4–10
- Schedules at
- coomotor.com.co
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Estimated price
- $80–163
Tax Individual
- Phone
- +57 604 444 4444
- Website
- tax-individual.com.co
Super Taxi
- Phone
- +57 317 4866000
- Website
- facebook.com
Radio Taxi Tolima
- Phone
- +57 315 324 2425
- Website
- facebook.com
Megataxi
- Phone
- +57 608 515 3595
- Website
- megataxi-ibague.com.co
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