There are 5 ways to get from Costa Rica to Salento by plane, taxi, or bus
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 Armenia
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Armenia (AXM)plane SJO - AXM
10h 45m$174–348Fly to Pereira
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Pereira (PEI)plane SJO - PEI
9h 43m$279–436Fly 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 Salentotaxi
11h 58m$269–885Fly to Manizales, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Manizales (MZL)plane SJO - MZL
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transportes de Manizales to Terminal de Transportes de Pereirabus
12h 6m$175–838Fly to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE)plane SJO - MDE
- Take the bus from Terminal del Sur to Terminal de Transportes de Pereirabus
11h 59m$203–414
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Armenia (AXM) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Salento is to fly and bus which costs $200 - $420 and takes 11h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Salento is to fly which takes 9h 43m and costs $270 - $440.
The distance between Costa Rica and Salento is 1156 km.
It takes approximately 10h 45m to get from Costa Rica to Salento, including transfers.
Salento is 1h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 9:08 PM in Costa Rica and 10:08 PM in Salento.
There are 1372+ hotels available in Salento.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Salento, Quindío, Colombia?
Avianca - Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A. and AeroRepública fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Armenia (AXM) every 4 hours.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Armenia via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Armenia via San Salvador, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Armenia via San Salvador, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Armenia via Guatemala City, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Pereira via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–430
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Pereira via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–430
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Pereira via San Salvador, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–430
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Perales Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Perales Airport via San Salvador, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Perales Airport via Guatemala City, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Perales Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manizales via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manizales via San Salvador, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manizales via Guatemala City, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manizales via Panama City, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–380
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–380
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Pereira via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–470
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–360
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Armenia via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 56m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–340
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–290
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Perales Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- easyfly.com.co
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manizales via Panama City, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Bus from Terminal de Transportes de Manizales to Terminal de Transportes de Pereira
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- 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 Manizales to Terminal de Transportes de Pereira
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- empresaarauca.com
- Basico
- $4–7
Bus from Terminal del Sur to Terminal de Transportes de Pereira
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–24
- Schedules at
- empresaarauca.com
- Basico
- $16–24
- Phone
- +57 310 612 5292
- info@flotaospina.com
- Website
- flotaospina.com
Bus from Terminal de Transportes de Manizales to Terminal de Transportes de Pereira
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7
- Schedules at
- flotaospina.com
Bus from Terminal del Sur to Terminal de Transportes de Pereira
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $27
- Schedules at
- flotaospina.com
- Phone
- +57 601 4249090
- contactenos@bolivariano.com.co
- Website
- bolivariano.com.co
Bus from Terminal del Sur to Terminal de Transportes de Pereira
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Schedules at
- bolivariano.com.co
- Book at
- bolivariano.com.co
- Phone
- +57 324 3203358
- contacto@lineaspereiranas.com
- Website
- lineaspereiranas.com
Bus from Terminal del Sur to Terminal de Transportes de Pereira
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22
- Schedules at
- buscobus.com.co
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Estimated price
- $60–80
Megataxi
- Phone
- +57 608 515 3595
- Website
- megataxi-ibague.com.co
Radio Taxi Tolima
- Phone
- +57 315 324 2425
- Website
- facebook.com
Super Taxi
- Phone
- +57 317 4866000
- Website
- facebook.com
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