There are 6 ways to get from Darwin to Costa Rica by plane, shuttle, taxi, or ferry
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Fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Darwin International Airport (DRW) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane DRW - SJO
29h 21m$801–3,002Fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Darwin International Airport (DRW) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane DRW - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
35h 4m$2,236–8,401Fly to Limón International Airport
- Fly from Darwin International Airport (DRW) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane DRW - LIO
42h 2m$912–3,415Fly to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Darwin International Airport (DRW) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane DRW - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
35h 42m$1,030–3,560Fly to La Fortuna Arenal Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Darwin International Airport (DRW) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON)plane DRW - FON
- Take a shuttle bus from La Fortuna to Alajuela
38h 56m$1,086–3,590Fly to Cobano, ferry
- Fly from Darwin International Airport (DRW) to Cobano (ACO)plane DRW - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenasferry
39h 4m$817–3,165
Darwin International Airport (DRW) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Darwin to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $800 - $3,000 and takes 29h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Darwin to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 29h 21m and costs $800 - $3,000.
The distance between Darwin and Costa Rica is 16205 km.
It takes approximately 29h 21m to get from Darwin to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 15h 30m behind Darwin. It is currently 11:25 PM in Darwin and 7:55 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 752+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Darwin, NT, Australia and Costa Rica?
Qantas, Alaska Airlines, Inc., and three other airlines fly from Darwin International Airport (DRW) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 4 times a day.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Darwin International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
Flights from Darwin International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,100
Flights from Darwin International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,100
Flights from Darwin International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
Flights from Darwin International Airport to Cobano via Brisbane, Dallas/Ft.Worth, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from Darwin International Airport to Cobano via Brisbane, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
Flights from Darwin International Airport to Cobano via Sydney, Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Darwin International Airport to Limón International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,100
Flights from Darwin International Airport to Limón International Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
Flights from Darwin International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
Flights from Darwin International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,100
Flights from Darwin International Airport to Cobano via Brisbane, Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Darwin International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,600
Flights from Darwin International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from Darwin International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Sydney, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Darwin International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–8,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Darwin International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,600
Flights from Darwin International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Sydney, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from Darwin International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Melbourne, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 38m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–8,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Darwin International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,600
Flights from Darwin International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,500–9,000
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Darwin International Airport to Cobano via Brisbane, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $223
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $171
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from La Fortuna to Alajuela
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- info@navieratambor.com
- Website
- navieratambor.com
Ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–25
- Schedules at
- navieratambor.com
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $1
- Moto
- $8
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $25
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