There are 7 ways to get from Kathmandu to Costa Rica by plane, taxi, shuttle, 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 Tribhuvan International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)KTM - SJO
30h$1,020–1,453Fly Tribhuvan International Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Limón International Airport (LIO)KTM - LIO
29h 57m$573–1,424Fly Tribhuvan International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)KTM - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidro
32h 12m$728–1,676Fly Tribhuvan International Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)KTM - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
31h 17m$1,930–4,691Taxi to Simara Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the taxi from Kathmandu to Simara Airport (SIF)
- Fly from Simara Airport (SIF) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)SIF - SJO
37h 18m$582–1,810Fly Tribhuvan International Airport to Cobano, ferry
- Fly from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Cobano (ACO)KTM - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas
33h 39m$778–2,075Fly Tribhuvan International Airport to Managua Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Managua Airport (MGA)KTM - MGA
- Take a shuttle bus from Granada to Peñas Blancas
- Take a shuttle bus from Peñas Blancas to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
35h 30m$1,430–2,736
Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kathmandu to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $550 - $1,500 and takes 29h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Kathmandu to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 29h 57m and costs $550 - $1,500.
The distance between Kathmandu and Costa Rica is 15686 km.
It takes approximately 30h to get from Kathmandu to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 11h 45m behind Kathmandu. It is currently 3:54 PM in Kathmandu and 4:09 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 794+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Kathmandu, Nepal and Costa Rica?
Turkish Airlines, Copa Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 4 times a day.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Limón International Airport via Doha, Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Limón International Airport via Doha, Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Limón International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Tokyo Narita, Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Cobano via Tokyo Narita, Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Cobano via Tokyo Narita, Houston, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Delhi, Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–4,300
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 6m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–4,300
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Managua Airport via Tokyo Narita, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 56m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Istanbul, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Delhi, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,900
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Istanbul, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,700
Flights from Simara Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Tribhuvan International Airport, Istanbul, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Managua Airport via Istanbul, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Delhi, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 7m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Tokyo Narita, Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Cobano via Delhi, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Istanbul, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 6m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Simara Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Tribhuvan International Airport, Istanbul, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 26m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Simara Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Tribhuvan International Airport, Istanbul, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Delhi, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Delhi, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,900
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Delhi, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Managua Airport via Tokyo Narita, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 33m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,300
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Delhi, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 7m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Simara Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Tribhuvan International Airport, Istanbul, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Managua Airport via Delhi, Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Simara Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Tribhuvan International Airport, Istanbul, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Managua Airport via Delhi, San Francisco, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
- 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 Peñas Blancas to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $272
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900
- info@tropicaltourshuttles.com
- Website
- tropicaltourshuttles.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +1 586 310 8389
- info@easyridecostarica.com
- Website
- easyridecostarica.com
Shuttle from Granada to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $149
- Schedules at
- easyridecostarica.com
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- info@navieratambor.com
- Website
- navieratambor.com
Ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–23
- Schedules at
- navieratambor.com
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $1
- Moto
- $7
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $23
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Estimated price
- $90–150
Taxi Quepos
- Phone
- +506 8501 0497
- Website
- quepostaxi.com
Impala Travel Service
- Phone
- +977 1-4701549
- Website
- impala.com.np
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