There are 5 ways to get from Lakeland to Costa Rica by train, plane, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Orlando, fly
best- Take the train from Lakeland Amtrak Station to Kissimmee Amtrak Stationtrain
- Fly from Orlando (MCO) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MCO - SJO
7h 39m$108–323Bus
- Take the bus from Tornado Bus Co - Plant City, FL to Houstonbus
- Take the bus from Houston to San Salvadorbus
- Take the bus from San Salvador to San Josébus
4d 21h$485–860Drive 5,113 km
- Drive from Lakeland to San Josécar 5,113 km
2d 17h$686–991Amtrak Thruway to Tampa, fly
- Take the bus from Lakeland to Tampa Union Stationbus
- Fly from Tampa (TPA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane TPA - SJO
9h 8mTrain, train to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lakeland to Delray Beach Amtraktrain
- Take the train from Delray Beach Station to Fort Lauderdale Airport Stationtrain
- Fly from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane FLL - SJO
10h 14m$130–595
Orlando (MCO) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lakeland to Costa Rica is to train and fly which costs $100 - $330 and takes 7h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Lakeland to Costa Rica is to train and fly which takes 7h 39m and costs $100 - $330.
The distance between Lakeland and Costa Rica is 2191 km. The road distance is 5113 km.
It takes approximately 7h 39m to get from Lakeland to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 1h behind Lakeland. It is currently 5:43 PM in Lakeland and 4:43 PM in Costa Rica.
Yes, the driving distance between Lakeland to Costa Rica is 5113 km. It takes approximately 2 days 17h to drive from Lakeland to Costa Rica.
There are 775+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Lakeland, FL, USA and Costa Rica?
You can take a vehicle from Lakeland to San José via Tornado Bus Co - Plant City, FL, Houston, Lockwood Dr @ Harvey Wilson Dr, Eastwood Transit Center, Wheeler Station, Houston, San Salvador, and San Salvador in around 4d 21h.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Orlando to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–360
Flights from Tampa to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–400
Flights from Tampa to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Orlando to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–410
Flights from Tampa to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–440
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–340
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Orlando to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–360
Flights from Tampa to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–400
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–290
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Tampa to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Orlando to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–280
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–440
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Orlando to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Tampa to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Orlando to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–260
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Orlando to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–360
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Tampa to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Lakeland Amtrak Station to Kissimmee Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Lakeland to Delray Beach Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–150
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800-874-7245
- Tri-RailCustomerExperience@sfrta.fl.gov
- Website
- tri-rail.com
Train from Delray Beach Station to Fort Lauderdale Airport Station
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://www.tri-rail.com
- Weekend | Holiday
- $5
- Weekday
- $4–7
- Phone
- +1 888 358 6762
- info@tornadobus.com
- Website
- tornadobus.com
Bus from Tornado Bus Co - Plant City, FL to Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–300
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $150–300
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Houston to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 3d
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $180–390
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +503 7841 5688
- info@transportedelsol.com
- Website
- transportedelsol.com
Bus from San Salvador to San José
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80
- Schedules at
- transportedelsol.com
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Lakeland to Tampa Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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