There are 5 ways to get from Lakeland to Costa Rica by bus, plane, car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Amtrak Thruway to Tampa, fly
best- Take the bus from Lakeland to Tampa Union Stationbus
- Fly from Tampa (TPA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane TPA - SJO
7h 31m$207–775Train to Orlando, fly
cheapest- 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 35m$127–434Bus
- Take the bus from Tornado Bus Co - Plant City, FL to Houstonbus
- Take the bus from Houston to San Salvadorbus
- Take the bus from Terminal San Carlos - CCA to Terminal Atlántico Nortebus
4d 18h$469–874Drive 5,113.1 km
- Drive from Lakeland to San Josécar 5,113.1 km
2d 17h$686–991Train, train to Miami International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lakeland to Delray Beach Amtraktrain
- Take the train from Delray Beach Station to Miami Airport Stationtrain
- Fly from Miami International Airport (MIA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MIA - SJO
10h 40m$157–480
Tampa (TPA) 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 $120 - $440 and takes 7h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Lakeland to Costa Rica is to Amtrak Thruway and fly which takes 7h 31m and costs $200 - $800.
The distance between Lakeland and Costa Rica is 2082 km. The road distance is 5113.1 km.
The best way to get from Lakeland to Costa Rica without a car is to bus which takes 4 days 18h and costs $460 - $900.
It takes approximately 7h 31m to get from Lakeland to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 2h behind Lakeland. It is currently 3:20 AM in Lakeland and 1:20 AM 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 752+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Lakeland, FL, USA and Costa Rica?
You can take a vehicle from Lakeland to Terminal Atlántico Norte via Tornado Bus Co - Plant City, FL, Houston, Lockwood Dr @ Harvey Wilson Dr, Eastwood Transit Center, Wheeler Station, Houston, San Salvador, and Terminal San Carlos - CCA in around 4d 18h.
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Tampa to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Orlando to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–440
Flights from Miami International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–430
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Tampa to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–440
Flights from Orlando to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–380
Flights from Miami International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Orlando to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
Flights from Miami International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–380
Flights from Miami International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–380
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Tampa to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–440
Flights from Orlando to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–380
Flights from Orlando to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–380
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Orlando to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–380
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Tampa to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Tampa to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–850
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Orlando to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–260
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Orlando to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–380
- 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
- $12–27
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Lakeland to Delray Beach Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- 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 Miami Airport Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- https://www.tri-rail.com
- Weekend | Holiday
- $5
- Weekday
- $6–9
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Lakeland to Tampa Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- 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
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Terminal San Carlos - CCA to Terminal Atlántico Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $65–95
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