There are 7 ways to get from Los Angeles to Quepos by plane, shuttle, train, bus, or car
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Fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LAX - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Dominical
- Take a shuttle bus from Dominical to Manuel Antonio
12h 19m$276–760Fly to Quepos La Managua Airport
cheapest- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane LAX - XQP
10h 4m$139–577Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Los Angeles to San Antonio Stationtrain
- Take the bus from San Antonio to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Nortebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Tapachulabus
- Take the bus from Tapachula to San Salvadorbus
- Take the bus from Terminal San Carlos - CCA to Terminal Atlántico Nortebus
- Drive from Terminal Atlántico Norte to Queposcar
4d 8h$659–1,291Drive 5,377.3 km
- Drive from Los Angeles to Queposcar 5,377.3 km
2d 19h$722–1,042Fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane LAX - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Dominical
- Take a shuttle bus from Dominical to Manuel Antonio
14h 32m$824–2,167Fly to Cobano, shuttle
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Cobano (ACO)plane LAX - ACO
- Take a shuttle bus from Montezuma to Manuel Antonio
16h 59m$767–1,003Bus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Managua to Terminal Tica Busbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Tica Bus to Queposbus
4d 18h$382–460
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Los Angeles to Quepos is to fly which costs $130 - $600 and takes 10h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Los Angeles to Quepos is to fly which takes 10h 4m and costs $130 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Los Angeles to Quepos. However, there are services departing from Los Angeles and arriving at Quepos via Managua and Terminal Tica Bus. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4 days 18h.
The distance between Los Angeles and Quepos is 4616 km. The road distance is 5377.3 km.
The best way to get from Los Angeles to Quepos without a car is to bus which takes 4 days 18h and costs $380 - $460.
It takes approximately 12h 19m to get from Los Angeles to Quepos, including transfers.
Los Angeles to Quepos bus services, operated by Buses USA Tours, depart from Los Angeles station.
The best way to get from Los Angeles to Quepos is to fly which takes 10h 4m and costs $130 - $600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $380 - $460 and takes 4 days 18h.
Los Angeles to Quepos bus services, operated by Buses USA Tours, arrive at Managua station.
Quepos is 2h ahead of Los Angeles. It is currently 12:06 AM in Los Angeles and 2:06 AM in Quepos.
What companies run services between Los Angeles, CA, USA and Quepos, Costa Rica?
Delta, SANSA, and five other airlines fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Los Angeles to Quepos via Managua, Managua, and Terminal Tica Bus in around 4d 18h.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Guatemala City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cobano via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cobano via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cobano via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Nosara Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 4m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Guatemala City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cobano via Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 54m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 59m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–380
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–380
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cobano via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cobano via Guatemala City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cobano via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–330
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to San Antonio Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $310–750
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from San José to Dominical
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $270
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Dominical to Manuel Antonio
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $121
- Website
- https://www.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 Dominical
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $299
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Montezuma to Manuel Antonio
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $406
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2642 0024
- info@zumatours.net
- Website
- zumatours.net
Shuttle from San José to Dominical
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.zumatours.net/
- Phone
- +1 800 923 1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from San Antonio to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–220
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Tapachula
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +𝟓𝟎𝟑 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟒 𝟔𝟓𝟒𝟖
- elcondorinternacional@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tapachula to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- info@ticabus.com
- Website
- ticabus.com
Bus from Tapachula to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
Bus from Managua to Terminal Tica Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
- 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
Bus from Terminal Tica Bus to Quepos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $12–17
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Los Angeles to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $340–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
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