There are 6 ways to get from Lusaka to Costa Rica by plane, taxi, ferry, shuttle, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Lusaka (LUN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LUN - SJO
25h 53m$732–2,539Fly to Limón International Airport
- Fly from Lusaka (LUN) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane LUN - LIO
30h 21m$743–2,652Fly to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Lusaka (LUN) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane LUN - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
29h 52m$961–2,997Fly to Cobano, ferry
- Fly from Lusaka (LUN) to Cobano (ACO)plane LUN - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenasferry
33h 14m$748–2,802Fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Lusaka (LUN) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane LUN - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
30h 17m$1,705–6,016Fly to David, bus, shuttle
- Fly from Lusaka (LUN) to David (DAV)plane LUN - DAV
- Take the bus from David to Fronterabus
- Take a shuttle bus from Paso Canoas to San José
36h 13m$1,764–3,621
Lusaka (LUN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lusaka to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $700 - $2,600 and takes 25h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Lusaka to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 25h 53m and costs $700 - $2,600.
The distance between Lusaka and Costa Rica is 12738 km.
It takes approximately 25h 53m to get from Lusaka to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 8h behind Lusaka. It is currently 5:26 PM in Lusaka and 9:26 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 752+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Lusaka, Zambia and Costa Rica?
Kenya Airways, JetBlue Airways, and five other airlines fly from Lusaka (LUN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) twice daily.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Lusaka to Limón International Airport via Nairobi, New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Lusaka to Limón International Airport via Johannesburg, Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Lusaka to Limón International Airport via Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
Flights from Lusaka to Limón International Airport via Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
Flights from Lusaka to Quepos La Managua Airport via Nairobi, New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Lusaka to Quepos La Managua Airport via Johannesburg, Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Lusaka to Quepos La Managua Airport via Addis Ababa, Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Lusaka to Quepos La Managua Airport via Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,800
Flights from Lusaka to Quepos La Managua Airport via Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,800
Flights from Lusaka to Cobano via Nairobi, London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–3,200
Flights from Lusaka to Cobano via Nairobi, New York JFK, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Lusaka to Cobano via Johannesburg, Atlanta, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Lusaka to Cobano via Addis Ababa, Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Lusaka to Cobano via Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Lusaka to Limón International Airport via Nairobi, New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Lusaka to Limón International Airport via Johannesburg, Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Lusaka to Limón International Airport via Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
Flights from Lusaka to Limón International Airport via Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
Flights from Lusaka to Quepos La Managua Airport via Nairobi, New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Lusaka to Quepos La Managua Airport via Johannesburg, Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Lusaka to Quepos La Managua Airport via Addis Ababa, Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Lusaka to Quepos La Managua Airport via Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,800
Flights from Lusaka to Quepos La Managua Airport via Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,800
Flights from Lusaka to Cobano via Nairobi, New York JFK, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Lusaka to Cobano via Johannesburg, Atlanta, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Lusaka to Cobano via Addis Ababa, Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Lusaka to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 41m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,500
Flights from Lusaka to David via Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 13m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,200
Flights from Lusaka to David via Livingstone, Capetown, Sao Paulo, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 48m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Lusaka to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Johannesburg, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 47m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Lusaka to Liberia International Airport via Johannesburg, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,500
Flights from Lusaka to Liberia International Airport via Harare, Johannesburg, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,500
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Lusaka to Quepos La Managua Airport via Addis Ababa, Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Lusaka to Cobano via Johannesburg, Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Lusaka to Cobano via Nairobi, New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Lusaka to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Nairobi, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Lusaka to Liberia International Airport via Nairobi, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–5,500
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Lusaka to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,500
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Paso Canoas to San José
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $775
- 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
- +507 314 6886
- panachifauditoria@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from David to Frontera
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- facebook.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
- $2–25
- Schedules at
- navieratambor.com
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $2
- Moto
- $8
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $25
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