There are 6 ways to get from Managua to Puntarenas by bus, car, shuttle or plane
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Recommended option
Bus, drive • 9 h 3 min
$15 - $18
Cheapest option
Bus via Peñas Blancas • 9 h 26 min
$8
4 alternative options
Bus, shuttle • 10 h 30 min
$32
Bus Trans Nica • 11 h 23 min
$34 - $53
Drive • 5 h 23 min
$30 - $50
Fly, bus • 5 h 53 min
$81 - $164
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Managua to Puntarenas is to bus which costs $8 and takes 9 h 26 min.
The quickest way to get from Managua to Puntarenas is to drive which costs $30 - $50 and takes 5 h 23 min.
The distance between Managua and Puntarenas is 285 km. The road distance is 348.1 km.
It takes approximately 9 h 3 min to get from Managua to Puntarenas, including transfers.
No, there is no direct bus from Managua to Puntarenas. However, there are services departing from Managua and arriving at Puntarenas via Rivas, Peñas Blancas and Liberia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9 h 26 min.
- Distance: 178.1 miles
- Duration: 9 h 3 min
What companies run services between Managua, Nicaragua and Puntarenas, Costa Rica?
You can take a bus from Managua to Puntarenas via Rivas, Peñas Blancas, and Liberia in around 9 h 26 min.
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Managua to San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75 - $170
- Website
- thebusschedule.com
Bus from Jinotepe to Rivas
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- thebusschedule.com
Bus from Managua to Rivas
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- thebusschedule.com
Bus from Managua to San Juan del Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- thebusschedule.com
Bus from La Cruz to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3
- Schedules at
- grupotranbasa.com
Bus from Peñas Blancas to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3
- Schedules at
- grupotranbasa.com
Bus from Liberia to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- reinadelcampo.com
- Phone
- +502 77620120
- marvelustravel@gmail.com
- Website
- marvelustravel.com
Shuttle from San Juan del Sur to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $27
- Schedules at
- marvelustravel.com
- Book at
- marvelustravel.com
- Phone
- Costa Rica: +506 – 4404-0500 / +506 – 2223 4242, Nicaragua: +505 8287-1188, Honduras: +504 2239-7933
- info@transnica.com
- Website
- transnica.com
Bus from Managua to San José
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $28 - $50
- Schedules at
- transnica.com
- Phone
- (506) 2221-6600
- Website
- eupsacr.com
Bus from San José to Puntarenas, Cantón Puntarenas, Provincia Puntarenas, 60101, Costa Rica
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- eupsacr.com
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