There are 6 ways to get from Mar del Plata to Costa Rica by plane, taxi, shuttle, train, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Astor Piazzolla International Airport (MDQ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MDQ - SJO
18h 29m$258–1,010Fly Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Astor Piazzolla International Airport (MDQ) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane MDQ - LIO
27h 58m$228–872Fly Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Astor Piazzolla International Airport (MDQ) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane MDQ - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
23h 33m$377–1,158Shuttle to Ministro Pistarini International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Mar del Plata to Ezeiza - Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini
- Fly from Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane EZE - SJO
17h 44m$574–1,025Train to Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Mar del Plata to Plaza Constitucióntrain
- Fly from Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery (AEP) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane AEP - SJO
20h 24m$244–682Fly Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Cobano, ferry
- Fly from Astor Piazzolla International Airport (MDQ) to Cobano (ACO)plane MDQ - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenasferry
27h 10m$284–1,171
Astor Piazzolla International Airport (MDQ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mar del Plata to Costa Rica is to train and fly which costs $240 - $700 and takes 20h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Mar del Plata to Costa Rica is to shuttle and fly which takes 17h 44m and costs $550 - $1,100.
The distance between Mar del Plata and Costa Rica is 6020 km.
It takes approximately 18h 29m to get from Mar del Plata to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 3h behind Mar del Plata. It is currently 1:30 PM in Mar del Plata and 10:30 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 749+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Mar del Plata, Argentina and Costa Rica?
Aerolíneas Argentinas, Avianca - Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A., and Copa Airlines fly from Astor Piazzolla International Airport (MDQ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) twice daily.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Ministro Pistarini International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–650
Flights from Ministro Pistarini International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–650
Flights from Ministro Pistarini International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–650
Flights from Ministro Pistarini International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–650
Flights from Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–700
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cordoba, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 46m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Tucuman, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 6m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Rosario, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 41m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mendoza, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 11m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Ministro Pistarini International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Limón International Airport via Tucuman, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Limón International Airport via Mendoza, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Limón International Airport via Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery, Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery, Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Tucuman, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Cobano via Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery, Lima, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Cobano via Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery, Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Tucuman, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Cordoba, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery, Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Rosario, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Cobano via Cordoba, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Cobano via Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery, Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Cobano via Rosario, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Ministro Pistarini International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–600
Flights from Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–750
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Astor Piazzolla International Airport to Cobano via Tucuman, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Phone
- +54 800 2228736
- Website
- argentina.gob.ar
Train from Mar del Plata to Plaza Constitución
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–29
- Schedules at
- argentina.gob.ar
- Book at
- webventas.sofse.gob.ar
- Primera (First)
- $24
- Pullman
- $29
- Phone
- 0810 888 5366
- Website
- tiendaleon.com
Shuttle from Mar del Plata to Ezeiza - Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $323
- Schedules at
- tiendaleonmdq.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
- $1–23
- Schedules at
- navieratambor.com
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $1
- Moto
- $7
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $23
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