There are 6 ways to get from Melbourne to Liberia by plane, bus, or shuttle
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 Liberia International Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane MEL - LIR
24h 37m$1,385–4,489Fly to Tamarindo Airport, shuttle
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)plane MEL - TNO
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
37h 9m$797–2,199Fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MEL - SJO
- Take the bus from Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría to Liberiabus
31h 41m$1,029–2,335Fly to Managua Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Managua Airport (MGA)plane MEL - MGA
- Take a shuttle bus from Granada to Peñas Blancas
- Take the bus from Peñas Blancas to Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESAbus
33h 13m$924–2,727Fly to La Fortuna Arenal Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON)plane MEL - FON
- Take a shuttle bus from La Fortuna to Cañas
- Take the bus from Cañas to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberiabus
39h 52m$880–2,388Fly to Nosara Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane MEL - NOB
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
28h 4m$1,001–2,201
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Liberia is to fly and bus which costs $1,000 - $2,400 and takes 31h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Liberia is to fly which takes 24h 37m and costs $1,300 - $4,500.
The distance between Melbourne and Liberia is 14209 km.
It takes approximately 24h 37m to get from Melbourne to Liberia, including transfers.
Liberia is 16h behind Melbourne. It is currently 12:19 PM in Melbourne and 8:19 PM in Liberia.
There are 102+ hotels available in Liberia.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Liberia, Costa Rica?
United Airlines and Qantas fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) 5 times a week.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Auckland, Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via San Francisco, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 20m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 18m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–5,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Liberia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 24m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 29m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Managua Airport via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 1m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Auckland, Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–3,100
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Managua Airport via Los Angeles, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Managua Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Managua Airport via San Francisco, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 7m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nosara Airport via Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 52m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Phone
- +506 4404 0505
- sac@tiguanacaste.com
- Website
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Phone
- +1 586 310 8389
- info@easyridecostarica.com
- Website
- easyridecostarica.com
Shuttle from Granada to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $149
- Schedules at
- easyridecostarica.com
- Phone
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Peñas Blancas to Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $5–8
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from La Fortuna to Cañas
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $240
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2750 0626
- info@caribeshuttle.com
- Website
- caribeshuttle.com
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
- Phone
- +506 2663 1752
- reinadelcamposa@hotmail.com
- Website
- reinadelcampo.com
Bus from Cañas to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–5
- Schedules at
- reinadelcampo.com
- Phone
- +506 2222 0610
- info@grupocaribeños.com
Bus from Cañas to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
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