There are 7 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
26h 10m$984–3,188Fly 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
29h 39m$646–1,799Fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MEL - SJO
- Take the bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Paseo Colon Frente A Torre Mercedesbus
- Take the bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Liberiabus
30h 27m$1,330–2,132Fly 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
35h 13m$1,923–4,126Fly to Nosara Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane MEL - NOB
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
31h 14m$940–2,000Fly 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
31h 7m$740–1,887Fly to Cobano, shuttle
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cobano (ACO)plane MEL - ACO
- Take a shuttle bus from Tambor to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Liberia
33h 56m$1,162–2,749
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Liberia is to fly and shuttle which costs $600 - $1,800 and takes 29h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Liberia is to fly which takes 26h 10m and costs $950 - $3,200.
The distance between Melbourne and Liberia is 14209 km.
It takes approximately 26h 10m to get from Melbourne to Liberia, including transfers.
Liberia is 17h behind Melbourne. It is currently 8:03 AM in Melbourne and 3:03 PM in Liberia.
There are 103+ hotels available in Liberia.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Liberia, Costa Rica?
United Airlines, Delta, and three other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) once daily.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 7m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Sydney, Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nosara Airport via San Francisco, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nosara Airport via Sydney, Houston, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 40m
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via San Francisco, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cobano via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cobano via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 52m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cobano via San Francisco, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cobano via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cobano via Sydney, Houston, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 7m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Sydney, Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nosara Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cobano via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cobano via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 52m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cobano via San Francisco, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cobano via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Liberia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 49m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 44m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Liberia International Airport via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 27m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Liberia International Airport via Sydney, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 17m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Managua Airport via Los Angeles, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Managua Airport via San Francisco, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Managua Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Liberia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 49m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Santiago, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Managua Airport via Santiago, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Managua Airport via Los Angeles, Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 8m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nosara Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 12m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nosara Airport via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
- Phone
- +506 2442 6900
- contraloriadeservicios@grupotuasa.com
- Website
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Paseo Colon Frente A Torre Mercedes
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
- Phone
- +506 4404 0505
- sac@tiguanacaste.com
- Website
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Phone
- +506 8812 4012
- info@easyridecostarica.com
- Website
- EasyRide CR
Shuttle from Granada to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $149
- Schedules at
- EasyRide CR
Bus from Peñas Blancas to Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Schedules at
- Cristóbal Colón Autobuses (Línea Dorada y Trans Galgos Inter)
- Road
- $5–8
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from La Fortuna to Cañas
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $240
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Tambor to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $461
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- RIDE CR
- Phone
- +506 2750 0626
- info@caribeshuttle.com
- Website
- Caribe Shuttle
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Caribe Shuttle
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Caribe Shuttle
- Phone
- +506 2663 1752
- reinadelcamposa@hotmail.com
- Website
- Reina del Campo
Bus from Cañas to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–5
- Schedules at
- Reina del Campo
- 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
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $180
- Schedules at
- Jorge's Taxis and Shuttles
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- Tropical Tours Shuttles
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