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
25h 35m$935–2,989Fly 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
38h 54m$697–1,900Fly 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 41m$1,131–2,133Fly 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
31h 48m$1,924–4,127Fly to Nosara Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane MEL - NOB
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
42h 19m$981–2,101Fly 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
43h 22m$781–1,988Fly 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
31h 16m$1,163–2,750
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 $650 - $1,900 and takes 38h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Liberia is to fly which takes 25h 35m and costs $900 - $3,000.
The distance between Melbourne and Liberia is 14209 km.
It takes approximately 25h 35m to get from Melbourne to Liberia, including transfers.
Liberia is 17h behind Melbourne. It is currently 3:03 AM in Melbourne and 10:03 AM in Liberia.
There are 97+ hotels available in Liberia.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Liberia, Costa Rica?
United Airlines, Qantas, and two 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
- 38h 16m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Auckland, Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Sydney, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Sydney, Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nosara Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 13m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nosara Airport via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nosara Airport via San Francisco, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nosara Airport via Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nosara Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 56m
- When
- Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via San Francisco, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cobano via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cobano via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cobano via San Francisco, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cobano via Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 16m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Auckland, Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Sydney, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Sydney, Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nosara Airport via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nosara Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cobano via San Francisco, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cobano via Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Liberia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 19m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 26m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Sydney, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 24m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Managua Airport via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 6m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Liberia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 22m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Managua Airport via Los Angeles, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Managua Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Managua Airport via San Francisco, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 22m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Managua Airport via Santiago, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,500
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cobano via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- 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
- Every 4 hours
- 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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