There are 6 ways to get from Oakville to Costa Rica by plane, train, bus, car, or shuttle
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Fly Toronto Pearson International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane YYZ - SJO
8h 55m$197–420Train, bus
- Take the train from Oakville to Windsortrain
- Take the train from Detroit to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angelestrain
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Managua to Terminal NicaBusbus
6d 22h$978–1,897Drive 5,970 km
- Drive from Oakville to San Josécar 5,970 km
3d 2h$849–1,227Fly Toronto Island Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Fly from Toronto Island Airport (YTZ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane YTZ - SJO
11h 38m$247–560Fly Toronto Pearson International Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane YYZ - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
12h 26m$412–829Train, bus via Ontario
- Take the train from Oakville to Windsortrain
- Take the train from Detroit to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Pomona Amtraktrain
- Take the bus from Pomona Transit Center to Flower St and 12th Stbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Managua to Terminal NicaBusbus
7d 20h$1,128–2,201
Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Oakville to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $190 - $420 and takes 8h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Oakville to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 8h 55m and costs $190 - $420.
The distance between Oakville and Costa Rica is 3835 km. The road distance is 5970 km.
It takes approximately 8h 55m to get from Oakville to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 2h behind Oakville. It is currently 5:25 PM in Oakville and 3:25 PM in Costa Rica.
Yes, the driving distance between Oakville to Costa Rica is 5970 km. It takes approximately 3 days 2h to drive from Oakville to Costa Rica.
There are 747+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Oakville, ON, Canada and Costa Rica?
Air Transat, Air Canada, and three other airlines fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 5 times a day.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–430
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–370
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–550
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–340
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–380
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–430
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Ottawa, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Oakville to Windsor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–95
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $40–95
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $40–80
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $30–50
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Detroit to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–160
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Pomona Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Los Angeles to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $340–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +505 2222 2276
- Nicabusinternacionalsa@gmail.com
- Website
- nicabus.com.ni
Bus from Managua to Terminal NicaBus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $37–38
- Website
- https://nicabus.com.ni/en/
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $223
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $171
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +1 800-743-3463
- comment@foothilltransit.org
- Website
- foothilltransit.org
Bus from Pomona Transit Center to Flower St and 12th St
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–6
- Website
- https://www.foothilltransit.org
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