There are 8 ways to get from Rivas to Salinas by shuttle, plane, train, bus, bus (Flixbus), car, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Shuttle to Managua Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain, bus
best- Take a shuttle bus from Rivas to Granada
- Fly from Managua Airport (MGA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane MGA - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Take the bus from San Jose to Salinasbus
16h 26m$590–927Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Rivas to Jinotepebus
- Take the bus from Jinotepe to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Managua to Los Angelesbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Downtown to Salinas Train Stationbus
4d 17h$384–480Drive 3,415.5 mi
- Drive from Rivas to Salinascar 3,415.5 mi
2d 18h$678–979Bus to Liberia International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain, bus
- Take the bus from Peñas Blancas to Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESAbus
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane LIR - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Take the bus from San Jose to Salinasbus
16h 11m$537–2,457Bus to Liberia International Airport, fly to Monterey Regional Airport
- Take the bus from Peñas Blancas to Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESAbus
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY)plane LIR - MRY
17h 55m$401–1,716Bus to Liberia International Airport, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, shuttle
- Take the bus from Peñas Blancas to Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESAbus
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane LIR - SJC
- Take a shuttle bus from SJC Airport Terminal A to Prunedale Park & Ride
17h 44m$548–2,262Shuttle to Managua Airport, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, shuttle
- Take a shuttle bus from Rivas to Granada
- Fly from Managua Airport (MGA) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane MGA - SJC
- Take a shuttle bus from SJC Airport Terminal A to Prunedale Park & Ride
18h 36m$771–2,032Bus to Liberia International Airport, fly to Oakland International Airport, BART, bus
- Take the bus from Peñas Blancas to Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESAbus
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane LIR - OAK
- Take the subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Josesubway
- Take the bus from San Jose to Salinasbus
18h 9m$522–2,154
Managua Airport (MGA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rivas to Salinas is to bus which costs $380 - $480 and takes 4 days 17h.
The fastest way to get from Rivas to Salinas is to bus and fly and Caltrain which takes 16h 11m and costs $500 - $2,500.
No, there is no direct bus from Rivas to Salinas station. However, there are services departing from Rivas and arriving at Salinas Train Station via Jinotepe, Managua, Olympic / Union and Los Angeles Downtown. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4 days 17h.
The distance between Rivas and Salinas is 3025 miles. The road distance is 3435.5 miles.
The best way to get from Rivas to Salinas without a car is to bus which takes 4 days 17h and costs $380 - $480.
It takes approximately 16h 26m to get from Rivas to Salinas, including transfers.
Rivas to Salinas bus services, operated by Nicaragua Local Buses, depart from Rivas station.
Rivas to Salinas bus services, operated by Nicaragua Local Buses, arrive at Jinotepe station.
Salinas is 1h behind Rivas. It is currently 1:03 PM in Rivas and 12:03 PM in Salinas.
Yes, the driving distance between Rivas to Salinas is 3435 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 18h to drive from Rivas to Salinas.
What companies run services between Rivas, Nicaragua and Salinas, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Rivas to Salinas Train Station via Jinotepe, Managua, Managua, Los Angeles, Olympic / Union, Vignes / Cesar E Chavez, and Los Angeles Downtown in around 4d 17h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Managua Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,900
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Managua Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via San Salvador, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Managua Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via San Salvador, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Managua Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via San Salvador, Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 38m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,300
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–2,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Managua Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,300
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,800
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Managua Airport to San Francisco International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–700
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,800
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,600
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Managua Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Managua Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- +1 586 310 8389
- info@easyridecostarica.com
- Website
- easyridecostarica.com
Shuttle from Rivas to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $129
- Schedules at
- easyridecostarica.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from San Jose to Salinas
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–28
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from Rivas to Jinotepe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2
Bus from Jinotepe to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Managua to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $340–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Los Angeles Downtown to Salinas Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Schedules at
- flixbus.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
- +1 831-373-7777
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Shuttle from SJC Airport Terminal A to Prunedale Park & Ride
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Schedules at
- groometransportation.com
- Standard Rate
- $40–50
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