There are 7 ways to get from Samar to Costa Rica by plane, taxi, shuttle, or ferry
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Fly Tacloban to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Tacloban (TAC) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane TAC - SJO
24h 55m$484–1,406Fly Tacloban to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Tacloban (TAC) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane TAC - LIO
31h 3m$414–1,218Fly Catarman to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Fly from Catarman (CRM) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane CRM - SJO
35h 19m$745–2,133Fly Tacloban to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Tacloban (TAC) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane TAC - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
28h 18m$593–1,554Fly Tacloban to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Tacloban (TAC) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane TAC - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
26h 51m$1,329–3,805Fly Tacloban to Cobano, ferry
- Fly from Tacloban (TAC) to Cobano (ACO)plane TAC - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenasferry
32h 1m$490–1,568Fly Catarman to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Catarman (CRM) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane CRM - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
38h 52m$1,997–5,480
Tacloban (TAC) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Samar to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $410 - $1,300 and takes 31h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Samar to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 24h 55m and costs $480 - $1,500.
The distance between Samar and Costa Rica is 16028 km.
It takes approximately 24h 55m to get from Samar to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 14h behind Samar. It is currently 5:31 PM in Samar and 3:31 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 764+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Samar, Philippines and Costa Rica?
Philippine Airlines, United Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Tacloban (TAC) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 4 times a day.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Tacloban to Limón International Airport via Manila, San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Tacloban to Limón International Airport via Manila, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Tacloban to Quepos La Managua Airport via Manila, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Tacloban to Quepos La Managua Airport via Manila, San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Tacloban to Quepos La Managua Airport via Manila, Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Tacloban to Cobano via Manila, Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Tacloban to Cobano via Manila, Vancouver, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Tacloban to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Manila, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Tacloban to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Manila, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Tacloban to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mactan–Cebu, Tokyo Narita, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 9m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Tacloban to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mactan–Cebu, Tokyo Narita, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Catarman to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Manila, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Catarman to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Manila, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Tacloban to Liberia International Airport via Manila, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 1m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Tacloban to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Manila, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Tacloban to Liberia International Airport via Manila, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Tacloban to Liberia International Airport via Manila, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 39m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Catarman to Liberia International Airport via Manila, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Catarman to Liberia International Airport via Manila, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 42m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Tacloban to Quepos La Managua Airport via Manila, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Tacloban to Quepos La Managua Airport via Manila, San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Tacloban to Cobano via Manila, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Tacloban to Cobano via Mactan–Cebu, Tokyo Narita, Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Tacloban to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Manila, Los Angeles, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Catarman to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Manila, Los Angeles, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Tacloban to Cobano via Manila, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Tacloban to Liberia International Airport via Manila, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 11m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
- 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
- $55–75
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- info@navieratambor.com
- Website
- navieratambor.com
Ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–24
- Schedules at
- navieratambor.com
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $1
- Moto
- $8
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $24
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