There are 7 ways to get from San Pedro to Costa Rica by plane, shuttle, taxi, or ferry
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Fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MNL - SJO
26h$604–1,207Fly to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane MNL - LIO
31h 3m$384–1,219Fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane MNL - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
27h 56m$1,229–3,706Fly to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane MNL - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
29h 23m$553–1,555Fly to La Fortuna Arenal Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON)plane MNL - FON
- Take a shuttle bus from La Fortuna to Alajuela
29h 8m$677–1,693Fly to Nosara Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane MNL - NOB
- Take a shuttle bus from Nosara to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
30h 32m$804–1,906Fly to Cobano, ferry
- Fly from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) to Cobano (ACO)plane MNL - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenasferry
33h 6m$460–1,568
Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Pedro to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $380 - $1,300 and takes 31h 3m.
The fastest way to get from San Pedro to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 26h and costs $600 - $1,300.
The distance between San Pedro and Costa Rica is 16160 km.
It takes approximately 26h to get from San Pedro to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 14h behind San Pedro. It is currently 8:21 AM in San Pedro and 6:21 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 744+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between San Pedro, Philippines and Costa Rica?
United Airlines, Philippine Airlines, and Delta fly from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) twice daily.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Limón International Airport via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Limón International Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,800
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Nosara Airport via Vancouver, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Nosara Airport via Toronto, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Nosara Airport via New York JFK, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,500
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Cobano via San Francisco, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Cobano via Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Cobano via Vancouver, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Cobano via Toronto, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Nosara Airport via San Francisco, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Nosara Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Nosara Airport via Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Cobano via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Liberia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 51m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Liberia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 6m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Cobano via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Cobano via New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 39m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
- 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 La Fortuna to Alajuela
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Nosara to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $326
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900
- info@tropicaltourshuttles.com
- Website
- tropicaltourshuttles.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +506 6061 5674 / 2645 7272
- jorge27fm@gmail.com
- Website
- shuttlesmonteverde.com
Shuttle from Nosara to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $190
- Schedules at
- shuttlesmonteverde.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
- $1–23
- Schedules at
- navieratambor.com
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $1
- Moto
- $7
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $23
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