Costa Rica Drive Times and Distances

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DRIVING IN COSTA RICA

Costa Rica is a very small country and most tourist destinations are within a few hours drive of San José. Not only will you drive through beautiful countryside, but some small, out-of-the-way places will only be discovered by car. The adventure lover will appreciate the freedom to explore.

We do not recommend renting a car during the time you are in San José. Traffic and parking can be difficult and finding your way around is almost impossible as most buildings don't have addresses. Taxis are not only relatively cheap, but the drivers know where everything is. We suggest you pick up your rental car (or have it delivered) on the day you will be leaving San José for the provinces. Driving outside of San José is considerably less frantic.

Driving over the mountains to either coast at night, especially your first night in town is not recommended. During the day you will have the problems of potholes, cars passing where they shouldn't and being stuck behind a banana truck doing 5 mph. However, if you allow plenty of time and drive with care you shouldn't have any difficulty. So many tourists rent cars, that at times none of the 40 car rental agencies have one available. Very few tourist have problems, although there are some real horror stories.

Approximate drive times in Costa Rica from ...

SAN JOSE TO...		CALDERA TO...
Arenal	3 HOURS & 1/2	Carrillo	7 HOURS
Bocas del Toro	14 HOURS	Papagayo	5 HOURS
Cahuita	4 HOURS	Villa Caletas	1 HOUR
Caldera	2 HOURS	GUAPILES / SIQUIRRES TO...
Cañas	3 HOURS	Arenal	6 HOURS & 1/2
Caño Negro	4 HOURS	Cahuita	1 HOUR & 1/2
Caño Blanco	4 HOURS	Jacó	5 HOURS
Carrillo	5 HOURS	Limón	1 HOUR
Dominical	4 HOURS& 1/2	Puerto Viejo de Limón	2 HOURS
Flamingo / Tamarindo	5 HOURS	San Carlos	4 HOURS
Freeman	3 HOURS	Sarapiquí	2 HOURS & 1/2
Golfito	7 HOURS	Sixaola	3 HOURS & 1/2
Herradura	4 HOURS & 1/2	Turrialba	3 HOURS
Irazú	1 HOURS & 1/2	JACO TO...
Irazú / Orosi	1 HOUR	Dominical	2 HOURS
Jacó	2 HOURS	Puntarenas	45 MINUTES
La Cruz	6 HOURS	LIBERIA TO...
Liberia	3 HOURS	Caldera	5 HOURS & 1/2
Limón	3HOURS	Dominical	8 HOURS & 1/2
Malpais	5 HOURS	Flamingo	2 HOURS & 1/2
Manzanillo	4 HOURS & 1/2	Jacó	3 HOURS & 1/2
Monteverde	4 HOURS & 1/2	La Cruz	1 HOUR & 1/2
Montezuma	5 HOURS	Montezuma	5 HOURS
Nosara	5 HOURS	Punta Islita	3 HOURS
Orotina	1 HOUR & 1/2	Puntarenas	3 HOURS
Palmar Sur	6 HOURS	Quepos	4 HOURS & 1/2
Papagayo	4 HOURS & 1/2	Sámara	2 HOURS & 1/2
Peñas Blancas	7 HOURS	Sarapiquí	6 HOURS
Poas / Sarchi	1 HOUR & 1/2	Tamarindo	1 HOUR & 1/2
Puerto Viejo de Limón	4 HOURS & 1/2	Tambor	3 HOURS & 1/2
Punta Islita	5 HOURS	MONTEVERDE TO...
Puntarenas	2 HOURS	Caldera	5 HOURS
Quepos	3 HOURS & 1/2	Dominical	9 HOURS & 1/2
Samara	5 HOURS	Flamingo	4 HOURS & 1/2
San Carlos	3 HOURS & 1/2	Herradura	2 HOURS & 1/2
San Gerardo de Dota	4 HOURS	Jacó	4 HOURS
Santa Cruz	4 HOURS	La Cruz	5 HOURS & 1/2
Sarapiquí	2 HOURS & 1/2	Liberia	3 HOURS
Sarchí	1 HOUR	Malpais	5 HOURS
Siquirres	3 HOURS	Montezuma	6 HOURS
Sixaola / Panama Border	5 HOURS	Punta Islita	5 HOURS
Sugar Beach	5 HOURS	Quepos	4 HOURS & 1/2
Tamarindo	5 HOURS	Sarapiquí	5 HOURS
Tambor	4 HOURS & 1/2	Tamarindo	4 HOURS
Teleferico	2 HOURS	Tambor	5 HOURS
Tilaran	5 HOURS	NOSARA TO...
Turrialba	3 HOURS	Punta Islita	2 HOURS
Uvita de Osa	9 HOURS	PALMAR SUR TO...
Valle Escondido	3 HOURS	Dominical	1 HOUR & 1/2
Villa Blanca	2 HOURS	Golfito	3 HOURS
ARENAL TO...		Puerto Jiménez	6 HOURS
Caldera	3 HOURS	PEACE LODGE TO...
Dominical	4 HOURS	Aeropuerto Int.	1 HOUR
Flamingo	5 HOURS	Arenal	2 HOURS & 1/2
Guápiles	3 HOURS	Caldera	3 HOURS & 1/2
Jacó	3 HOURS & 1/2	Guápiles	2 HOURS
La Cruz	5 HOURS	Jaco	4 HOURS
Liberia	4 HOURS	Liberia	6 HOURS
Los Chiles	2 HOURS	Monteverde	5 HOURS
Monteverde	3 HOURS	Papagayo	6 HOURS
Montezuma	6 HOURS	Puntarenas	2 HOURS
Papagayo	4 HOURS & 1/2	Quepos (Manuel-A)	5 HOURS
Puerto Viejo de Limón	5 HOURS	San José / Nature Air	40 MINUTES
Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí	2 HOURS & 1/2	Sarapiquí	3 HOURS
Punta Islita	5 HOURS & 1/2	Siquirres	4 HOURS
Punta Leona	4 HOURS & 1/2	Tamarindo	6 HOURS
Puntaneras	3 HOURS & 1/2	QUEPOS TO...
Quepos	5 HOURS & 1/2	Arenal	4 HOURS
Siquirres	6 HOURS & 1/2	Caldera	2 HOURS
Tamarindo	4 HOURS	Dominical	1 HOUR
Tambor	5 HOURS	Flamingo	5 HOURS
Turrialba (via Siquirres)	6 HOURS	Golfito	3 HOURS & 1/2
TAMARINDO TO...		Herradura	1 HOUR
Jacó	4 HOURS & 1/2	Jacó	1 HOUR
Malpaís	7 HOURS	La Cruz	7 HOURS
Montezuma	6 HOURS	Malpaís	5 HOURS
Tambor	6 HOURS	Montezuma	4 HOURS & 1/2
TURRIALBA TO...		Monteverde	5 HOURS & 1/2
Dominical	6 HOURS	Puerto Jiménez	5 HOURS & 1/2
Puerto Viejo de Limón	3 HOURS & 1/2	Punta Islita	7 HOURS
		Puntarenas	3 HOURS
		Sámara	6 HOURS
		Sarapiquí	5 HOURS & 1/2
		Sierpe	3 HOURS
		Tamarindo	5 HOURS
		Tambor	4 HOURS & 1/2

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