Mexico & Central America
Getting around Costa Rica
Between cities
Getting around Costa Rica
Cheap public buses reach almost everywhere from San José but are slow. Shared shuttles, Sansa domestic flights and rental cars (4x4 in rainy season) are faster.
Key facts
- Ride-hailing apps: Uber, DiDi, inDrive.
- Driving: on the right. Foreign licences are valid for the length of your tourist stay; carry your original passport when driving.
- Interbus (shared shuttles)
- Sansa (domestic flights)
Getting around by place
- La FortunaGetting around
- San JoséGetting around
- TamarindoGetting around
- Manuel AntonioGetting around
- Santa TeresaGetting around
- MonteverdeGetting around
- Puerto ViejoGetting around
- NosaraGetting around
- TortugueroGetting around
- JacóGetting around
- UvitaGetting around
- Playas del CocoGetting around
- SámaraGetting around
Sources
- Interbus (shared shuttles)
- Sansa (domestic flights)
- US State Department travel advisory
- GOV.UK foreign travel advice: Costa Rica
- Government of Canada travel advice: Costa Rica
- Visit Costa Rica (ICT): digital nomads
- Speedtest Global Index: Costa Rica
- World Bank open data
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