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Airport Tambor airport strip
Ferry Paquera ferry port 45.00 km
Car Car not necessary

How to get there

Shuttle:

Shuttle service is a comfortable, budget and often preferred way to move around Costa Rica. It’s a door to door service with A/C available reserving directly with us from / to the following destinations: San Jose / Alajuela / International Airport Juan SantaMaria / La Fortuna / Monteverde / Samara / Nosara / Playa Tamarindo / Liberia / Nicaragua Border / Jaco / Manuel Antonio / Dominical. Prices start at $45 p/p. The trips from San Jose and Liberia take aprox 5 hours. Coming from San Jose you will board the Ferry boat departing from Puntarenas to Paquera.The crossing will show you amazing view of the Nicoya Gulf.Also Taxi boats are available from and to Jaco and a combination of Shuttle+Taxi boat is also possible from/to Manuel Antonio and Dominical. Prices start at $50 p/p.

By Air

Domestic flights are a very fast way to move around Costa Rica. Our closest domestic airport is the one of Tambor, a small village at 45 minutes driving from Playa Santa Teresa. There are 2 airlines operating , Nature Air and Sansa. The trip from and to San Jose takes aprox 25 minutes and overflies the beautiful Nicoya Gulf offering you amazing views of the bays. Tambor airport is only connected to San Jose and Liberia, but combination of flights can take you also to all the other main destinations of Costa Rica. If you are flying into Tambor strip, we can arrange for you a taxi to pick you up and take you to our door. It’s a 45 minutes ride through the beautiful country side of the Peninsula and costs aprox $50 for a max of 4 persons. Please check before since some fares already include a shuttle service to Santa Teresa.

By Car

Driving in Costa Rica is a fun way of travel. Please consider that many roads are in bad conditions and most of them are dirty roads. So a 4WD is always recommended and journeys may be long depending on the routes you take.There are many car rentals to choose from, we can compare prices for you if you like and get the best price. If you are driving from San Jose please take route 27 , Autopista to Caldera. It will lead you all the way to Puntarenas and the ferry point. Once there cross with the ferry to Paquera, operated by Naviera Tambor. And once in Paquera follow the route to Cobano first and then Malpais and Santa Teresa. If you are driving form Liberia please take route 21 and drive it all the way until Paquera, then follow the signs to get to Cobano first and then Malpais and Santa Teresa.