How To Get to Nosara
If you are staying with us at our resort then we will arrange for you to be picked up off the plane and taken to your door. If however you’re making your stay with us part of a longer trip around Costa Rica and you prefer to get to us under your own steam, then you’ll find some of this generic information about how to get to Nosara very helpful.
Assuming that you are flying into Costa Rica, the two nearest international airports to Nosara are San Jose and Liberia. A great website for finding flight deals and comparing prices is Kayak. Spirit also do some great deals.
When you are looking for your international flights, San Jose is usually cheaper and/or more convenient because there are more international routes flying into San Jose than Liberia. However San Jose is a 6 hour drive from Nosara where as Liberia is only 2 hours.
Our advice is to fly into Liberia if you can. If it isn’t possible then don’t worry, getting here from San Jose is not too much hassle. Many people regularly make the five hour drive, including myself. To make life easier you could opt to have a driver or even take an internal flight instead. The flight only takes about 40 minutes but it may mean you have to spend a night in San Jose (if so we recommend the Adventure Inn).
We have provided below all the info you might need including tried and tested directions from San Jose to Nosara and directions from Liberia to Nosara (which we suggest you print off and have with you).
Getting from Liberia to Nosara…
…by plane.
The flight from Liberia to Nosara takes about 20 minutes. Prices vary but it is around $60 per person each way. Nature Air make the flight daily. The airfield in Nosara is 15 minutes drive from Playa Guiones and we can arrange for you to be picked up if you let us know when you are arriving.
…by taxi
If you don’t fancy driving yourself, contact us and we can arrange for a driver to meet you off the plane in a rather swanky little minivan complete with comfy seats, aircon and dvd player, all for a rather reasonable $140.
…by rental car
The drive from Liberia to Nosara is not difficult but it is worth printing off our directions from Liberia to Nosara and having them with you (just in case). It takes about two and a half hours. Lots of people make the drive every day in a regular car but for peace of mind, and a slightly less bumpy experience, we recommend hiring a 4×4. National Rental and Toyota Rent A Car both have offices in Nosara and at Liberia International airport. If you’re only in Nosara for a week or so it’s probably worth having a car to make the most of your time. If you’re in no rush though you could just rent a bike while you’re here or just stroll around in your flip flops.
Getting from San Jose to Nosara…
…by plane
The flight from San Jose to Nosara takes about 40 minutes. Prices vary but it is around $100 per person each way. Two airlines make daily flights, Sansa and Nature Air. Sansa flies from the International airport in San Jose (Juan Santamaria) but Nature Air flies from the domestic airport which is a 20 minute taxi ride from the International airport. If your international flight gets in late, you may find you will have to spend a night in San Jose. The airfield in Nosara is 15 minutes drive from Playa Guiones and we can arrange for you to be picked up if you let us know when you are arriving.
…by taxi
If you don’t fancy driving yourself, contact us and we can arrange for a driver to meet you off the plane in a rather swanky little minivan complete with comfy seats, aircon and dvd player, all for a fairly reasonable $200.
…by rental car
The drive from San Jose to Nosara is not complicated but it takes about five hours. We recommend printing off our directions from San Jose to Nosara (which have been tried, tested and tweaked) and having them with you for the drive. Lots of people make the drive every day in a regular car but for peace of mind, and a slightly less bumpy experience, we recommend hiring a 4×4. National Rental and Toyota Rent A Car both have offices in Nosara and in San Jose at the airport. If you’re only in Nosara for a week or so it’s probably worth having a car to make the most of your time. If you’re in no rush though you could just rent a bike while you’re here or just stroll around in your flip flops.
