There are 6 ways to get from Abu Dhabi to Costa Rica by plane, shuttle, taxi, or ferry
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Fly Abu Dhabi to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane AUH - SJO
25h 6m$502–1,303Shuttle to Dubai International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Abu Dhabi to Dubai Airport
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane DXB - SJO
25h 41m$752–1,803Fly Abu Dhabi to Limón International Airport
- Fly from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane AUH - LIO
40h 19m$563–1,416Fly Abu Dhabi to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane AUH - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
28h 9m$881–2,571Fly Abu Dhabi to Cobano, ferry
- Fly from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Cobano (ACO)plane AUH - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenasferry
30h 7m$568–1,667Fly Abu Dhabi to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane AUH - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
27h 29m$975–2,380
Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Abu Dhabi to Costa Rica is to shuttle and fly which costs $750 - $1,800 and takes 25h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Abu Dhabi to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 25h 6m and costs $500 - $1,300.
The distance between Abu Dhabi and Costa Rica is 14174 km.
It takes approximately 25h 6m to get from Abu Dhabi to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 10h behind Abu Dhabi. It is currently 2:06 AM in Abu Dhabi and 4:06 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 760+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and Costa Rica?
Etihad, Air Canada, and four other airlines fly from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) twice daily.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Limón International Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,300
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Limón International Airport via New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Quepos La Managua Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Cobano via New York JFK, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Cobano via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Limón International Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,300
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Limón International Airport via New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Quepos La Managua Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Cobano via New York JFK, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Cobano via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–1,600
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
- Phone
- +1 800 665 2122
- Website
- emirates.com
Shuttle from Abu Dhabi to Dubai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- emirates.com
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900 / 2640 0811
- [email protected]
- Website
- tropicaltourshuttles.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- [email protected]
- Website
- navieratambor.com
Ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–26
- Schedules at
- navieratambor.com
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $2
- Moto
- $8
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $26
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