There are 8 ways to get from Boston to Puntarenas by ferry, plane, shuttle, car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Ferry to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
best- Take the ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminalferry
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BOS - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San Jose Airport to Puntarenas
13h 3m$347–933Ferry to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Cobano, ferry
cheapest- Take the ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminalferry
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Cobano (ACO)plane BOS - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenasferry
15h 5m$211–1,026Drive 6,412.8 km
- Drive from Boston to Puntarenascar 6,412.8 km
3d 7h$1,028–1,484Ferry to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminalferry
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane BOS - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
11h 59m$598–1,889Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane EWR - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San Jose Airport to Puntarenas
14h 58m$399–1,566Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane JFK - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
15h 26m$552–2,112Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane EWR - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
15h 37m$620–2,422Ferry to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Nosara Airport, shuttle
- Take the ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminalferry
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane BOS - NOB
- Take a shuttle bus from Nosara to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
13h 12m$613–1,269
Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Boston to Puntarenas is to ferry and fly and shuttle which costs $340 - $950 and takes 13h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Boston to Puntarenas is to ferry and fly and shuttle which takes 11h 59m and costs $600 - $1,900.
The distance between Boston and Puntarenas is 3912 km. The road distance is 6412.8 km.
It takes approximately 13h 3m to get from Boston to Puntarenas, including transfers.
Puntarenas is 1h behind Boston. It is currently 8:46 AM in Boston and 7:46 AM in Puntarenas.
Yes, the driving distance between Boston to Puntarenas is 6413 km. It takes approximately 3 days 7h to drive from Boston to Puntarenas.
There are 118+ hotels available in Puntarenas.
What companies run services between Boston, MA, USA and Puntarenas, Costa Rica?
There is no direct connection from Boston to Puntarenas. However, you can take the ferry to Logan Airport Ferry Terminal, walk to Boston-Airport-BOS airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), walk to El Cacique, take the line 200 bus to Contiguo Al Cruce Al Hospital, walk to San Jose Airport, then take the shuttle to Puntarenas. Alternatively, you can drive from Boston to Puntarenas in around 3d 7h.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 34m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nosara Airport via Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nosara Airport via Fort Lauderdale, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nosara Airport via Miami, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nosara Airport via Baltimore, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nosara Airport via Charlotte, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nosara Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cobano via Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cobano via Fort Lauderdale, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cobano via Miami, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cobano via Baltimore, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–600
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cobano via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Shuttle from San Jose Airport to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $173
- Schedules at
- Willie's Tours Costa Rica Shuttles
Shuttle from San Jose Airport to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $173
- Schedules at
- Willie's Tours Costa Rica Shuttles
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Nosara to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $397
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- RIDE CR
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900 / 2640 0811
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tropical Tours Shuttles
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- Tropical Tours Shuttles
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- Tropical Tours Shuttles
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- Tropical Tours Shuttles
Shuttle from Nosara to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $250
- Schedules at
- Jorge's Taxis and Shuttles
Ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–10
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–10
Ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–10
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–10
Ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–10
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–10
Ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–10
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–10
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- [email protected]
- Website
- Naviera Tambor
Ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–26
- Schedules at
- Naviera Tambor
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $2
- Moto
- $8
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $26
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