There are 7 ways to get from Cartagena to Playas del Coco by plane, shuttle, ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Cartagena (CTG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane CTG - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Playas del Coco
9h 18m$843–1,071Fly to Liberia International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cartagena (CTG) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane CTG - LIR
7h 47m$92–423Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Cartagena to Portobeloferry
- Take the bus from Sabanitas to Panama Citybus
- Take the bus from Terminal Albrook to Terminal Tica Busbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Pulmitan De Liberia to Playas del Cocobus
7d 1h$771–809Fly to Tamarindo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Cartagena (CTG) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)plane CTG - TNO
- Take a shuttle bus from Playa Tamarindo to Playas del Coco
9h 37mFly to La Fortuna Arenal Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Cartagena (CTG) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON)plane CTG - FON
- Take a shuttle bus from La Fortuna to Cañas
- Take the bus from Cañas to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberiabus
17h$327–612Fly to Nosara Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Cartagena (CTG) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane CTG - NOB
- Take a shuttle bus from Nosara to Playas del Coco
12h 1m$124–362Fly to Cobano, shuttle
- Fly from Cartagena (CTG) to Cobano (ACO)plane CTG - ACO
- Take a shuttle bus from Montezuma to Playas del Coco
11h 54m$133–432
Cartagena (CTG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cartagena to Playas del Coco is to fly and shuttle which costs $120 - $370 and takes 12h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Cartagena to Playas del Coco is to fly which takes 7h 47m and costs $90 - $430.
The distance between Cartagena and Playas del Coco is 1235 km.
The best way to get from Cartagena to Playas del Coco without a car is to ferry and bus which takes 7 days 1h and costs $770 - $810.
It takes approximately 9h 18m to get from Cartagena to Playas del Coco, including transfers.
Playas del Coco is 1h behind Cartagena. It is currently 3:55 PM in Cartagena and 2:55 PM in Playas del Coco.
There are 839+ hotels available in Playas del Coco.
What companies run services between Cartagena, Colombia and Playas del Coco, Costa Rica?
Avianca - Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A., SANSA, and two other airlines fly from Cartagena (CTG) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) 3 times a day.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Cartagena to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Cartagena to Liberia International Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–420
Flights from Cartagena to Tamarindo Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–330
Flights from Cartagena to Tamarindo Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Cartagena to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Cartagena to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–260
Flights from Cartagena to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Cartagena to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Cartagena to Nosara Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Cartagena to Nosara Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–300
Flights from Cartagena to Nosara Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–240
Flights from Cartagena to Cobano via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Cartagena to Cobano via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Cartagena to Cobano via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Cartagena to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Cartagena to Liberia International Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–420
Flights from Cartagena to Tamarindo Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–330
Flights from Cartagena to Tamarindo Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Cartagena to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Cartagena to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–260
Flights from Cartagena to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Cartagena to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Cartagena to Nosara Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Cartagena to Nosara Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–300
Flights from Cartagena to Nosara Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–240
Flights from Cartagena to Cobano via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Cartagena to Cobano via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Cartagena to Cobano via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Cartagena to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–280
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Cartagena to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–410
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $315
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Playas del Coco
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $324
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from La Fortuna to Cañas
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $240
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +507 983 9091
- Website
- grantnt.com
Bus from Sabanitas to Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4
- Schedules at
- grantnt.com
- Phone
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Terminal Albrook to Terminal Tica Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $58–90
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $60–90
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- [email protected]
- Website
- ticabus.com
Bus from Terminal Albrook to Terminal Tica Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
- Phone
- +506 2222 0610
- info@caribeños.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal Pulmitan De Liberia to Playas del Coco
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +506 2755 1024
- tours@williestourscostarica
- Website
- williestourscostarica.com
Shuttle from Playa Tamarindo to Playas del Coco
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Schedules at
- williestourscostarica.com
- Phone
- +506 2663 1752
- [email protected]
- Website
- reinadelcampo.com
Bus from Cañas to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–5
- Schedules at
- reinadelcampo.com
- Phone
- +506 2222 0610
- info@grupocaribeños.com
Bus from Cañas to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900 / 2640 0811
- [email protected]
- Website
- tropicaltourshuttles.com
Shuttle from Nosara to Playas del Coco
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
Shuttle from Montezuma to Playas del Coco
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +57 310 704 0425
- [email protected]
- Website
- bluesailing.net
Ferry from Cartagena to Portobelo
- Ave. Duration
- 6d
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $700
- Website
- https://bluesailing.net/en_us/
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