There are 5 ways to get from Costa Rica to Johannesburg by plane, taxi, ferry, 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.
Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane SJO - JNB
22h 8mR 14,643–19,079Fly Limón International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Limón International Airport (LIO) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane LIO - JNB
30h 19mR 10,633–29,766Taxi to Quepos La Managua Airport, fly to Johannesburg International Airport
- Take the taxi from San Isidro to Quepos-Airport-XQPtaxi
- Fly from Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane XQP - JNB
32h 5mR 12,671–32,175Ferry to Cobano, fly to Johannesburg International Airport
- Take the ferry from Puntarenas to Paqueraferry
- Fly from Cobano (ACO) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane ACO - JNB
35h 47mR 11,737–33,260Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Lanseria International Airport, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Lanseria International Airport (HLA)plane SJO - HLA
- Take the train from Pretoria to Parktrain
28h 52mR 14,988–38,654
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Johannesburg is to fly which costs R 14 000 - R 20 000 and takes 22h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Johannesburg is to fly which takes 22h 8m and costs R 14 000 - R 20 000.
The distance between Costa Rica and Johannesburg is 12752 km.
It takes approximately 22h 8m to get from Costa Rica to Johannesburg, including transfers.
Johannesburg is 8h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 3:46 PM in Costa Rica and 11:46 PM in Johannesburg.
There are 5158+ hotels available in Johannesburg.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Johannesburg, South Africa?
Edelweiss Air, Swiss, and six other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) twice daily.
Airlines
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Bogota, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–30,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Panama City, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–30,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Bogota, Sao Paulo, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–31,000
Flights from Limón International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Bogota, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–31,000
Flights from Limón International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Panama City, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–31,000
Flights from Limón International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Bogota, Sao Paulo, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–31,000
Flights from Limón International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Panama City, Sao Paulo, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–31,000
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Bogota, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–29,000
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Panama City, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–29,000
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Bogota, Sao Paulo, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–29,000
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Panama City, Sao Paulo, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–29,000
Flights from Cobano to Johannesburg International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Bogota, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–32,000
Flights from Cobano to Johannesburg International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Panama City, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–32,000
Flights from Cobano to Johannesburg International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Bogota, Sao Paulo, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–32,000
Flights from Cobano to Johannesburg International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Panama City, Sao Paulo, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–32,000
- Website
- flysafair.co.za
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Lanseria International Airport via Lima, Sao Paulo, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 14,000–41,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Lanseria International Airport via Panama City, Sao Paulo, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 44m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 14,000–40,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Lanseria International Airport via Bogota, Sao Paulo, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 14,000–40,000
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Lima, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–29,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Panama City, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–29,000
Flights from Limón International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Panama City, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–29,000
Flights from Cobano to Johannesburg International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Panama City, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–30,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–33,000
Flights from Cobano to Johannesburg International Airport via Liberia, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–35,000
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 14,000–19,000
Train operators
- Phone
- 0800 428 87246
- [email protected]
- Website
- gautrain.co.za
Train from Pretoria to Park
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 75–100
- Schedules at
- gautrain.co.za
- Peak
- R 100
- Off-peak
- R 80
Ferry operators
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- [email protected]
- Website
- Naviera Tambor
Ferry from Puntarenas to Paquera
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 18–410
- Schedules at
- Naviera Tambor
- Adult
- R 30
- Child
- R 18
- Moto
- R 123
- Bike
- R 80
- Car
- R 410
Other operators
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Estimated price
- R 2,200–2,700
Coopeheredia
- Phone
- +506 2262 6262
- Website
- coopeheredia.com
Coopemargarita
- Phone
- +506 2238 3838
- Website
- facebook.com
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