There are 5 ways to get from Costa Rica to South Africa by plane or taxi
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Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Cape Town International Airport
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane SJO - CPT
20h 48mR 15,130–25,157Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Port Elizabeth
cheapest- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Port Elizabeth (PLZ)plane SJO - PLZ
23h 37mR 11,075–30,097Fly Limón International Airport to Cape Town International Airport
- Fly from Limón International Airport (LIO) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane LIO - CPT
20h 19mR 12,293–33,346Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane SJO - JNB
21h 55mR 13,380–19,467Taxi to Quepos La Managua Airport, fly to Cape Town International Airport
- Take the taxi from San Isidro to Quepos-Airport-XQPtaxi
- Fly from Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane XQP - CPT
31h 55mR 13,337–32,762
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to South Africa is to fly which costs R 13 000 - R 20 000 and takes 21h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to South Africa is to fly which takes 20h 19m and costs R 12 000 - R 34 000.
The distance between Costa Rica and South Africa is 11825 km.
It takes approximately 20h 48m to get from Costa Rica to South Africa, including transfers.
South Africa is 8h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 4:06 AM in Costa Rica and 12:06 PM in South Africa.
There are 4937+ hotels available in South Africa.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and South Africa?
LATAM Chile, Copa Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) twice daily.
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Bogota, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–30,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Panama City, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 28m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–30,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Lima, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–31,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Panama City, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 43m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 13,000–33,000
Flights from Limón International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Bogota, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 13,000–33,000
Flights from Limón International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Panama City, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 13,000–33,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Bogota, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–27,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Panama City, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 48m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–27,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Bogota, Sao Paulo, Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–27,000
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Bogota, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–30,000
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Panama City, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–30,000
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Lima, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–31,000
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Panama City, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 14,000–35,000
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Lima, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–30,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Panama City, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–29,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Lima, Sao Paulo, Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–31,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Panama City, Sao Paulo, Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–30,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Panama City, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–32,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Bogota, Sao Paulo, Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–30,000
Flights from Limón International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Lima, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–33,000
Flights from Limón International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Panama City, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–33,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Lima, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–27,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Panama City, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–26,000
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Lima, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–30,000
- Website
- flysafair.co.za
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Panama City, Sao Paulo, Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–30,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Panama City, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–32,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Bogota, Sao Paulo, Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–31,000
- 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 10,000–34,000
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–22,000
- 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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