There are 6 ways to get from Costa Rica to Tanzania by plane, taxi, bus, or shuttle
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 Kilimanjaro International Airport, taxi
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)plane SJO - JRO
- Take the taxi from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Arushataxi
31h 53m$659–1,509Fly to Nairobi, shuttle
cheapest- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Nairobi (NBO)plane SJO - NBO
- Take a shuttle bus from Nairobi to Arusha
34h 47m$548–1,302Fly to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane SJO - DAR
31h 51m$613–2,031Fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane SJO - ZNZ
28h 29m$650–2,400Fly to Mombasa, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Mombasa (MBA)plane SJO - MBA
- Take the bus from Mombasa to Tangabus
31h 39m$787–2,558Fly to Arusha
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Arusha (ARK)plane SJO - ARK
29h 37m$686–1,933
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Tanzania is to fly and shuttle which costs $550 - $1,300 and takes 34h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Tanzania is to fly which takes 28h 29m and costs $650 - $2,400.
The distance between Costa Rica and Tanzania is 13551 km.
It takes approximately 31h 53m to get from Costa Rica to Tanzania, including transfers.
Tanzania is 9h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 11:34 AM in Costa Rica and 8:34 PM in Tanzania.
There are 796+ hotels available in Tanzania.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Tanzania?
KLM, Air France, and 10 other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR) twice daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Mombasa via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 42h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Mombasa via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Nairobi via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
- Website
- precisionairtz.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Arusha via Frankfurt, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Arusha via Madrid, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Madrid, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Madrid, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 42h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
- Website
- skywardexpress.co.ke
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Frankfurt, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
- Website
- airtanzania.co.tz
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- charterlines.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Madrid, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
- Website
- w2fly.es
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
- Website
- auricair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Arusha via Frankfurt, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
- Website
- airexcelonline.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Arusha via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Phone
- +254 708 599 995
- Website
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
Bus from Mombasa to Tanga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10
- Schedules at
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
- Phone
- +254 203 555 780
- [email protected]
- Website
- marangushuttles.com
Shuttle from Nairobi to Arusha
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1–25
- Schedules at
- marangushuttles.com
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Estimated price
- $17–21
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