There are 8 ways to get from Isla de Utila to San José by ferry, bus, plane, shuttle, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Ferry, bus, bus to Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport, fly
best- Take the ferry from Utila to La Ceibaferry
- Take the bus from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to Telabus
- Take the bus from Tela to Terminal Metropolitana de Busesbus
- Fly from Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane SAP - SJO
- Take the bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14bus
11h 41mFerry, shuttle, bus
cheapest- Take the ferry from Utila to La Ceibaferry
- Take a shuttle bus from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to San Jorge
- Take the bus from Rivas to Terminal Atlántico Nortebus Mga
30h 52m$202–220Ferry, bus via Managua
- Take the ferry from Utila to La Ceibaferry
- Take the bus from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to Terminal Metropolitana de Busesbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Buses to Terminal Tica Bus Managuabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Tica Bus Managua to Terminal Tica Bus San Josébus
32h 59mFerry, shuttle, drive, bus
- Take the ferry from Utila to La Ceibaferry
- Take a shuttle bus from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to San Juan del Sur
- Drive from San Juan del Sur to La Cruzcar
- Take the bus from La Cruz to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberiabus
- Take the bus from Liberia to Central Autobusera Inteligentebus
23h 9mFerry to La Ceiba, fly, bus
- Take the ferry from Utila to La Ceibaferry
- Fly from La Ceiba (LCE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LCE - SJO
- Take the bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14bus
13h 31mFerry, bus to Palmerola Airport, fly, bus
- Take the ferry from Utila to La Ceibaferry
- Take the bus from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to Comayaguabus
- Fly from Palmerola Airport (XPL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane XPL - SJO
- Take the bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14bus
15h 11mFerry to Roatán International Airport, fly, bus
- Take the ferry from Utila to Roatánferry
- Fly from Roatán International Airport (RTB) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane RTB - SJO
- Take the bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14bus
12h 15m$390–874Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Utila to La Ceibaferry
- Take the bus from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to Tegucigalpabus
- Take the bus from Hotel Intercontinental Tegucigalpa to Terminal San Carlos - Ticabusbus Tgp / ...
- Take the bus from Terminal San Carlos - CCA to Terminal Atlántico Nortebus Sac
38h 14m
Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Isla de Utila to San José is to ferry and shuttle and bus which costs $200 - $220 and takes 30h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Isla de Utila to San José is to ferry and fly and bus which takes 12h 15m and costs $390 - $900.
The distance between Isla de Utila and San José is 1081 km.
The best way to get from Isla de Utila to San José without a car is to ferry and bus via Managua which takes 32h 59m and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 41m to get from Isla de Utila to San José, including transfers.
There are 764+ hotels available in San José.
What companies run services between Isla de Utila, Honduras and San José, Costa Rica?
There is no direct connection from Isla de Utila to San José. However, you can take the ferry to La Ceiba, take the taxi to Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba, take the bus to Tela, take the bus to Terminal Metropolitana de Buses, take the taxi to Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP) airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), walk to 50 m este Del Aeropuerto, then take the bus to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Utila to Terminal Tica Bus San José via La Ceiba, Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba, Terminal Metropolitana de Buses, and Terminal Tica Bus Managua in around 32h 59m.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–550
Flights from Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–550
Flights from La Ceiba to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from La Ceiba to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Roatán International Airport, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from La Ceiba to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Roatán International Airport, Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from La Ceiba to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Guanaja, Roatán International Airport, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from La Ceiba to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Guanaja, Roatán International Airport, Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from La Ceiba to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Tegucigalpa, Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Palmerola Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–430
Flights from Roatán International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–750
Flights from Roatán International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–750
Flights from Roatán International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $310–750
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Flights from Palmerola Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–490
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Palmerola Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Roatán International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Palmerola Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Phone
- +504 8960 8540
- [email protected]
Bus from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to Tela
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
Bus from Tela to Terminal Metropolitana de Buses
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
Bus from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to Terminal Metropolitana de Buses
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Phone
- +504 2444 3822
- Website
- Cotraipbal
Bus from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to Tela
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- Cotraipbal
Bus from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to Comayagua
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- Cotraipbal
Bus from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to Tegucigalpa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- Cotraipbal
- Phone
- +506 2442 6900
- [email protected]
- Website
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to Terminal Metropolitana de Buses
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–150
- Schedules at
- Cooperativa de Transporte Unión Coloneña COTUC
- Phone
- +504 3210 1599
- [email protected]
- Website
- Mirna express
Bus from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to Terminal Metropolitana de Buses
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Website
- Mirna express
Bus from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to Tegucigalpa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- Mirna express
- Phone
- +504 3285 2353
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transportes Cristina
Bus from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to Terminal Metropolitana de Buses
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7
- Schedules at
- Transportes Cristina
- Phone
- +504 9445 3636
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transportes Kairos
Bus from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to Terminal Metropolitana de Buses
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- Transportes Kairos
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tica Bus
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Buses to Terminal Tica Bus Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- Tica Bus
Bus from Terminal Tica Bus Managua to Terminal Tica Bus San José
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- Tica Bus
- Phone
- +504 8763 1410
- [email protected]
- Website
- Guacamayos Tours
Shuttle from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to San Juan del Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Website
- Guacamayos Tours
- Phone
- +504 2425 3931
- [email protected]
- Website
- Roneey Shuttle
Shuttle from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to San Juan del Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130
- Website
- Roneey Shuttle
Shuttle from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to San Jorge
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130
- Website
- Roneey Shuttle
- Phone
- +506 2666 0517
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grupo Tranbasa
Bus from La Cruz to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- Grupo Tranbasa
- Phone
- +506 4404 0505
- [email protected]
- Website
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Liberia to Central Autobusera Inteligente
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transportes Kamaldy
Bus from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to Tegucigalpa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- Transportes Kamaldy
- Phone
- +504 9305 8135
- Website
- Transportes San Miguel Plus
Bus from Estacion de Autobuses La Ceiba to Tegucigalpa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–25
- Website
- Transportes San Miguel Plus
- Plus
- $25
- Ejecutive
- $19
Bus from Hotel Intercontinental Tegucigalpa to Terminal San Carlos - Ticabus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Schedules at
- Cristóbal Colón Autobuses (Línea Dorada y Trans Galgos Inter)
- Road
- $24–35
Bus from Terminal San Carlos - CCA to Terminal Atlántico Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Schedules at
- Cristóbal Colón Autobuses (Línea Dorada y Trans Galgos Inter)
- Road
- $65–95
Bus from Rivas to Terminal Atlántico Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Schedules at
- Cristóbal Colón Autobuses (Línea Dorada y Trans Galgos Inter)
- Road
- $24–35
- Phone
- +504 2445 1775
- [email protected]
- Website
- Galaxy Wave Ferry
Ferry from Utila to La Ceiba
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Galaxy Wave Ferry
Ferry from Utila to La Ceiba
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Galaxy Wave Ferry
Ferry from Utila to La Ceiba
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Galaxy Wave Ferry
Ferry from Utila to La Ceiba
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Galaxy Wave Ferry
Ferry from Utila to La Ceiba
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Galaxy Wave Ferry
Ferry from Utila to Roatán
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Galaxy Wave Ferry
Ferry from Utila to La Ceiba
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Galaxy Wave Ferry
- Phone
- +504 9436 2231
- [email protected]
- Website
- Dream Ferries
Ferry from Utila to Roatán
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $31–34
- Schedules at
- Dream Ferries
- Flexible
- $31
- VIP
- $34
Ferry from Utila to La Ceiba
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $31–34
- Schedules at
- Dream Ferries
- Flexible
- $31
- VIP
- $34
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