There are 8 ways to get from London to Puntarenas by plane, shuttle, train, car, or ferry
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Fly London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LHR - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San Jose Airport to Puntarenas
17h 58m$738–1,418Fly London Heathrow Airport to Cobano, ferry
cheapest- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cobano (ACO)plane LHR - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenasferry
22h 19m$461–2,009Fly London Heathrow Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane LHR - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
27h 56m$838–2,422Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LGW - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San Jose Airport to Puntarenas
21h 2m$622–1,218Fly London Heathrow Airport to Tamarindo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)plane LHR - TNO
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Puntarenas
24h 35m$868–1,960Fly London Heathrow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, drive
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane LHR - XQP
- Drive from Quepos-Airport-XQP to Puntarenascar
30h 1m$482–1,671Fly London Heathrow Airport to Nosara Airport, shuttle
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane LHR - NOB
- Take a shuttle bus from Nosara to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
30h 45m$873–2,052Fly London Heathrow Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport, drive, shuttle
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON)plane LHR - FON
- Drive from La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON) to Monteverdecar
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
32h 45m$684–1,869
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Puntarenas is to train and fly and shuttle which costs $600 - $1,300 and takes 21h 2m.
The fastest way to get from London to Puntarenas is to fly and shuttle which takes 17h 58m and costs $700 - $1,500.
The distance between London and Puntarenas is 8828 km.
It takes approximately 17h 58m to get from London to Puntarenas, including transfers.
Puntarenas is 7h behind London. It is currently 11:13 PM in London and 4:13 PM in Puntarenas.
There are 121+ hotels available in Puntarenas.
What companies run services between London, England and Puntarenas, Costa Rica?
There is no direct connection from London to Puntarenas. However, you can take the train to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, walk to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), walk to Parada Aeropuerto - San José Lateral, take the bus to INVU Las Cañas, walk to San Jose Airport, then take the shuttle to Puntarenas. Alternatively, you can take the train to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, walk to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) airport, fly to Liberia International Airport (LIR), walk to Liberia Airport, take the shuttle to Monteverde, then take the shuttle to Puntarenas.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, La Fortuna Arenal Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Cancun, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nosara Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nosara Airport via Miami, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nosara Airport via Montreal, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nosara Airport via Philadelphia, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nosara Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cobano via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cobano via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, La Fortuna Arenal Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Cancun, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nosara Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nosara Airport via Miami, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nosara Airport via Montreal, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nosara Airport via Philadelphia, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nosara Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cobano via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cobano via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 4m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Liberia International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 18m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,000
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 14m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +506 2755 1024
- tours@williestourscostarica
- Website
- williestourscostarica.com
Shuttle from San Jose Airport to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $173
- Schedules at
- williestourscostarica.com
Shuttle from San Jose Airport to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $173
- Schedules at
- williestourscostarica.com
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $405
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Nosara to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $397
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900 / 2640 0811
- [email protected]
- Website
- tropicaltourshuttles.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +506 6061 5674 / 2645 7272
- [email protected]
- Website
- shuttlesmonteverde.com
Shuttle from Nosara to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $250
- Schedules at
- shuttlesmonteverde.com
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- [email protected]
- Website
- navieratambor.com
Ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–26
- Schedules at
- navieratambor.com
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $2
- Moto
- $8
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $26
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