There are 7 ways to get from Medellín to Liberia by plane, bus, ferry, shuttle, or taxi
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 Juan Santamaría International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MDE - SJO
- Take the bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Liberiabus
9h 26m$209–516Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Terminal del Norte to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
- Take the ferry from Cartagena to Portobeloferry
- Take the bus from Sabanitas to Panama Citybus
- Take the bus from Terminal Albrook to Terminal Tica Busbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Pulmitan De Liberia to Terminal Pulmitan Liberiabus
7d 13h$816–876Fly to Liberia International Airport
- Fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane MDE - LIR
7h 34m$244–422Fly to Tamarindo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)plane MDE - TNO
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
10h 20m$326–493Fly to Nosara Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane MDE - NOB
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
11h 24m$620–764Fly to La Fortuna Arenal Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON)plane MDE - FON
- Take a shuttle bus from La Fortuna to Cañas
- Take the bus from Cañas to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberiabus
9h 16m$410–571Taxi, ferry, bus
- Take the taxi from Medellín to Cartagenataxi
- Take the ferry from Cartagena to Portobeloferry
- Take the bus from Sabanitas to Panama Citybus
- Take the bus from Terminal Albrook to Terminal Tica Busbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Pulmitan De Liberia to Terminal Pulmitan Liberiabus
7d 14h$1,284–1,324
Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Medellín to Liberia is to fly and bus which costs $200 - $550 and takes 9h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Medellín to Liberia is to fly which takes 7h 34m and costs $240 - $430.
The distance between Medellín and Liberia is 1304 km.
The best way to get from Medellín to Liberia without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 7 days 13h and costs $800 - $900.
It takes approximately 9h 26m to get from Medellín to Liberia, including transfers.
Liberia is 1h behind Medellín. It is currently 6:44 AM in Medellín and 5:44 AM in Liberia.
There are 108+ hotels available in Liberia.
What companies run services between Medellín, Colombia and Liberia, Costa Rica?
AeroRepública, SANSA, and three other airlines fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) 5 times a day.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–250
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–430
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Cartagena, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tamarindo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–210
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tamarindo Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tamarindo Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–180
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–310
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–190
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–200
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–230
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–250
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–430
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Cartagena, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tamarindo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–210
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tamarindo Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tamarindo Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–180
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–310
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–190
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–200
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–230
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–450
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–450
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–290
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–240
- Phone
- +506 4404 0505
- [email protected]
- Website
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8001
- [email protected]
- Website
- expresobrasilia.com
Bus from Terminal del Norte to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $35–55
- Phone
- +57 604 444 8888
- [email protected]
- Website
- rapidoochoa.com.co
Bus from Terminal del Norte to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- rapidoochoa.com.co
- Book at
- rapidoochoa.com.co
- Phone
- +507 983 9091
- Website
- grantnt.com
Bus from Sabanitas to Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4
- Schedules at
- grantnt.com
Bus from Sabanitas to Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4
- Schedules at
- grantnt.com
- Phone
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Terminal Albrook to Terminal Tica Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $58–90
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $60–90
Bus from Terminal Albrook to Terminal Tica Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $58–90
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $60–90
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- [email protected]
- Website
- ticabus.com
Bus from Terminal Albrook to Terminal Tica Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
Bus from Terminal Albrook to Terminal Tica Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
- Phone
- +506 2222 0610
- info@caribeños.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal Pulmitan De Liberia to Terminal Pulmitan Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Book at
- mibus.cr
Bus from Terminal Pulmitan De Liberia to Terminal Pulmitan Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Book at
- mibus.cr
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from La Fortuna to Cañas
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $240
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2750 0626
- [email protected]
- Website
- caribeshuttle.com
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
- Phone
- +506 2663 1752
- [email protected]
- Website
- reinadelcampo.com
Bus from Cañas to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–5
- Schedules at
- reinadelcampo.com
- Phone
- +506 2222 0610
- info@grupocaribeños.com
Bus from Cañas to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Phone
- +57 310 704 0425
- [email protected]
- Website
- bluesailing.net
Ferry from Cartagena to Portobelo
- Ave. Duration
- 6d
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $700
- Website
- https://bluesailing.net/en_us/
Ferry from Cartagena to Portobelo
- Ave. Duration
- 6d
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $700
- Website
- https://bluesailing.net/en_us/
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Estimated price
- $508
Tax Individual
- Phone
- +57 604 444 4444
- Website
- tax-individual.com.co
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