There are 6 ways to get from Medellín to Liberia by plane, bus, taxi, ferry, 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 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 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Paseo Colon Frente A Torre Mercedesbus
- Take the bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Liberiabus
9h 3m$209–506Taxi, ferry, bus
- Take the taxi from Medellín to Cartagenataxi
- Take the ferry from Cartagena to Portobeloferry
- Take the bus from Sabanitas to Terminal de Albrookbus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Albrook to Terminal Tica Busbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Pulmitan De Liberia to Terminal Pulmitan Liberiabus
7d 14h$1,285–1,325Fly to Liberia International Airport
- Fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane MDE - LIR
9h$264–502Fly 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
9h 8m$316–503Fly 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
10h 33m$620–794Bus, 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 Terminal de Albrookbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Tica Bus Panamá to Terminal Tica Bus San Josébus
- Take the bus from Terminal Pulmitan De Liberia to Terminal Pulmitan Liberiabus
7d 15h$816–866
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 3m.
The fastest way to get from Medellín to Liberia is to fly which takes 9h and costs $260 - $500.
The distance between Medellín and Liberia is 1385 km.
The best way to get from Medellín to Liberia without a car is to taxi and ferry and bus which takes 7 days 14h and costs $1,280 - $1,330.
It takes approximately 9h 3m to get from Medellín to Liberia, including transfers.
Liberia is 1h behind Medellín. It is currently 2:11 PM in Medellín and 1:11 PM in Liberia.
There are 105+ 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
- 7h 53m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–330
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Cobano
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–340
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–500
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Cartagena, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tamarindo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–220
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tamarindo Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–330
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tamarindo Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–210
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–320
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Cartagena, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–330
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Cobano
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–340
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–500
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Cartagena, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tamarindo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–220
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tamarindo Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–330
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tamarindo Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–210
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–320
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Cartagena, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–460
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–460
- 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
- $55–300
- 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 2442 6900
- [email protected]
- Website
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Paseo Colon Frente A Torre Mercedes
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
- 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
- +507 983 9091
- Website
- grantnt.com
Bus from Sabanitas to Terminal de Albrook
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4
- Schedules at
- UTRACOLPA
Bus from Sabanitas to Terminal de Albrook
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4
- Schedules at
- UTRACOLPA
Bus from Terminal de Albrook to Terminal Tica Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $58–90
- Schedules at
- Cristóbal Colón Autobuses (Línea Dorada y Trans Galgos Inter)
- Road
- $60–90
- 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
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- RIDE CR
- Phone
- +506 2750 0626
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caribe Shuttle
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Caribe Shuttle
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Caribe Shuttle
- 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
- +52 962 625 2435
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tica Bus
Bus from Terminal Tica Bus Panamá to Terminal Tica Bus San José
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- Tica Bus
- Phone
- +57 310 704 0425
- [email protected]
- Website
- Blue Sailing
Ferry from Cartagena to Portobelo
- Ave. Duration
- 6d
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $700
- Website
- Blue Sailing
Ferry from Cartagena to Portobelo
- Ave. Duration
- 6d
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $700
- Website
- Blue Sailing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Estimated price
- $509
Tax Individual
- Phone
- +57 604 444 4444
- Website
- tax-individual.com.co
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