Services:

 

San Jose: 5.30 am & 2.30 pm - 4 hours - $6 aproximately

goes by the airport from Monteverde.

from San Jose if you are at the airport in Alajuela you can  try and catch the bus in the intersection of Villa Bonita on highway 1, but you might end up standing all the way here. 

Best if you catch the bus in downtown San Jose terminal . Ave 9 between street 10 $ 12.

Schedule Here

 



Puntarenas: 6.00 am Direct service - 1.15 pm via las Juntas - $4 aprox.

                                                              2.15 pm  via Lagartos intersection.

Tilaran: 7.00 am -  3.5 hrs $3



​La Fortuna & Arenal Volcano:  

8.00 am & 2.00 pm - Jeep boat Jeep service: $28 and 30 pp

 

From Liberia to Monteverde:

 

Take a bus from Liberia going torwards Puntarenas.

BUS SCHEDULE FROM LIBERIA TO PUNTARENAS

 

Get dropped off at the Irma intersection (Las Juntas de Abangares - nearest town to Santa Elena)

There will be a bus passing by this intersection going torwards Monteverde between 2.30 - 3.00 pm comming from Puntarenas. Catch this one. you will arrive in Santa Elena about 4.30 or 5.00 pm.

Else get dropped off further on on highway 1 at the Sardinal Intersection and catch the bus comming from San Jose around 4.30 - 5.00 pm (this one will drop you off infront of the hostel)

 

From the Nicaraguan Border is similar from Liberia just take the transportes deldu bus.

Bus Schedule Here.



 

From the Peñas Blancas Nicaragua Border to Liberia.

 Schedule Here

 

 

Private Shuttles are also available TO and FROM all major destinations in Costa Rica.

San Jose, Liberia, Manuel Antonio, Tamarindo, Samara, Nicoya, la Fortuna, Arenal Volcano, etc.. 

Prices range between $50 and $60 pp depending on destination.