How to Get to Samara

How to Get to Samara

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Air:

There is an airport between Samara and Carillo, where daily flights via Nature Air and SANSA arrive from San Jose. Flights last 40 minutes.


Bus:

Buses leave from San Jose daily at 12:30 p.m. from Calle 14, Ave. 5, and return at 4 p.m. The bus journey takes about five hours. Several daily buses also depart from the town of Nicoya.

 

Car:

From San Jose, follow route 1 north.  Turn left onto route 21 (towards Nicoya and the Tempisque River Bridge).  Turn left onto route 18 following signs to Nicoya (there is a Shell gas station here).  Follow signs to Samara.  The road is paved the entire way, but there are some pot-holed sections as you near Samara. Roughly four and a half hours by car from San Jose and two hours by car from the Liberia airport.  See our more detailed driving directions...