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HOW TO REACH COSTA-RICA and DOMINICAL on the Pacific coast.

Link to google map of Dominical costa-rica ?

SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Flights from the US : Direct flights from Dallas, Miami, New Orleans, New York etc.

Flights from Europe :  Direct on Iberia from Madrid. KLM/Air-France via Panama

Flights from Australia and New Zealand : Via Los Angeles and Chile South America

LIBERIA AIRPORT in Guanacaste : 

Canadian and European flights, schedule and charter.

NEAREST LOCAL AIPORTS ON THE PACIFIC COAST.

 Flight times about 25 minutes from San Jose.           About 3 flights a day

QUEPOS – in the North

(the airfield for Manuel Antonio National Park)

Driving time from Quepos to Dominical – now about 25 minutes on new road.

 PALMAR SUR  airfield near Cortes (Drake Bay area)  - 40 mins by good road -

 1 or 2 flights a day to San Jose

Sansa from the main airport in San Jose

Nature Air goes from Pavas airport in San Jose, centre 

BY CAR FROM SAN JOSE - 

3 to 6 hours depending on which way you come and the state of the roads.

The OLD  Pan Am Highway on  the MOUNTAIN ROAD - the Cerro de la Muerte and climbs up briefly to almost 4000m before reaching San Isidro (or Perez Zeledon) the 2nd most important town in Costa-Rica.

Long distance buses travel this route quiet a few times a day, heading to the Panama border.

Mini Buses can collect you from your hotel in San Jose, or possibly from the international airport and deliver you to the nearest hotel in Dominical. They usually leave twice a day. Reservations are needed. Check with the Uvita Information centre – see Links

The down side of this route is having to cross San Jose, where there are hardly any sign postes.

Having reached San Isidro over the mountain,  head West down to the Pacific and Dominical.

This short  journey usually takes an hour going over the most amazing landscape.

Once in Dominical you head South towards Uvita and Puerto Cito.

The  COAST ROAD, via Jaco and Quepos.

A new toll road has recently been constructed, making the journey much quicker.

To take this road, you pass the International Airport and head towards San Ramon – Puntarenas and JACO.

There are now 2 roads, the Toll road and the old scenic road.

At Jaco, you  will notice all the new tourist developement taking place along the coast. 

Before arriving in Dominical you will pass through the Private Wildlife Reserve of Hacienda Baru before heading  South over the new bridge to Uvita and the Panama border.

Villa Vista de San Martin can be reached by 4 different mountain roads, but a 4×4 vehicle is an absolute necessity.

CARGO SHIPS  dock in Limon on the Caribbean coast and can take passengers