Transportation around the Arenal Volcano area, Costa Rica
Costa Rica has various transport options and how you travel place by place often depends on time, cost and convenience. Desafio Adventure Company can arrange any private transport, and shuttles to most parts of the country.
How to get to Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica? See below for details about rental cars, Arenal maps and other maps of Costa Rica
Private Transfers
The most comfortable, convenient
and fastest way to travel by road is by completely private, door to door
transportation. Desafio vans and coasters can safely tranfer you to most
destinations in Costa Rica. Our drivers use comfortable microbuses or 4 x 4
vehicles which have A/C and seat belts. Vehicles are fully insured and drivers
always carry cell phones. The prices are usually based on 1-8 people (Coasters
up to 22 passengers), with operating hours between 7.00am-7.00pm. Outside of
these hours there is a small extra charge. Private transports can be arranged
from airports in Costa Rica: our drivers wait for you at the main exits of the
airport and have a sign with your name on it.
Need to book a private or shuttle transport? Contact us... click here
Shuttles
Shuttles (shared or collective
transports as they are sometimes called) are a great alternative to rental
cars, public buses or private transfers. We can arrange shuttle services to
many destinations in Costa Rica, which run once or twice daily and are
hotel-to-hotel. The shuttles are comfortable, modern micro-buses with a/c
and seat belts. The drivers are equipped with cell phones and are fully
insured. The shuttles usually take up to 8 people. Shuttles in general cannot
pick up from the airports but they do pick-up from cetain hotels very near the
airport.
Taxi-Boat-Taxi or
Jeep-boat-Jeep
This is a special service from
Monteverde to Arenal (or vice versa). The journey is approximately 3 - 3.5
hours, hotel-to-hotel from most main hotels in the Monteverde and Arenal
zones. Click
here for more
details
Horseback from Arenal to Monteverde (or vice versa). Probably the most fun! Turn a travel day into an adventure day! Tthis can also be done with mountain bikes .Click here for more details.
Public Buses
Throughout Costa Rica there is an
extensive public bus system. The problem is that most of the routes are
privately rather than collectively or govenrment owned, so getting hold of a
schedule is often difficult and finding updated ones is often a time consuming
and frustrating job. The buses are often hot, late, cancelled, crowded and
extremely slow. But they are very cheap - there is no doubt about that and if
you are a traveler with a lot of time on your hands this is the way to go!
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Transportation around the Arenal Volcano area, Costa Rica
Domestic Flights in Costa Rica... There are two principal domestic carriers in Costa Rica: Sansa and Nature Air.
Taxi-boat-taxi Service is the fastest one-way transfer between Monteverde and Arenal Volcano and La Fortuna. Or vice versa.
Horseback Riding is a wonderful way of traveling between Monteverde and Arenal Volcano or vice versa
Shuttles (collective transfers) operated by various companies such as Interbus and Gray Line’s Fantasy Bus and others, Private transfers, Some public transport routes.
There are limited travel options as far as getting up to Monteverde, the one you choose will depend on your budget
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