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Costa Rica Travel Map with Major Routes
What you can't see can't hurt you???
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MAP of major Costa Rica Destinations
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Plan Your Travel to Avoid the Traffic
Don’t be deceived by its small size; Costa Rica’s mountainous terrain means the shortest distance between two points is never a straight line.
Road maps can be deceptive. Monteverde and Arenal volcano are two popular tourist destinations in Costa Rica. As the crow flies it is about 16 miles, but it takes about 3:45 to drive from one to the other, even in a 4WD vehicle.
Designing your travel route and where you will try to visit in a one or two week vacation requires local knowledge of the road conditions and other transportation options.
Serendipity also makes use of our strong 4x4's' - off pavement, back-roads, with no trucks, only a few antique pickups, occasional horses and sometimes even oxcarts.
San Jose to… |
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Arenal |
2.5 hrs |
Palomar Sur |
6 hrs |
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Bocas del Toro |
8 hrs |
Papagayo |
4 hrs |
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Cahuita |
4 hrs |
Peñas Blancas |
6.5 hrs |
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Caldera |
2 hrs |
Poas / Sarchi |
1 hr |
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Cañas |
2.5 hrs |
Puerto Viejo de Limón |
4.5 hrs |
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Caño Negro |
4 hrs |
Punta Islita |
5.5 hrs |
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Caño Blanco |
4 hrs |
Puntarenas |
2 hrs |
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Carrillo |
5 hrs |
Manuel Antonio/Quepos |
3 hrs |
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Dominical |
4 hrs |
Samara |
4 hrs |
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Flamingo |
4.5 hrs |
San Carlos |
2.5 hrs |
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Freeman |
3 hrs |
San Gerardo de Dota |
2.5 hrs |
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Golfito |
7.5 hrs |
Santa Cruz |
4 hrs |
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Herradura |
2 hrs |
Sarapiquí |
2 hrs |
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Irazú |
1 hr |
Sarchí |
1 hr |
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Irazú / Orosi |
1 hr |
Siquirres |
2.5 hrs |
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Jacó |
2 hrs |
Sixaola / Panama |
5.5 hrs |
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La Cruz |
6 hrs |
Sugar Beach |
5 hrs |
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Liberia |
3 hrs |
Tamarindo |
4.5 hrs |
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Limón |
3 hrs |
Tambor |
5 hrs |
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Malpais |
5 hrs |
Teleferico |
2 hrs |
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Manzanillo |
4.5 hrs |
Tilaran |
4 hrs |
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Monteverde |
3.5 hrs |
Turrialba |
2 hrs |
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Montezuma |
5 hrs |
Uvita |
5 hrs |
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Nosara |
5 hrs |
Valle Escondido |
3 hrs |
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Orotina |
1.5 hrs |
Villa Blanca |
2 hrs |
Liberia to… |
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Arenal |
3.25 hrs |
Monteverde |
2.5 hrs |
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Dominical |
7 hrs |
Puntarenas |
2 hrs |
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Flamingo |
1 hr |
Manuel Antonio |
5 hrs |
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Jacó |
3 hrs |
Sámara |
2.75 hrs |
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La Cruz |
1.5 hrs |
Sarapiquí |
6 hrs |
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Montezuma |
4 hrs |
Tamarindo |
1 hr |
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Punta Islita |
2.5 hrs |
Tambor |
3.5 hrs |
Arenal Volcano to… |
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Dominical |
5 hrs |
Papagayo |
3.5 hrs |
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Flamingo |
4 hrs |
Puerto Viejo de Limón |
5 hrs |
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Guápiles |
3 hrs |
Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí |
2 hrs |
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Jacó |
3 hrs |
Punta Islita |
5.5 hrs |
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La Cruz |
5 hrs |
Punta Leona |
3 hrs |
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Liberia |
3 hrs |
Puntaneras |
2.5 hrs |
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Los Chiles |
2 hrs |
Siquirres |
4 hrs |
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Manuel Antonio |
4 hrs |
Tamarindo |
4 hrs |
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Monteverde |
3 hrs |
Tambor |
5.5 hrs |
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Montezuma |
6 hrs |
Turrialba |
5 hrs |
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San Jose |
2.5 hrs |
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Jaco to… |
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Dominical |
2 hrs |
Puntarenas |
45 mins |
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Liberia |
3 hrs |
San Jose |
2 hrs |
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Arenal Volcano |
3 hrs |
Tamarindo |
4 hrs |
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Manuel Antonio |
1 hr |
Monteverde |
3 hrs |
Manuel Antonio to… |
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Arenal |
4 hrs |
Monteverde |
3.5 hrs |
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Caldera |
2 hrs |
Puerto Jiménez |
5.5 hrs |
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Dominical |
1 hr |
Punta Islita |
6 hrs |
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Flamingo |
5 hrs |
Puntarenas |
2 hrs |
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Golfito |
3.5 hrs |
Sámara |
5.5 hrs |
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Herradura |
1 hr |
Sarapiquí |
5.5 hrs |
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Jacó |
1 hr |
Sierpe |
2 hrs |
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La Cruz |
7 hrs |
Tamarindo |
5 hrs |
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Malpaís |
5 hrs |
Tambor |
4.5 hrs |
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Montezuma |
4.5 hrs |
Liberia |
5 hrs |
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San Jose |
3 hrs |
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Monteverde to… |
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Caldera |
2 hrs |
Malpais |
5 hrs |
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Dominical |
4.5 hrs |
Montezuma |
4.5 hrs |
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Flamingo |
3.5 hrs |
Punta Islita |
4.5 hrs |
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Herradura |
3 hrs |
Manuel Antonio |
3.5 hrs |
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Jacó |
3 hrs |
Sarapiquí |
4.5 hrs |
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La Cruz |
5.5 hrs |
Tamarindo |
3.5 hrs |
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Liberia |
2.5 hrs |
Tambor |
4.5 hrs |
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San Jose |
3.5 hrs |
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Tamarindo or Flamingo to… |
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Jacó |
4 hrs |
Monteverde |
3.5 hrs |
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Arenal Volcano |
4 hrs |
Montezuma |
4.5 hrs |
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Liberia |
1 hr |
San Jose |
4.5 hrs |
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Malpaís |
7 hrs |
Tambor |
4 hrs |