
We didn’t had to think about it and rented a small Suzuki SUV with four-wheel drive for the next day. You can get a rental car with a good insurance package for around 30 euros a day. Since our next destinations were further apart and we wanted to be more flexible, the rental car prices were researched without further ado. In addition, there are the costs for the onward journey from the bus station to the hotel, the national park or wherever you want to go. In the end, the journey from Corcovado to Dominical took us almost 7 hours and a total of 39 Euro. The trip took about 1.5 hours and cost 2,200 Colon pp (about 3.50 Euro). 300 m to the next bus station and take the bus to Dominical at 12.45 p.m. From the bus stop in Palma Norte we had to walk approx.The bus took us from Puerto Jimenez at 9 a.m.A taxi took us to the bus terminal in Puerto Jimenez at 8 a.m.
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How to get to Dominical from Don Brazos (close to Corcovado NP): Read our Corcovado blog post: ★ Corcovado National Park on a budget ★ You can find all information in our post about our jungle adventure. The Bolita Rainforest Hostel was exactly the right address for this and at the same time a cheap alternative to the Corcovado National Park. We wanted to relax and go hiking in the middle of the jungle for a few days away from civilization. In order to recover a little from the efforts of the past weeks, we selected the Bolita Rainforest Hostel as the first destination on our Costa Rica itinerary.

There you can feel the Caribbean influence with dreadlocks, some dope and an everywhere serenity. Quite the opposite of the Caribbean coast in the north of Costa Rica. In the south and on the Atlantic coast, Costa Rica is in general more western and maybe more tourist-oriented. Ok, we generally don’t like big cities as much as nature, but San Jose is a very characteristic example in terms of noise, stench and traffic.īut it is also due to the general difference between southern Costa Rica, where I now add the capital and the northern Costa Rica with its Caribbean coast. When we arrived in San Jose we were shocked by the numerous fast food stores (Taco Bell, McDonalds etc.) and the generally very american style of streets, buildings and shops. 📍 Costa Rica itinerary on Google Maps The difference between the pacific coast and the caribbean coastīefore we started our Costa Rica itinerary, we were concerned that Costa Rica could be too western.You can find our complete Costa Rica itinerary on Google Maps: Our must-do’s for a Costa Rica itinerary are:Īll of the above stops on our Costa Rica itinerary are described in detail in the following chapters. And so you could save a few days to a week. Because although it is also beautiful there, the distances from the other stops (San Jose or Tortuguero) should not be underestimated.

In addition, you could skip the northeast of Costa Rica, with Puerto Viejo and the trip to Panama (Bocas del Toro).
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The Nicoya Peninsula is very beautiful and full of rough nature, but unfortunately also difficult to travel since the roads are not in a good condition. We would recommend you to skip the Nicoya Peninsula with Samara and Tamarindo. If you only have 2 or 3 weeks, you can still follow our route and just skip a few stops.

How many days do you need to visit Costa Rica?Ĭosta Rica has a hell lot of sights and highlights to offer.
