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My husband and I are frequent travelers to Costa Rica and have experience using the bus system. However, I am having trouble finding bus schedules from the States. Is there somehere online, or someone from this site, that can help? Specifically, we will be going from San Jose to Cahuita in September and will need an afternoon bus.
To get to the Caribean side you will need to go to the Terminal del Caribe. You can either get a bus direct to Puerto Viejo that stops in cahuita. Those buses are less frequent than the bus to Limon which probably runs every 1 – 2 hours. From there you can get a bus from limon to Puerto Viejo that stops in Cahuita.
I would recommend PV over Cahuita. The further south you go toward Manzanillo the better. The snorkeling is world class! The dusty roads have gotten to be a health threat; the further south the better.
Thank you for the information so far. We have been the Caribbean several times and love all of it in different ways. We are actually spending 10 days along the coast. We will be staying somewhere between Playa Chiquita and Punta Uva. We fly in at noon and want to get as far as Cahuita for the first night. We should be able to catch a 2pm or 4pm bus if they run somewhere around that time.
I found some bus schedules online at “costaricareisen.com/info/busse_eng.htm” but I cannot tell if that information is current.
We are so excited to return; have been coming 1-2 times/year since 2005 and have met some wonderful people. We hope to retire in Costa Rica within about 5 years. By the way, I love this website and receiving the newsletter in my email!
If you are spending 10 days in the Puerto Viejo area I would recommend a visit to Bocas del Toro, Panama for sure.
Here are 2 bus schedules.
http://www.trycostarica.com/s/costa-rica-buses/
http://www.liberiacostaricainfo.com/BusScheduleCostaRica.htmlWhen we had to take the bus in December, to Limon, the bus left on the ‘half hour’.
We have had a good experience with Grey Line Bus http://www.graylinecostarica.com/graylinetouristbus.php#.
I’m sure that Grayline is a comfortable ride with AC and direct service. However, this is expensive at $35.00 for one-way fare. You can travel with the public bus for between $5 – $10 (from San Jose).
If you catch the later buses to Limon just make sure that you can catch the bus from Limon to Cahuita in the later afternoon. You need to make sure that you can get a bus from Limon to Cahuita. The bus stop to Cahuita is a couple of blocks from the stop that you will arrive from SJ and it gets darker around 5 PM.
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