Costa Rica Guide
Getting Around
Costa Rica's public bus system is excellent, cheap and quite frequent, even in remote areas. Taxis regularly do long- as well as short-distance trips and are a fairly inexpensive alternative to the bus, at least if you're travelling in a group.
Car rental is more common here than in the rest of Central America, but is fairly expensive. Note, too, that Costa Rica has one of the highest accident rates in the world, and driving can be quite a hair-raising experience. Domestic airlines are reasonably economical and can be quite a time-saver, especially since Costa Rica's difficult terrain makes driving distances longer than they look on the map. A number of tour operators in San José organize individual itineraries and packages with transport included, well worth checking out before making any decisions about heading out on your own.