Traveling to Mal Pais:
| CAR |
It's about a 2 hour drive from San Jose to Puntarenas, where you cross the bay by ferry onto the Nicoya Peninsula.
From there it's about 1.5 hours drive to Mal Pais & Santa Teresa
Costa Rica. Check points are Paquera, Tambor, Cobano.
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| BUS |
Take a bus to Puntarenas and there take the ferry or the Boat to Paquera. Then a bus to Cobano and the last one to Santa Teresa & Mal Pais. |
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Bus Schedules:
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From Paquera
to Cobano
06:15
07:30
10:00
12:30
14:00
16:30
18:15 |
From Cobano
to MalPais and Santa Teresa
10:30
14:30 |
From Cobano
to Paquera
04:30
05:45
08:30
10:30
12:15
14:30
16:30 |
From MalPais
to Cobano
07:00
From Santa Teresa
to Cobano
06:45
11:00
From MalPais Crossroad
to Cobano
07:15
11:45 |
| FERRY |
For
cars and passengers, takes about an hour and 15 minutes in an air
conditioned environment. Schedule can change without previous notice.
Both companies offers English operators at this phone numbers: 661-2084
and 641-0515/0683 |
Ferry Schedule
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From Puntarenas
to Paquera
04:30
6:30
8:30
10:30
12:30
15:30
17:30
20:30
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From Paquera
to Puntarenas
04:30
6:30
8:30
10:30
13:00
14:30
17:30
20:30 |
Boat (Lancha)
Mo - Sa |
From Puntarenas to Paquera.
11:30
16:00 |
From Paquera to Puntarenas.
07:30
14:00 |
| AIRPLANE |
From San Jose it is less than 25 min. to get to Tambor and then a 1 hour taxi and you are on the beach. |
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Schedules
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From San José
to Tambor
7:00
12:00 am |
From Tambor
to San José
7:00
12:40am |
| Van Shuttle |
Tropical
Tours Shuttle will pick you up at the airport or at your hotel in San
Jose, Tamarindo or Jaco and take you to Santa Teresa & Mal Pais
Costa Rica in the most comfortable way, just relax and let them drive
you straight to your destination. Rates are $35 per person (min 2
passengers).
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| Taxi Boat |
From Herradura (10 minutes from Jaco Beach) 1.5 hour to Mal Pais. |
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Herradura to Mal Pais
07:30 am
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Mal Pais to Herradura
06:30 am
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Let us know if you need assistance in planning your trip.
Heading
to Costa Rica's Nicoya and destinations beyond? Here are Ferry
Schedules including the new low-season Puntarenas-Paquera ferry shedule.
Puntarenas Ferry Schedule
| Departs |
Arrives |
Schedule |
| Puntarenas |
Paquera |
6:30 am |
10:30 am |
2:30 pm |
6:30 pm |
| Paquera |
Puntarenas |
4:30 am |
8:30 am |
12:30 pm |
4:30 pm |
| Puntarenas |
Playa Naranjo |
6 am |
10 am |
2:20 pm |
7 pm |
| Playa Naranjo |
Puntarenas |
7:30 am |
12:30 pm |
5 pm |
9 pm |
Puntarenas-Paquera Ferry New Low-Season Schedule
The ferry run by the Association of the Integral Development of Paquera
(ADIP) is now making the aquatic journey across Costa Rica's Pacific
Gulf of Nicoya between Puntarenas and Paquera with a scaled-down
schedule for the low season, according to ADIP's Ileana Ugarde.
The company's ferry yesterday began operating with the following
schedule, which will continue through Nov. 30: leaving Puntarenas for
Paquera at 8:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. and returning to
Puntarenas from Paquera at 5 a.m., 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Naviera Tambor also continues to run its ferry along the
Puntarenas-Paquera route, leaving Puntarenas at 5 a.m., 7:30 a.m.,
10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. and returning to
Puntarenas from Paquera at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 6
p.m. and 9 p.m.
Both ferries carry passengers and vehicles. For more information, call
ADIP at 641-0118 or Naviera Tambor at 661-2084.
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