I wanted to share the bus trips I am working on. It may take the rest of my life to complete these but as my father told me, “Enjoy the doing as much as the done” which I am. I enjoy planning and executing these trips because it helps me to learn Costa Rica’s history, geography and geology plus it is low cost fun. I created a file for each tour and am collecting information, blogs, posts, etc. to plan my trip. Maybe in10 years, I will have completed CR and can start on Nicaragua.
Grand Adventure: SR-SJ-CA-SI-DO-JA-PU-SR
This is a big loop from my home and back which I figured will help me learn more about the bus system. Staring with San Ramon (where I live) to San Jose to Cartago to San Isidro to Dominical to Jaco to Puntarenas back to San Ramon. Google Maps says the trip should take 9 hour by car (at 60 mph peeing into a cup to save time) and I figure I will do it in two weeks. I just want to see if I can do this because – no other reason. Well, maybe places like Cartago interest the history buff in me.
Best Beaches in CR tour
I know there are 300 beaches in CR. I am going to try to discover a way to visit the 10 best beaches by bus. I am sure I will get a lot of grief over any list of 10 I create since there are so many favorites. I have a list of what the tourist department encourages visitors to see which I am going to start with. They include: Playa Flamingo, Playa Conchal, Tamarindo, Santa Teresa, Manuel Anonio, Uvita, Cahuita, Pureto Viejo. I wonder if I will be beached out after seeing so much sand?
Scouting trips
- Playa Hermosa (Done) Trip to Playa Hermosa
- Montezuma
- San Vito
Google Map to Playa Hermosa
National Park Tour
Costa Rica has 27 national parks, 58 wildlife refuges, 32 protected zones, 15 wetland areas/mangroves, 11 forest reserves and 8 biological reserves, as well as 12 other conservation regions. I think I will try to pick the top 10 and try to see them by bus. I think these might be challenging because the availability of buses to these locations.
Volcano Tour
Costa Rica is home to six active volcanoes and another 61 dormant or extinct ones. I figure I will try to bus to the six active ones unless I find out there is something interesting about one of the 61 dormant ones.
Costa Rica History Tour
Since I live in Costa Rica now, I would like to learn more about history of this beautiful country by visiting famous places.
Hot Springs Tour
I love hot water and would like to see and sample the hot springs in Costa Rica
Map of CR Hot Springs I have found Map
Trip to Tabacon and Free Hot Springs in La Fortuna
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What can you tell me about taking a bus from San jose to puerto Viejo beach or cahuiti beach on Friday January 6th?
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Easy and fun. You take the bus to Puerto Viejo and it stop at Cahuiti . Here are two articles on getting there. https://www.puertoviejosatellite.com/bus-to-puerto-viejo.php http://www.ochristine.com/blog//how-to-get-to-puerto-viejo-from-san-jose-by-bus
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Check out https://www.puertoviejosatellite.com/bus-to-puerto-viejo.php and http://www.ochristine.com/blog//how-to-get-to-puerto-viejo-from-san-jose-by-bus
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Check out the photos here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.1094976697260006&type=3
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Hello! Really enjoying your website. A lot of useful info! Would you be able to tell me the best way to get from San Jose to San Vito? We were thinking of taking the bus, but not sure how much it costs.
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Here is the fares for all the buses in CR. Looks like c7,000. https://aresep.go.cr/autobus/tarifas
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