Shuttle Puerto Viejo to La Fortuna — Morning

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Shared morning shuttle from Puerto Viejo to La Fortuna, with hotel pickup on the Caribbean coast and arrival in the Arenal area the same afternoon.

Hotel pickup included
Change or cancel up to 72 hours before departure
E-ticket — no need to print
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Need to know

Service type: Shared shuttle
Duration: Estimated 7 h
Availability: Every day
Departure times: 9:40 AM
Luggage included: 1 carry-on bag and 1 large suitcase per person (max. 75 cm / 29.5 in high and 50 cm / 20 in wide). Extra luggage and surfboards up to 6 ft are not included: they need an extra luggage space · booked and paid before the trip. Bicycles and kayaks are not carried.
Extra costs: Extra luggage $16.95 USD · Surfboard (up to 6 ft) $16.95 USD
What's included: Air conditioning · Headrest · Rest stop
What to bring: Water · Headphones · A book or Kindle · Power bank
Pets: Not allowed

About this trip

Puerto Viejo and La Fortuna are two of the most different places in Costa Rica, and this shuttle is the link between them: you leave behind the humidity, the reggae and the Caribbean reef, and finish the day in the Arenal area, among hot springs and cloud forest.

The road runs north along the Caribbean coast before turning inland through Limon province, past the banana plantations around Guapiles and out into the cattle country and green plains of the north. From there it climbs slowly through San Carlos toward La Fortuna, and the landscape changes once more: open fields, then the volcanic foothills that announce the Arenal region.

It is a long overland day rather than a quick transfer, and that is part of the experience. You travel with other passengers heading the same way, the pace is set by the road and the traffic, and by the end of the afternoon you are in La Fortuna instead of changing buses in San Jose.

It is the practical choice if you are moving from the southern Caribbean to the Arenal region and would rather not break the trip into several legs: the kind of day where you watch the country change outside the window and step out already in La Fortuna, with the evening still ahead of you.

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