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Golfito
Golfito - Getting There
By Staff
Apr 29, 2005, 16:53

Getting There 

By Car

A passenger launch leaves Puerto Jiménez, on the Osa Peninsula, for Golfito daily at 6am. The trip takes 1 1/2 hours; the fare is $3. You can also hire a boat to take you across the Golfo Dulce to Golfito. However, there are often not very many available in Puerto Jiménez, as they tend to be based in Golfito. You're likely to have to pay between $40 and $60 for a boat that can carry up to 12 passengers. The passenger launch departs Golfito for Puerto Jiménez daily at 11:30am.

By Bus

Express buses leave San José daily at 7am and 3pm from the Tracopa station at Avenida 5 and Calle 14. The trip takes 8 hours; the fare is $6.80. Tel. 222-2666

Buses depart Golfito for San José daily at 5am and 1pm from the bus station near the municipal dock.

By Plane

Sansa has three daily flights to Golfito departing at 6 and 9:40am, and 2:15pm from San José's Juan Santamaría International Airport. Trip duration is 1 hour; fare is $66 each way. Sansa flights return to San José daily at 7:10 and 10:50am, and 3:25pm. Tel. 221-9414

Travelair has two flights to Golfito daily at 6 and 8:30am from Tobías Bolaños International Airport in Pavas. The flights return to San José at 7:20 and 10am. The flight takes 1 hour; the fare is $73 each way. Tel. 220-3054

By Boat

A passenger launch leaves Puerto Jiménez, on the Osa Peninsula, for Golfito daily at 6am. The trip takes 1 1/2 hours; the fare is $3. You can also hire a boat to take you across the Golfo Dulce to Golfito. However, there are often not very many available in Puerto Jiménez, as they tend to be based in Golfito. You're likely to have to pay between $40 and $60 for a boat that can carry up to 12 passengers. The passenger launch departs Golfito for Puerto Jiménez daily at 11:30am.

 
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