APPROXIMATE DRIVING TIMES FROM HERE TO THERE
| Atenas | 30 Mins |
| Cahuita | 4 Hours |
| Cartago | 30 Mins |
| Golfito | 8 Hours |
| Grecia | 45 Mins |
| Heredia | 30 Mins |
| Jaco | 1.5 Hours |
| Liberia | 3.5 Hours |
| Limon | 3.5 Hours |
| Monteverde | 4 Hours |
| Nicoya (via Liberia) | 4 Hours |
| Nosara/Samara(via Tempisque) | 5 Hours |
| Playas de Cocos | 4.5 Hours |
| Puntarenas | 1.5 Hours |
| Quepos/ManuelAntonio | 3.5 Hours |
| Tamarindo | 4 Hours |
| Volcan Irazu | 1.5 Hours |
| Volcan Poas | 1.5 Hours |
Some Important Driving Tips :
- Ask directions frequently if in doubt (mix of pointing & English do work)
- Use your horn regularly to warn (everybody does)
- Keep your speed down (especially on rural roads)
- Park your car where it will be watched (pay 200 – 300 colones)
- Never leave anything of value in your car
- Gas stations are not always round the bend – keep your tank topped up
- Be particularly wary at night (for pedestrians and livestock)
- Treat mountain roads with extra caution (fog, floods and landslides)
- Watch out for branches or boulders at the roadside – a broken-down car is ahead
- Slow down when you see signs for speed bumps – there are not always painted yellow!
- Give everyone else on the road plenty of room
… Enjoy your stay by driving carefully.
