We have many options for getting to the finca. We recommend that you print this page and bring it with you.
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Lanas is another 19 KM from Salitrales, down and to the left on this map.
Airport to Puriscal
Arriving at the San Jose Airport seems a bit overwhelming. Just relax and flow until you get to the exit area. If you are taking a cab right from the terminal, buy your ticket from the window to the left as you are about to exit from the airport (about $50 to Puriscal). This ticket will get you into one of the orange taxis; they will not rip you off like the cabs outside. Many have paid three times what they should have. Please stay in close touch with me via email before you are coming.
The buses run from outside the airport to San Jose all of the time. Once you arrive in San Jose you will need to take a cab to the Puriscal Terminal. This should cost about $4. (If you’re not carrying too much and know the way, this is walkable as well.) The Puriscal bus terminal has a bus departing every 30 minutes for most of the day. The ride should take about an hour.
If we have planned it and it is possible (this is not always the case) that day I (Josh) can be in Puriscal to meet you. Our cell phone number is 8722-9551. Call me when you are getting on your way from San Jose. Our phone doesn’t work consistently, though, so do not rely on this unless you have made plans with us already.
Buses from Puriscal to the farm
Most buses leave from the block that the hardware store Macho Cruz is on, in front of Horocho’s Carniceria. Several buses run from here to San Martin daily. Buses to Quepos also pass San Martin and leave from the Banco Popular, which is one block south from the old church. Be sure to tell the driver you need to get off at Bar Caballo Blanco in San Martin.
Bus schedule from Puriscal: (probably incomplete and subject to change based on things that defy prediction)
- 6:00 am to Quepos
- 9:30 am to Salitrales (does not go all the way to San Martin)
- 12:00 noon to Tulin (?)
- 1:00 pm to Quepos
- 1:30 pm to Tulin
- 3:00 pm to Mastatal/Zapaton (4:00 pm on Sundays)
- 4:45 pm to Mastatal/Zapaton (not on Sundays)
Now all you need is to make it from San Martin to us, which is another 14 km (9 miles) down a road that has no bus service. We have a friend with a truck that can pick you up at the Caballo Blanco and bring you to the farm for 12,000 colones (about $24.00). You will need to be in touch with me to set this up. If you’re road-hardy and traveling light, you can also simply start walking and hope for someone to pass by and give you a ride.
Taxi from Puriscal to the farm:
You can get a cab from Puriscal to our farm for around $60.00. The taxis are found (usually in a long line) along the park in the middle of town. You need to tell them you are going to Lanas. (Alternatively, you may be in your own rented car.) Our road is off of the road that goes to Salitrales and on to La Cangreja park and Parrita. The Caballo Blanco is about 5 minutes (some 4 km) past Salitrales on this road. Lanas is 14 km from San Martin (at Bar Caballo Blanco take a right). This road is a fairly straightforward drive. Just make sure you take a right turn at Quebrada Honda. There is no sign marking this place, but the main road takes a sharp right here, while the side-road goes straight ahead and up the hill past a blue building. A ways past Lanas proper you will see the farm on the left.
OR: We can also set this ride up with a friend that lives near us in Lanas; this will cost $50 to do.
OR: I can set up a small bus to pick you up from the airport and deliver you to the farm. Depending on season, state of the roads, exchange rates and inflation, this will cost around $150.00.
FROM PURISCAL TO THE FARM
- 27 km from Puriscal to Salitrales
- 4 km from Salitrales to San Martin (There is no sign for San Martin, but keep your eyes open for Bar Caballo Blanco)
- Turn right
- After 9 km, stay right at Quebrada Honda (a fork in the road with no sign)
- Proceed 5 km to Lanas
- Proceed past Lanas over the bridge and up a hill, stay left, pass a school on your left, then continue 500 more meters to the finca!
We are SW of San Jose. Santiago De Puriscal is our closest town. We are off of the road (hwy 239) that goes for Puriscal to Parrita (beach town). Our road connects to that road in San Martin (near Slaitrales on the map). We are 15 KM down the road. You will have one turn to make, turn right, this is about 9 KM down the road.
Hola Joshua,
Its Tia, again. As our arrival to Costa Rica approaches I am just trying to get some of the transportation logistics organized here. Claire and I are arriving in San Jose July 1st at 730 PM. We are going to spend the night at a hotel and begin our adventure to the finca in the morning of July 2nd. We will be travelling by bus to San Martin. I am wondering if your friend the Caballo Blanco to give us a lift to the farm?
If I don’t hear back from you, we will find our way!!
Hope to hear back from you soon. See you in just over a week:):)
Tia