BUSES - International in Central America
San Jose, Costa Rica, North to Nicargua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala
Tica Bus
Calle 9, Av 2, 4 221-8954
San Jose, Costa Rica
to Managua, Nicaragua, daily at 6am
-11 hours, $9
-continues to San Salvador, El Salvador or Tegucigalpa, Honduras (arrives 1pm)
San Jose, Costa Rica
to Guatemala City, Guatemala
-2 1/2 days,
-stay overnight in Managua, Nicaragua, and San Salvador, El Salvador
San Jose, Costa Rica, South to Panama
Tica Bus
Calle 9, Av 2, 4 221-8954
San Jose, Costa Rica
to Panama City, Panama, daily at 10pm
-20 hours, $18
-bathrooms, video on bus
Panaline Bus
Hotel Cocori, Calle 16, Av3 255-1205
San Jose, Costa Rica
to Panama City, Panama, express daily at 2pm
-15 hours, $21
Alforu Bus
Calle 14, Av 3,5 222-2666
San Jose, Costa Rica
to David, Panama, daily at 7:30am
to David, Panama, sometimes around midday
-9 hours, $9
Calle 14, Av 3,5
Calle 14, Av 3,5 233-0081
San Jose, Costa Rica
to Changuinola, Panama, daily at 9:50am
-buy ticket from parking attendant
Terminal del Caribe
Calle Central, Ave. 11 221-2596
San Jose, Costa Rica
to Bocas Del Toro, Panama, daily at 6am
-5 hours, $8
-arrive 11:15am at Sixaola, Costa Rica, border
-purchase $1 border stamp from store during business hours in Sixaola, Costa Rica, or in San Jose
-$0.70 bus (or $1pp taxi) from border to Changuinola, Panama
-$1 bus (or $5pp taxi) from Changuinola, Panama, to Almirante, Panama
-$3 water taxi, Almirante, Panama, to Bocas del Toro (haggle for best price)
