One-way Shared Transportation from La Fortuna to El Castillo, Nicaragua
La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Trip Type: Bus Services
Duration: Flexible
One-way shared shuttle from La Fortuna in Costa Rica to El Castillo in Nicaragua. The service includes ground transportation to San Carlos (Nicaragua), border assistance at the Nicaraguan side of the border and boat transportation from San Carlos to El Castillo.
The shuttle service doesn't include customs fees (exit taxes Costa Rica and entry taxes Nicaragua). Departure at 7:30am from hotels in the center of La Fortuna, arrival in El Castillo at 3pm from Monday to Saturday and at 4pm on Sundays.
The shuttle service doesn't include customs fees (exit taxes Costa Rica and entry taxes Nicaragua). Departure at 7:30am from hotels in the center of La Fortuna, arrival in El Castillo at 3pm from Monday to Saturday and at 4pm on Sundays.
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One-way shared shuttle from La Fortuna in Costa Rica to El Castillo in Nicaragua. The service includes ground transportation to San Carlos (Nicaragua), border assistance at the Nicaraguan side of the border and boat transportation from San Carlos to El Castillo.
The shuttle service doesn't include customs fees (exit taxes Costa Rica and entry taxes Nicaragua). Departure at 7:30am from hotels in the center of La Fortuna, arrival in El Castillo at 3pm from Monday to Saturday and at 4pm on Sundays.After pick up at your hotel you will first travel in an air conditioned vehicle for 30 minutes to arrive to a bridge where you can see iguanas. This is the perfect place to take pictures. After this you will continue to Los Chiles for another hour and 15 minutes where there is a coffee break and you will have time to use the restrooms.
Afterwards you will go to Las Tablillas which is the border crossing with Nicaragua at about 20 minutes from Los Chiles. Before going to Las Tablillas you will first stop at a small office in Los Chiles to pay the exit taxes. Once you arrive at Las Tablillas you will have to do the border formalities at the Costa Rican side of the border and walk across to the Nicaraguan side of the border, a 100 meters walk.
Here your guide will assist you with the immigration process. Your guide will accompany you to the air-conditioned transportation that will take you to San Carlos (Nicaragua). Here you will board the boat to El Castillo. The boat ride takes 3 hours.
The boat makes various stops on the way where people either get off or board the boat. There is a good chance that you see birds, monkeys and sometimes even reptiles like river turtles and caimans.
The shuttle service doesn't include customs fees (exit taxes Costa Rica and entry taxes Nicaragua). Departure at 7:30am from hotels in the center of La Fortuna, arrival in El Castillo at 3pm from Monday to Saturday and at 4pm on Sundays.After pick up at your hotel you will first travel in an air conditioned vehicle for 30 minutes to arrive to a bridge where you can see iguanas. This is the perfect place to take pictures. After this you will continue to Los Chiles for another hour and 15 minutes where there is a coffee break and you will have time to use the restrooms.
Afterwards you will go to Las Tablillas which is the border crossing with Nicaragua at about 20 minutes from Los Chiles. Before going to Las Tablillas you will first stop at a small office in Los Chiles to pay the exit taxes. Once you arrive at Las Tablillas you will have to do the border formalities at the Costa Rican side of the border and walk across to the Nicaraguan side of the border, a 100 meters walk.
Here your guide will assist you with the immigration process. Your guide will accompany you to the air-conditioned transportation that will take you to San Carlos (Nicaragua). Here you will board the boat to El Castillo. The boat ride takes 3 hours.
The boat makes various stops on the way where people either get off or board the boat. There is a good chance that you see birds, monkeys and sometimes even reptiles like river turtles and caimans.
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