Sorry. We rented a car.

We had a free phone and £5.00 credit from the car hire company (only used it once for a short call). I downloaded the maps on my own phone before travel from google, more accurate and reliable than the sat nav they gave us, plus it only works of gps, so no data needed. There is wifi everywhere in CR

Easy drive on goods roads that were fixed a couple of years ago.

Since I have been searching for this topic extensively and only found a few posts (with little infos) I wanted to share the "how to" with my fellow travellers. First of all, take the bus from Samara to Nicoya (atm there is one at 5:30, 6:30, 8 am, 10:15 am, 12:15 pm, 1:40 pm, 2:45 pm, 4:15 pm...). L). The bus schedule can be found at the "bus station" in Samara. Make sure to wait for the bus at the right side (the main street leading to the beach, on the left side (when going toward the beach). Take the bus to Nicoya and then take a bus to Santa Cruz. please note, you need to go to another bus station: "la pampa". Its only a few blocks away. From Santa Cruz you get into the bus to Tamarindo. The buses in Nicoya and Santa Cruz drive fairly regularly. I dont have the schedule but never had to wait longer than 20 mins. I think in Nicoya they drive every 20 minutes (I am not sure though, someone told me that) and in Santa Cruz every half an hour, Depending on how quickly you catch each bus, the whole trip takes between 3-4 hours, Maybe even a bit less, if lucky with the connections and all. Good luck! Ps: I took the 10:15 bus in Samara and all worked fine connection wise. Not sure about the late buses. Costs, around 4 €. Enjoy and get some cheap food along the way (i took a lunch break in santa cruz) bc it is expensive in Tamarindo.

4 hour shuttle bus from San Jose airport

That is a very hard question! You would probably teach me about him

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