Costa Rica Retreat travel info;
When we first thought to travel to Costa Rica, we had many questions, but after five years, we have found it to be a beautiful trip that can be done comfortably and easily. From the US., Costa Rica is about 2 hours airtime from Miami, Fl. From NY, it is about 41/2 hours (and so on). The flights are often very reasonable and can be direct, depending upon where you are flying from. A passport is needed.
The best airport to fly in to is the San Jose airport. When you arrive, there are several choices for travel to Nicoya Penninsula/Cabuya. One option that is available to our guests is a special travel package that is easy and very nice.
This is the transport package with Montezuma Expeditions. For around $75 per person (a bit less if two are staying in the same room), this service includes transportation from the airport to a hotel in Alajuela (5 minutes from the airport), a night at the hotel (cute clean rooms), breakfast in the morning,…then they will take you to the ferry in their air-conditioned van and put you on the ferry. At the other side, their other van will pick you up and drive you right to the retreat in Cabuya. If you are using the transport van only, they will pick you up at the airport (or hotel of your choice in the airport area) at 6am or at 2pm for $40/person and take you to retreat center. You can contact them at www. MontezumaExpeditions.com or call them at 506-2642-0919 to arrange this package.
Other options:
-You can book a mini-flight on Sansa air (small jets) that takes about 25 minutes to get to the Nicoya peninsula. It ranges from $30-$80 per person. The terminal is connected to the San Jose airport. You can also take Nature Air, tickets starts at $25 if you book enough in advanced, but the terminal is about a $20 cab ride from the San Jose airport. Both of these airlines land in Tambor, next to a rental car company. At that point, you can either cab (we can arrange that pick-up, it is about $40) out to the retreat (about 25) minutes, take a bus (check the local bus schedules online-or ask us) or rent a car to complete the trip to Cabuya.
-You can also rent a car near the San Jose airport and drive to Puntarenas to catch the ferry. The drive is about 1 hour. The Ferry will take you across the peninsula for about $10/per car and $2 per person. The ferry ride is about one hour. The Ferry lets you out at Paquera. The drive from Paquera to the retreat center is about one hour. We really enjoy the drive…to Puntarenas there are beautiful mountain and valley views most of the way, the drive from Paquera to Cabuya is also lovely countryside, hills and jungle flowers. The ferry is comfortable, great views and has indoor air conditioned seating and outdoor seating. There is some food and beverage available on the ferry.
- There are inexpensive bus options, but they can be pretty complicated if you don’t know your way around and/or do not speak fluent Spanish. If you are interested in these options, contact us.
-You can also take a bus from the Coca Cola station in San Jose (which is a 25-30 minute cab ride from the airport) all of the way to Montezuma (4 miles from Cabuya), then take a cab from Montezuma to Cabuya. You can check those schedules online. The bus ticket is about $10 per person and the bus goes over the ferry.
Ithaca N.Y., Retreat travel info;
Driving directions to our retreat center are best found on either www. mapquest.com or www. googlemap.com. The center address is 88 Emmons Road, Lansing, NY 14882. It is only 15 minutes from downtown Ithaca.
There is an airport in Ithaca, NY as well as a bus station that is used by Greyhound, Shortline and Trailways buses. If you arrive at one of the Ithaca locations, we can arrange to have you picked up and brought to the retreat center. If you find it more convenient to fly into Syracuse, Elmira or Binghamton, New York, then you can either rent a car or use a cab service to get to the center. All of those airports are about a one hour drive.
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