Come Visit!

The cheapest flights are always through STAtravel.com...hands down. I found some from NY as low as 252 round trip. normally they were closer to 300...dont take anything more than 400...it'd be way too much, guaranteed. You can fly into San Juan Santamaria (SJO), which is just outside of San Jose, the capitol of Costa Rica.

From there you would need to take a taxi to the Alfaro bus station to get a ticket for the bus to Samara or Nicoya. The Samara bus leaves every day at noon, and I think at 7pm. There might also be one really early around 5am? Not sure about that, if it came to that I could check for you. The direct ride to Samara in bus is about 4.5 hours. Checking your bags under the bus is the safest thing to do, otheriwise you should try to stay awake and hold your bag in your lap. or between your legs. The bus costs less than $10.

If you catch the bus that ends at Nicoya, you're already at the right station, just ask for the next bus to Samara. They leave once an hour I think, until about 5pm.

There's also Liberia Airport (LIR). On the STA site, you need to go to the "advanced" search...for some reason, it won't come up on the normal search. I haven't flown in there, but the prices are a bit higher for being less popular with major airlines, I think. It's still a 2 hour drive from Samara, but it might be worth it to save yourself 5 hours of travel that the bus ends up being.

And beyond that, there's actually a tiny tiny airport in Carrillo, the next beach over, that has flights I think from both Liberia and from San Jose. My guess is they run about 100 dollars each, and then you'd already be here....no need for long drives (although they are beautiful and may be worth it for the views alone!)

Theres always the option of renting a car, too. You need to be sure to have at least 1100 dollars available on your credit card when you make your reservation...I learned this from experience.

You're headed to Samara, a small, tourism-driven town in the region of Costa Rica known as Guanacaste, which is a large peninsula. It's right on the Pacific Ocean a little more than half-way down the peninsula if you're looking on a map...I'll attach one to the links in case you want a quick look.