Private Shuttle from Liberia Airport (LIR) to Playa Potrero

Shared shuttles leave when they fill up and stop at several hotels. Ours is a private vehicle: you choose the pickup, the driver is at arrivals tracking your flight and the drive to Playa Potrero goes door to door, at the pace of your group.

One price covers the whole vehicle: fuel, tolls, taxes, insurance, bottled water, WiFi and child seats, with nothing to pay on the day. Standard takes you straight there; VIP, for $80 more per vehicle, adds sightseeing stops and a driver who doubles as a guide.

We confirm the pickup details with you when you book. With approximately 1 h 45 min of driving ahead, plan on arriving at the hotel in the afternoon or early evening if you land around midday.

Playa Potrero is a wide, quiet bay on the north Guanacaste coast, facing Flamingo across the water. Its long beach of light sand is calm most of the year, good for swimming, paddleboarding and long walks, and the village behind it is small and relaxed, with a football pitch, a few restaurants and holiday homes.

Bahía del Sol is one of the best-known beachfront hotels, and many visitors rent houses or condos between the beach and the hills. Las Catalinas lies just to the north, and Flamingo, Brasilito and Conchal are a short drive south.

After Huacas the coast road continues through Brasilito and past Flamingo, then curves around the bay to Potrero. The village sits on the far side of the bay, with Flamingo's headland across the water.

From Huacas the road reaches the sea in a few kilometres. Flamingo, Potrero, Brasilito, Conchal and Las Catalinas sit close together along this stretch of coast, and Tamarindo and Hacienda Pinilla lie a little further south, so the last part of the drive is short whichever bay you are heading for.

Route 21 and the local roads to the coast are paved and in good condition. Between the highway and the beach towns, some roads are narrow or have potholes after heavy rain, and your driver adjusts the speed. Traffic near Tamarindo can slow down in the afternoon, when the town fills up.

The roads to Potrero are paved as far as the village; some side streets are gravel. In the dry season the area is hot and dusty; the Papagayo winds can blow hard in the afternoons from December to March.