Flor de Pochote

Getting to Flor de Pochote from abroad

By airplane

The only International Airport with frequent flights is the Managua International Airport with the name Agusto Cesar Sandino (a liberty hero who fought the US-marines, read more about Sandino here).

Managua has daily connections to Miami, Houston and all Central American capitals, as well as domestic flights to the Caribbean cost of Nicaragua.

The distance from the airport to Flor de Pochote is about 50 km.

If you hire a taxi, or rent a car, do not waste your time passing Managua. Take the highway East to Tipitapa, and turn south towards Masaya. For detail see the Taxi from the airport section.

If you go by bus, you have to find the 'Roberto Huembes' market in Managua, and to get there you need a taxi. Airport taxis cost 10-15 dollars, normal taxis hired on the highway just outside the airport cost 4-8 dollars, depending on of the number of passengers.

By bus from Costa Rica

Several bus companies travels from the Costa Rican capital San José to Managua, but most of them will only stop in main towns en route, such as Masaya and Jinotepe, or they might go non stop to Managua.

The Tica Bus has one daily trip, that passes through Masatepe. It leaves from San José at 7.30 a.m. and arrives in Masatepe around 3 p.m.  In Costa Rica the bus will only take passengers in San José, Monteverde and Liberia.

The trip costs 12.50 US$. Furthermore you are charged about 10 US$ to cross the border.

Anyhow reservation is recommended. For further information consult www.ticabus.com

Last updated 21.02.2007