Puntarenas Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica
Costa Rica

433 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

Azamara Club Cruises (5 Cruises)

Carnival Cruise Line (4 Cruises)

Carnival Miracle

Carnival Miracle

2124 Passengers
88500 tons
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Celebrity Cruises (3 Cruises)

Costa Cruises (20 Cruises)

Crystal Cruises (17 Cruises)

Cunard (7 Cruises)

Emerald Waterways (10 Cruises)

Holland America Line (45 Cruises)

Lindblad Expeditions (41 Cruises)

National Geographic Quest

National Geographic Quest

135 Passengers
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6 February 8 days One-way from Panama City to land tour
13 February 8 days One-way from Puntarenas to Colon
20 February 8 days One-way from Colon to Puntarenas
27 February 8 days One-way from land tour to Panama City
27 February 7 days One-way from Puntarenas to Panama City
6 March 8 days One-way from Colon to Puntarenas
13 March 8 days One-way from Puntarenas to Colon
20 March 8 days One-way from Colon to Puntarenas
17 November 5 days Round-trip 5 Night Exploring Costa Rica Guanacaste Santa Rosa and Rincon de la Vieja Cruise
17 November 6 days Round-trip from land tour
22 November 6 days Round-trip from Puntarenas, Costa Rica
27 November 8 days One-way from land tour to Panama City
27 November 7 days One-way from Puntarenas to Panama City
4 December 8 days One-way from Colon to Puntarenas
11 December 5 days Round-trip 5 Night Exploring Costa Rica Guanacaste Santa Rosa and Rincon de la Vieja Cruise
11 December 6 days Round-trip from land tour
16 December 8 days One-way from Puntarenas to Colon
23 December 8 days One-way from Colon to Puntarenas
30 December 8 days One-way from land tour to Panama City
30 December 7 days One-way from Puntarenas to Panama City
5 February 8 days One-way from Panama City to land tour
12 February 8 days One-way from Puntarenas to Colon
19 February 8 days One-way from Panama City to land tour
26 February 6 days Round-trip from Puntarenas, Costa Rica
2 March 8 days One-way from Puntarenas to Colon
23 March 8 days One-way from Panama City to land tour
30 March 8 days One-way from Puntarenas to Colon
6 April 8 days One-way from Colon to Puntarenas

MSC Cruises (21 Cruises)

Norwegian Cruise Line (32 Cruises)

Oceania Cruises (15 Cruises)

Ponant (52 Cruises)

Le Bellot.

Le Bellot

184 Passengers
9 tons
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22 March 8 days One-way from Cabo San Lucas to Puntarenas
22 March 6 days One-way from Cabo San Lucas to Puntarenas
29 March 9 days One-way from Puntarenas to Colon
29 March 11 days One-way from Puntarenas to Colon
28 November 11 days One-way from Colon to Puntarenas
29 November 9 days One-way from Colon to Puntarenas
8 December 8 days Round-trip from Puntarenas, Costa Rica
15 December 9 days One-way from Puntarenas to Colon
15 December 11 days One-way from Puntarenas to Colon
25 December 11 days One-way from Colon to Puntarenas
26 December 9 days One-way from Colon to Puntarenas
25 March 8 days One-way from Cabo San Lucas to Puntarenas
1 April 9 days One-way from Puntarenas to Colon
1 April 11 days One-way from Puntarenas to Colon

Princess Cruises (34 Cruises)

Cruise PCL Princess Island Ship

Island Princess

2200 Passengers
92822 tons
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14 February 17 days One-way from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles
2 March 17 days One-way from Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale
18 March 17 days One-way from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles
3 April 17 days One-way from Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale
19 April 17 days One-way from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles
19 April 24 days One-way from Fort Lauderdale to Vancouver
6 October 24 days One-way from Vancouver to Fort Lauderdale
13 October 17 days One-way from Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale
13 December 17 days One-way from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles
29 December 17 days One-way from Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale
15 February 17 days One-way from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles
2 March 17 days One-way from Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale
18 March 16 days One-way from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles
3 April 16 days One-way from Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale
19 April 17 days One-way from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles
Cruise PCL Princess Sapphire Ship

Sapphire Princess

2670 Passengers
115857 tons
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Regent Seven Seas Cruises (13 Cruises)

Seven Seas Grandeur.

Seven Seas Grandeur

1294 Passengers
55500 tons
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Royal Caribbean Cruises (1 Cruises)

royal caribbean serenade of the seas cruise ship

Serenade of the Seas

2110 Passengers
90090 tons
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Seabourn Cruise Line (8 Cruises)

Silversea Cruises (3 Cruises)

Star Clippers (16 Cruises)

Viking Ocean Cruises (3 Cruises)

Virgin Voyages (8 Cruises)

Windstar Cruises (75 Cruises)

Star Pride.

Star Pride

502 Passengers
12995 tons
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7 February 8 days One-way from Puntarenas to Colon
7 February 7 days One-way from Puntarenas to Colon
14 February 7 days One-way from Colon to Puntarenas
14 February 8 days One-way from Colon to Puntarenas
21 February 15 days One-way from Puntarenas to Oranjestad Aruba
21 February 14 days One-way from Puntarenas to Oranjestad Aruba
21 February 22 days One-way from Puntarenas to San Juan
21 February 21 days One-way from Puntarenas to San Juan
21 February 8 days One-way from Puntarenas to Panama City
21 February 7 days One-way from Puntarenas to Panama City


Frequently Asked Questions

Usually at Puerto Caldera, some 20 km south of Puntarenas, which now handles most of Costa Rica's maritime traffic. Puntarenas, the historic town, occupies a narrow sand spit reaching into the Gulf of Nicoya.
No. It is a container terminal where walking on the docks is prohibited: a shuttle takes passengers to the gate, and excursion coaches wait at the foot of the gangway. Nothing is walkable in this area.
About twenty minutes by road. The town has kept a working-class, seaside soul, a legacy of the days when it was the only maritime outlet for Costa Rican coffee.
The promenade running for kilometres along Puntarenas beach. Families swim there, stands serve grilled fish, and the atmosphere is thoroughly local rather than internationally touristic.
The house specialty: a generous shaved ice topped with syrup, ice cream and condensed milk, a local institution for generations. You eat it on the Paseo de los Turistas, facing the sea.
A former prison that became a national park in 2020, off the tip of Puntarenas, visited by boat. Trails, beaches and penitentiary buildings full of stories make for an unusual outing, far from the usual beach programme.
Carara national park, about thirty minutes away, offers the most accessible taste of it: flat trails through a transition forest where scarlet macaws take the lead, backed by trogons, monkeys and iguanas.
At the Tárcoles River bridge, on the road to Carara. The crocodiles lounging below are among the largest in the country, and the sight can be taken in safely from the bridge deck.
The mists of Monteverde with its canopy suspension bridges, San José about 90 km east for its Gold and Jade museums and national theatre, or Tortuga Island by catamaran. Each takes up most of the call.
By whether you want forest, city or sand, checking the stated timings. Full-day trips leave no room to discover Puntarenas itself: you have to choose, not combine.