Private driver and passenger transport in Nicaragua
A car, a driver, and a price agreed before you get in. Door to door between towns, on your schedule rather than a shuttle timetable, with room for boards and bags.
Delivery from C$184 in town and C$276 to the outer beaches. Every fee is agreed before we set off.
Fares, per car
Rivas ↔ SJDS $35 San Jorge (Ometepe ferry) ↔ SJDS $35 Peñas Blancas border ↔ SJDS $35 Playa Gigante ↔ SJDS $55 Popoyo / Tola ↔ SJDS $55 Managua Airport ↔ SJDS $75 Masaya ↔ SJDS $75 Granada ↔ SJDS $80 Laguna de Apoyo ↔ SJDS $85 León ↔ SJDS $110 Liberia Airport (CR) ↔ SJDS $110 Matagalpa ↔ SJDS $130 Estelí ↔ SJDS $140 San José, CR ↔ SJDS $210Per car, not per person. Confirmed in writing before you book.
What you get
- Door to door. Picked up at your hotel, dropped at the next one, not at a bus terminal on the edge of town.
- Your own departure time. Shuttles leave when the shuttle leaves; a private car leaves when you do.
- Room for luggage and boards, which is the part that turns a cheap seat into a bad day.
- One price, agreed in writing before the trip, for the whole car rather than per person.
Where we drive
- Granada, Masaya, Laguna de Apoyo and León — the northern loop most travellers do either side of the coast.
- San Jorge for the Ometepe ferry, timed to the crossing rather than to a guess.
- Managua and Liberia airports, including early departures nobody else wants to run.
- Peñas Blancas for the Costa Rica border, and San José beyond it.
- Popoyo, Tola, Gigante and the surf coast north of San Juan del Sur.
Booking it
- Send the two places and the date and we come back with a price for the car.
- Airport pickups: send the flight number rather than the landing time. Flights move, and we would rather track it than have you standing outside arrivals.
- If a shuttle is genuinely the better call for your trip, we will say so. It sometimes is.
Tell us what you need
Message us in English or Spanish. We answer by hand, so you get a real person and a real price rather than an automated reply.
Other things we deliver
- Transfer from San Juan del Sur to Playa Gigante
- Airport transfer from Managua to San Juan del Sur
- Airport transfer from Liberia, Costa Rica to San Juan del Sur
- Taxi and private rides in San Juan del Sur
- Late-night food delivery in San Juan del Sur
- Burger delivery in San Juan del Sur
- Cold beer and drinks delivery in San Juan del Sur
- Breakfast and morning delivery in San Juan del Sur