Category: covid 19

New ferry schedule Puntarenas – Paquera

Step by step things are back to how they were before the pandemic. The ferry between Paquera and Puntarenas just adjusted their schedule.

 

You can buy the tickets online: www.quickpaycr.com

They only sell about one third of the tickets online, so if you cannot buy online you can just go to the ferry port and pay in the ticket office. In this case it is good to be there an hour before on regular day. I peak season or weekend days, you might want to be there earlier still.

Ferry schedule

QR code rule suspended

A Costa Rican court has temporarily suspended the country’s implementation of a QR code-based Covid-19 vaccine passport, according to multiple media reports.

Proof of vaccination would be demonstrated via a QR Code distributed through the Health Ministry. Foreign visitors would also be subject to the vaccine requirement, which led to pushback from the tourism sector.

However, the implementation of that vaccination requirement now remains in flux due to the Costa Rican court, which issued the suspension following a challenge from members of the tourism sector.

Read the whole article from Tico Times here.

Covid entry requirements

New measures for traveling and living Costa Rica!
Please read them carefully.
You can also check out the official site from the Tourism Board of Costa Rica:
https://www.visitcostarica.com/en/costa-rica/planning-your-trip/entry-requirements
Transition period: Dec. 1st 2021 – Jan 7th 2022:

Establishments can accept clients without vaccination, but can then only operate at 50% capacity.

 

Starting 8 January 2022:

hotels, restaurants, bars, casinos, shops, museums, art and dance academies, gymnasiums, resorts, and adventure tourism may admit only persons who are verifiably fully-vaccinated (Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca y Janssen). This must be verified by means of a QR code or the printed vaccination certificate. This requirement applies to all patrons 12 years of age and older.

Essential services such as supermarkets and pharmacies will not require proof of vaccination.

Exceptions to the presentation of the QR code of the vaccination certificate to enter commercial establishments are as follows:

– Children under 12 years of age.

– Tourists who have a medical condition, duly accredited, that makes it impossible to apply any vaccine approved by the Ministry of Health of Costa Rica