Road conditions in Costa Rica have improved so much that having 4×4 is not necessary anymore to visit most of the country.
Large SUVs are expensive here and they offer limited space for luggage. For these reasons, we don’t use 4×4 vehicles for private shuttles anymore.
A few hotels and rental villas still have steep/bad driveways that require 4WD vehicles. This is common in areas like Uvita, Dominical, Santa Teresa, El Castillo, and especially in the rainy season. But the difficult road is normally a very short distance, just before the house. So you don’t really need to pay a lot more to drive an SUV all the way from the airport.
We’ll provide the long transfer with a very comfortable van, and we’ll arrange a local 4×4 vehicle to drive you on that last stretch of bad road.