About us
The driver behind the wheel — and the team behind him
Jose's Crocodile Tour Transportation started with one man, one van, and a simple promise: arrive when we say we will, every time. Ten-plus years later, that promise still runs every route we drive.
Jose's story
From the Tárcoles riverbank to every corner of Costa Rica
Jose started out driving visitors to the crocodile tours on the Tárcoles River — the bridge where travelers lean over the rail to spot crocodiles sunning on the banks. He watched person after person step off a flight, confused by bus schedules and rental-car paperwork, and decided there was a better way: one driver who knows the roads, waits for your flight, and delivers you to your door.
That idea grew into a full transportation service. More than a decade on, Jose has driven thousands of arrivals from SJO and LIR to rainforest lodges, surf towns, volcano hotels, and everywhere in between — through mountain fog, river crossings, and every road in between that GPS gets wrong.
Today Jose leads a small, hand-picked team of drivers who trained the same way he did: on the road, learning the routes, the flight schedules, and the little things — where to stop for good coffee, which detour saves twenty minutes — that make a ride feel easy.
Safety standards
How we earn the ride
Why travelers trust us
Small team, big accountability
When you book with Jose's, you're not routed through a call center or handed to a stranger. Your booking goes to the driver who will pick you up, and Jose reviews every trip himself. If something changes — a delayed flight, a new hotel, a detour to see a waterfall — one message reaches the person who can actually do something about it.
That's the trade-off we chose on purpose: a small, personally trained team instead of a big fleet. It means every driver answers to the same standard, and every ride carries the same name — the one on the door.
Come ride with us
Tell us where you land and where you're headed — we'll send a fixed quote the same day.