There are 8 ways to get from Seattle to Sámara by plane, shuttle, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane SEA - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Sámara
13h 38m$784–1,608Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Nosara Airport
cheapest- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane SEA - NOB
17h 8m$218–672Train, bus
- Take the train from Seattle to Los Angelestrain
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Managua to Terminal NicaBusbus
- Take the bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Sámara centrobus
6d 8h$1,131–1,609Drive 6,738.2 km
- Drive from Seattle to Sámaracar 6,738.2 km
3d 8h$904–1,306Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane SEA - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Tamarindo
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Sámara
16h 59m$892–1,162Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cobano, shuttle
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Cobano (ACO)plane SEA - ACO
- Take a shuttle bus from Montezuma to Sámara
19h 11m$240–803Train to Vancouver International Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Seattle to Vancouvertrain
- Fly from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane YVR - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Sámara
17h 46m$890–1,846Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Managua Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Managua Airport (MGA)plane SEA - MGA
- Take a shuttle bus from Granada to Peñas Blancas
- Take a shuttle bus from La Cruz to Tamarindo
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Sámara
21h 16m$922–1,523
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Seattle to Sámara is to fly which costs $210 - $700 and takes 17h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Seattle to Sámara is to fly and shuttle which takes 13h 38m and costs $750 - $1,700.
The distance between Seattle and Sámara is 5545 km. The road distance is 6738.2 km.
The best way to get from Seattle to Sámara without a car is to train and bus which takes 6 days 8h and costs $1,100 - $1,700.
It takes approximately 13h 38m to get from Seattle to Sámara, including transfers.
Sámara is 1h ahead of Seattle. It is currently 3:23 AM in Seattle and 4:23 AM in Sámara.
Yes, the driving distance between Seattle to Sámara is 6738 km. It takes approximately 3 days 8h to drive from Seattle to Sámara.
There are 298+ hotels available in Sámara.
What companies run services between Seattle, WA, USA and Sámara, Costa Rica?
Alaska Airlines, Inc., SANSA, and five other airlines fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Nosara Airport (NOB) twice daily.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Nosara Airport via Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 32m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Nosara Airport via Houston, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Nosara Airport via Vancouver International Airport, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Nosara Airport via Guadalajara, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 58m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cobano via Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 27m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cobano via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cobano via Houston, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cobano via Denver, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Managua Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Managua Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–650
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–650
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cobano via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–650
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cobano via Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 27m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Seattle to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $750–1,200
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Seattle to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Sámara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $268
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Alajuela to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $341
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Sámara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $268
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Sámara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $268
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from La Cruz to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $251
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Sámara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $268
- Website
- RIDE CR
- Phone
- +506 2750 0626
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caribe Shuttle
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Caribe Shuttle
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Caribe Shuttle
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- [email protected]
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Los Angeles to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $330–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +505 2222 2276
- [email protected]
- Website
- Nica Bus
Bus from Managua to Terminal NicaBus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $37–38
- Website
- Nica Bus
- Phone
- +506 4404 0505
- [email protected]
- Website
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Sámara centro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900 / 2640 0811
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tropical Tours Shuttles
Shuttle from Montezuma to Sámara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–70
- Website
- Tropical Tours Shuttles
- Phone
- +506 8812 4012
- [email protected]
- Website
- EasyRide CR
Shuttle from Granada to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $149
- Schedules at
- EasyRide CR
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