There are 7 ways to get from Tijuana to Tamarindo by plane, shuttle, train, bus, or car
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Fly Tijuana International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane TIJ - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Tamarindo
10h 40m$567–673Fly Tijuana International Airport to Tamarindo Airport
cheapest- Fly from Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)plane TIJ - TNO
13h$274–642Train, bus, shuttle
- Take the train from San Diego to Los Angelestrain
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Managua - CCA to Peñas Blancasbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Peñas Blancas to Tamarindo
4d 18h$686–820Drive 5,040.9 km
- Drive from Tijuana to Tamarindocar 5,040.9 km
2d 14h$676–977Fly Tijuana International Airport to Nosara Airport
- Fly from Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane TIJ - NOB
13h 34m$548–893Fly San Diego International Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane SAN - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
13h 20m$508–1,358Fly Tijuana International Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane TIJ - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
14h 9m$498–1,217
Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tijuana to Tamarindo is to fly which costs $270 - $650 and takes 13h.
The fastest way to get from Tijuana to Tamarindo is to fly and shuttle which takes 10h 40m and costs $550 - $700.
The distance between Tijuana and Tamarindo is 4442 km. The road distance is 5040.9 km.
It takes approximately 10h 40m to get from Tijuana to Tamarindo, including transfers.
Tamarindo is 1h ahead of Tijuana. It is currently 12:41 AM in Tijuana and 1:41 AM in Tamarindo.
Yes, the driving distance between Tijuana to Tamarindo is 5041 km. It takes approximately 2 days 14h to drive from Tijuana to Tamarindo.
There are 930+ hotels available in Tamarindo.
What companies run services between Tijuana, Mexico and Tamarindo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica?
Viva Aerobus, World Ticket, and four other airlines fly from Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO) 5 times a day.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Monterrey, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Guadalajara, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–600
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Nosara Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Nosara Airport via Monterrey, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Nosara Airport via Guadalajara, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–550
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Monterrey, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Monterrey, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Guadalajara, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–600
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Nosara Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Nosara Airport via Monterrey, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Nosara Airport via Guadalajara, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–550
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Monterrey, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 9m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Chihuahua, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 23m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–550
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 36m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from San Diego to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Alajuela to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $341
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Peñas Blancas to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $301
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- 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
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Terminal Managua - CCA to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $11–16
- Phone
- +506 2750 0626
- [email protected]
- Website
- caribeshuttle.com
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
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