There are 8 ways to get from Tucson to Tamarindo 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 Tucson to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane TUS - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
12h 20m$553–1,537Fly Tucson to Tamarindo Airport
cheapest- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)plane TUS - TNO
16h 18m$199–812Train, bus via Houston
- Take the train from Tucson Amtrak Station to Houstontrain
- Take the bus from Houston to San Salvadorbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Tica Bus San Salvador to Liberiabus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Tamarindobus
4d 22h$875–1,442Drive 4,422.2 km
- Drive from Tucson to Tamarindocar 4,422.2 km
2d 8h$593–857Fly Tucson to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane TUS - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Tamarindo
13h 35m$531–1,091Bus to Phoenix, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the bus from University of Phoenix to Sky Harbor International Airportbus
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane PHX - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
13h 6m$518–1,273Fly Tucson to Nosara Airport
- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane TUS - NOB
14h 10m$483–1,013Train, bus
- Take the train from Tucson Amtrak Station to Los Angelestrain
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Managua - CCA to Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESAbus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Tamarindobus
5d 5h$622–861
Tucson (TUS) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Tucson to Tamarindo is to fly which costs $190 - $850 and takes 16h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Tucson to Tamarindo is to fly and shuttle which takes 12h 20m and costs $550 - $1,600.
The distance between Tucson and Tamarindo is 3646 km. The road distance is 4422.2 km.
The best way to get from Tucson to Tamarindo without a car is to train and bus via Houston which takes 4 days 22h and costs $850 - $1,500.
It takes approximately 12h 20m to get from Tucson to Tamarindo, including transfers.
Tamarindo is 1h ahead of Tucson. It is currently 3:41 PM in Tucson and 4:41 PM in Tamarindo.
Yes, the driving distance between Tucson to Tamarindo is 4422 km. It takes approximately 2 days 8h to drive from Tucson to Tamarindo.
There are 972+ hotels available in Tamarindo.
What companies run services between Tucson, AZ, USA and Tamarindo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica?
United Airlines, SANSA, and five other airlines fly from Tucson (TUS) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO) 3 times a day.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Tucson to Tamarindo Airport via Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Tucson to Tamarindo Airport via Denver, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 58m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Tucson to Tamarindo Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,600
Flights from Tucson to Tamarindo Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Tucson to Tamarindo Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Tucson to Tamarindo Airport via Dallas, Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Tucson to Nosara Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Tucson to Nosara Airport via Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Tucson to Nosara Airport via Denver, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 48m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Tucson to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Tucson to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 31m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Tucson to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Tucson to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 9m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Tucson to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Tucson to Tamarindo Airport via Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Tucson to Tamarindo Airport via Denver, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 58m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Tucson to Tamarindo Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,600
Flights from Tucson to Tamarindo Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Tucson to Tamarindo Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Tucson to Tamarindo Airport via Dallas, Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Tucson to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Tucson to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Tucson to Liberia International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Tucson to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Tucson to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Tucson Amtrak Station to Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $600–950
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Tucson Amtrak Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $270–430
- 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 Alajuela to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $341
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- 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 Houston to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 3d
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $180–390
- Schedules at
- 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
- +52 962 625 2435
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tica Bus
Bus from Terminal Tica Bus San Salvador to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Website
- Tica Bus
- Phone
- +506 2665 7520
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transportes La Pampa
Bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- Transportes La Pampa
Bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- Transportes La Pampa
- Phone
- +1 928-350-8466
- Website
- arizonashuttle.com
Bus from University of Phoenix to Sky Harbor International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Book at
- Groome Transportation - Phoenix, AZ
Bus from Terminal Managua - CCA to Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESA
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–24
- Schedules at
- Cristóbal Colón Autobuses (Línea Dorada y Trans Galgos Inter)
- Road
- $16–24
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