There are 6 ways to get from Washington to Tamarindo by plane, shuttle, car, train, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane DCA - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
9h 12m$606–1,794Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport
cheapest- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)plane DCA - TNO
8h 51m$242–970Drive 5,652.6 km
- Drive from Washington to Tamarindocar 5,652.6 km
2d 23h$758–1,095Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane DCA - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Tamarindo
10h 21m$560–1,254Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane BWI - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
10h 4m$525–2,082Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the subway from McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane IAD - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
12h 9m$475–1,340
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Tamarindo is to fly which costs $240 - $1,000 and takes 8h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Tamarindo is to fly which takes 8h 51m and costs $240 - $1,000.
The distance between Washington and Tamarindo is 3345 km. The road distance is 5652.6 km.
It takes approximately 9h 12m to get from Washington to Tamarindo, including transfers.
Tamarindo is 2h behind Washington. It is currently 11:02 AM in Washington and 9:02 AM in Tamarindo.
Yes, the driving distance between Washington to Tamarindo is 5653 km. It takes approximately 2 days 23h to drive from Washington to Tamarindo.
There are 973+ hotels available in Tamarindo.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Tamarindo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica?
JetBlue Airways, SANSA, and four other airlines fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO) 5 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,800
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,800
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Fort Lauderdale, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Fort Lauderdale, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,800
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- Maryland Transit
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Subway from McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- 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
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
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Caribe Shuttle
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