There are 6 ways to get from Washington to Tamarindo by plane, shuttle, car, train, or subway
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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 1m$598–1,698Fly 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 47m$300–1,163Drive 5,654.3 km
- Drive from Washington to Tamarindocar 5,654.3 km
2d 23h$759–1,096Train 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
9h 49m$485–1,882Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the subway from Farragut West, 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
11h 59m$455–1,140Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BWI - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Tamarindo
10h 40m$514–1,588
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Tamarindo is to fly which costs $300 - $1,200 and takes 8h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Tamarindo is to fly which takes 8h 47m and costs $300 - $1,200.
The distance between Washington and Tamarindo is 3345 km. The road distance is 5654.3 km.
It takes approximately 9h 1m to get from Washington to Tamarindo, including transfers.
Tamarindo is 2h behind Washington. It is currently 1:53 AM in Washington and 11:53 PM in Tamarindo.
Yes, the driving distance between Washington to Tamarindo is 5654 km. It takes approximately 2 days 23h to drive from Washington to Tamarindo.
There are 930+ hotels available in Tamarindo.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Tamarindo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica?
Delta, SANSA, and five other airlines fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO) every 4 hours.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Fort Lauderdale, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Charlotte, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 24m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Fort Lauderdale, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Charlotte, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 24m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–20
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–20
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- Website
- 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/
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Alajuela to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $341
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- 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/
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
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