There are 5 ways to get from Playa Grande to Drake Bay by plane, bus, car, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly
best- Fly from Tamarindo Airport (TNO) to Drake Bay (DRK)plane TNO - DRK
3h 39m$62–340Bus, drive via Santa Cruz
cheapest- Take the bus from Playa Grande to Santa Cruzbus
- Take the bus from Santa Cruz to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberiabus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Puntarenasbus
- Take the bus from Puntarenas to Jacóbus
- Take the bus from Jacó to Ciudad Cortésbus
- Drive from Ciudad Cortés to Drake Baycar
13h 35m$36–56Drive 498.9 km
- Drive from Playa Grande to Drake Baycar 498.9 km
9h 17m$67–97Shuttle, drive
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to UvitaPrivate
- Drive from Uvita to Drake Baycar
6h 47m$548–562Bus, drive
- Take the bus from Portegolpe to Liberiabus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Puntarenasbus
- Take the bus from Puntarenas to Jacóbus
- Take the bus from Jacó to Ciudad Cortésbus
- Drive from Ciudad Cortés to Drake Baycar
13h 48m$39–58
Tamarindo Airport (TNO) to Drake Bay (DRK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Playa Grande to Drake Bay is to bus and drive via Santa Cruz which costs $35 - $60 and takes 13h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Playa Grande to Drake Bay is to fly which takes 3h 39m and costs $60 - $340.
The distance between Playa Grande and Drake Bay is 306 km. The road distance is 498.9 km.
It takes approximately 3h 39m to get from Playa Grande to Drake Bay, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Playa Grande to Drake Bay is 499 km. It takes approximately 9h 17m to drive from Playa Grande to Drake Bay.
There are 145+ hotels available in Drake Bay.
What companies run services between Playa Grande, Costa Rica and Drake Bay, Costa Rica?
World Ticket and SANSA fly from Tamarindo Airport (TNO) to Drake Bay (DRK) 4 times a day.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Tamarindo Airport to Drake Bay via San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–380
Flights from Tamarindo Airport to Drake Bay via San Jose, Puerto Jimenez
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–430
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Tamarindo Airport to Drake Bay via San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–380
- info@transportesfolklorica.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Playa Grande to Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +506 2665 7520
- tlpampaoficial@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Santa Cruz to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +506 2663 1752
- reinadelcamposa@hotmail.com
- Website
- reinadelcampo.com
Bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–8
- Schedules at
- reinadelcampo.com
- Phone
- +506 2777 0263
- info@tqpcr.com
- Website
- tqpcr.com
Bus from Puntarenas to Jacó
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–6
- Schedules at
- tqpcr.com
- Phone
- +506 2221 4214
- info@tracopacr.com
- Website
- tracopacr.com
Bus from Jacó to Ciudad Cortés
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- tracopacr.com
- Colectivo
- $10–14
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Uvita
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $507
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 4404 0505
- sac@tiguanacaste.com
- Website
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Portegolpe to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
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