There are 9 ways to get from Portland to Tamarindo by plane, shuttle, train, bus, taxi, or car
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Fly Portland International Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane PDX - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
14h 1m$786–2,640Fly Portland International Airport to Tamarindo Airport
cheapest- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)plane PDX - TNO
15h 17m$282–1,114Train, bus, shuttle, taxi
- Take the train from Portland to Los Angelestrain
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Managuabus
- Take a shuttle bus from Managua to San Juan del Sur
- Take the taxi from San Juan del Sur to Peñas Blancastaxi
- Take a shuttle bus from Peñas Blancas to Tamarindo
5d 19h$1,097–1,559Drive 6,600.9 km
- Drive from Portland to Tamarindocar 6,600.9 km
3d 7h$886–1,279Fly Portland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane PDX - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Tamarindo
14h 41m$665–996Train to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Portland to Tacomatrain
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane SEA - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
15h 16m$715–2,125Fly Portland International Airport to Nosara Airport
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane PDX - NOB
17h 23m$576–1,416Train to Mahlon Sweet Field Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Portland to Eugenetrain
- Fly from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport (EUG) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane EUG - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
16h 18m$798–2,452Fly Portland International Airport to Managua Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Managua Airport (MGA)plane PDX - MGA
- Take a shuttle bus from Granada to Peñas Blancas
- Take a shuttle bus from La Cruz to Tamarindo
18h 46m$714–1,555
Portland International Airport (PDX) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Portland to Tamarindo is to fly which costs $280 - $1,200 and takes 15h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Portland to Tamarindo is to fly and shuttle which takes 14h 1m and costs $750 - $2,700.
The distance between Portland and Tamarindo is 5350 km. The road distance is 6600.9 km.
The best way to get from Portland to Tamarindo without a car is to train and bus and shuttle and taxi which takes 5 days 19h and costs $1,100 - $1,600.
It takes approximately 14h 1m to get from Portland to Tamarindo, including transfers.
Tamarindo is 1h ahead of Portland. It is currently 8:57 AM in Portland and 9:57 AM in Tamarindo.
Yes, the driving distance between Portland to Tamarindo is 6601 km. It takes approximately 3 days 7h to drive from Portland to Tamarindo.
There are 949+ hotels available in Tamarindo.
What companies run services between Portland, OR, USA and Tamarindo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica?
United Airlines, World Ticket, and five other airlines fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO) every 4 hours.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Denver, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Nosara Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Nosara Airport via Houston, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Nosara Airport via Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 3m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Nosara Airport via Denver, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Nosara Airport via Denver, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
Flights from Portland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
Flights from Portland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Portland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
Flights from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport to Liberia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 19m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Managua Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Denver, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Nosara Airport via Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 3m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Nosara Airport via Denver, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
Flights from Portland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
Flights from Portland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Portland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Managua Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
Flights from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport to Liberia International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 14m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport to Liberia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 59m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Managua Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Managua Airport via San Francisco, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Managua Airport via Los Angeles, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–2,000
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Nosara Airport via San Francisco, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Portland to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $330–750
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Portland to Tacoma
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Portland to Eugene
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- 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 Alajuela to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $341
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from La Cruz to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $251
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2750 0626
- info@caribeshuttle.com
- Website
- caribeshuttle.com
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Los Angeles to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $340–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +1 267 248 0844
- info@iskratravel.com
- Website
- iskratravel.com
Shuttle from Managua to San Juan del Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $80
- Website
- https://iskratravel.com/
- Phone
- +1 586 310 8389
- info@easyridecostarica.com
- Website
- easyridecostarica.com
Shuttle from Granada to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $149
- Schedules at
- easyridecostarica.com
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Estimated price
- $40–50
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