There are 9 ways to get from SeaTac to Drake Bay by plane, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), car, taxi, shuttle, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Drake Bay
best- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Drake Bay (DRK)plane SEA - DRK
18h 36m$180–750Bus
- Take the bus from Seattle Tacoma Intl Airport to Sacramento Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to San Salvadorbus
- Take the bus from Terminal San Carlos - CCA to Terminal Atlántico Nortebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Atlántico Norte to La Palmabus
5d 23h$538–901Drive 7,073.6 km
- Drive from SeaTac to Drake Baycar 7,073.6 km
3d 14h$949–1,371Fly to Puerto Jiménez Airport, taxi
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Puerto Jiménez Airport (PJM)plane SEA - PJM
- Take the taxi from Puerto Jiménez Airport (PJM) to Drake Baytaxi
17h 6m$362–1,153Fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle, drive
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane SEA - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Uvita
- Drive from Ciudad Cortés to Drake Baycar
15h 55m$634–1,594Fly to Golfito, drive
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Golfito (GLF)plane SEA - GLF
- Drive from Golfito (GLF) to Drake Baycar
14h 6m$278–1,064Fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle, bus, drive
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane SEA - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Dominical
- Take the bus from Dominical to Ciudad Cortésbus
- Drive from Ciudad Cortés to Drake Baycar
16h 15m$809–2,294Fly to Quepos La Managua Airport, drive
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane SEA - XQP
- Drive from Quepos-Airport-XQP to Drake Baycar
19h 3m$202–739Train, bus, shuttle, drive
- Take the train from Seattle to Los Angelestrain
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Managua to Terminal NicaBusbus
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Uvita
- Drive from Uvita to Drake Baycar
6d 9h$870–1,481
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Drake Bay (DRK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from SeaTac to Drake Bay is to fly which costs $180 - $750 and takes 18h 36m.
The fastest way to get from SeaTac to Drake Bay is to fly and drive which takes 14h 6m and costs $270 - $1,100.
The distance between SeaTac and Drake Bay is 5635 km. The road distance is 7073.6 km.
The best way to get from SeaTac to Drake Bay without a car is to bus which takes 5 days 23h and costs $500 - $900.
It takes approximately 18h 36m to fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Drake Bay (DRK), including transfers and time at the airport.
The best way to get from SeaTac to Drake Bay is to fly which takes 18h 36m and costs $180 - $750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $500 - $900 and takes 5 days 23h.
There is no direct flight from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Airport to Drake Bay Airport. The quickest flight takes 24h 36m and has two stopovers.
Drake Bay is 2h ahead of SeaTac. It is currently 5:41 PM in SeaTac and 7:41 PM in Drake Bay.
Yes, the driving distance between SeaTac to Drake Bay is 7074 km. It takes approximately 3 days 14h to drive from SeaTac to Drake Bay.
Alaska Airlines, Inc., American Airlines, Aeroméxico and four other airlines offer flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Airport to Drake Bay Airport.
What companies run services between SeaTac, WA, USA and Drake Bay, Costa Rica?
American Airlines, World Ticket, and five other airlines fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Drake Bay (DRK) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Seattle Tacoma Intl Airport to Drake Bay via Sacramento Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station, Cesar E Chavez / Vignes, Los Angeles, San Salvador, Terminal San Carlos - CCA, Terminal Atlántico Norte, and La Palma in around 5d 23h.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Drake Bay via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Drake Bay via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Drake Bay via Denver, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Drake Bay via Liberia International Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Drake Bay via Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Golfito via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Golfito via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 19m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Golfito via Denver, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Golfito via Liberia International Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 16m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Denver, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Liberia International Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Drake Bay via Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Drake Bay via Denver, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Puerto Jiménez Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 9m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Puerto Jiménez Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Puerto Jiménez Airport via Denver, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 2m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Puerto Jiménez Airport via Liberia International Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Puerto Jiménez Airport via Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Golfito via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Golfito via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 19m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Golfito via Denver, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Golfito via Liberia International Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Denver, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Liberia International Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 56m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–2,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Seattle to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Seattle Tacoma Intl Airport to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–220
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–120
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–130
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Los Angeles to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 15h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $290–380
- Schedules at
- 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
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Terminal San Carlos - CCA to Terminal Atlántico Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–81
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $50–75
- Phone
- +506 2771 2550
- contraloriadeservicios@grupoblanco.cr
- Website
- grupoblanco.cr
Bus from Terminal Atlántico Norte to La Palma
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Book at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from San José to Uvita
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $311
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $223
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Dominical
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $299
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900
- info@tropicaltourshuttles.com
- Website
- tropicaltourshuttles.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +506 2221 4214
- info@tracopacr.com
- Website
- tracopacr.com
Bus from Dominical to Ciudad Cortés
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Schedules at
- tracopacr.com
- Colectivo
- $5–7
Bus from Dominical to Ciudad Cortés
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- yoviajocr.com
- Phone
- +505 2222 2276
- Nicabusinternacionalsa@gmail.com
- Website
- nicabus.com.ni
Bus from Managua to Terminal NicaBus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $37–38
- Website
- https://nicabus.com.ni/en/
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Estimated price
- $100–120
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