There are 7 ways to get from Tamarindo to El Castillo by bus, taxi, shuttle, plane, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, taxi
best- Take the bus from Santa Cruz to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberiabus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Cañasbus 524
- Take the taxi from Cañas to El Castillotaxi
5h 5m$107–143Drive 173.4 km
cheapest- Drive from Tamarindo to El Castillocar 173.4 km
3h 48m$24–34Shuttle, taxi
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to CañasPrivate
- Take the taxi from Cañas to El Castillotaxi
3h 1m$221–251Shuttle, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON)plane LIR - FON
4h 9m$473–902Shuttle via La Fortuna
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to La FortunaShared / ...
3h 38m$89–91Shuttle, Bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to NosaraPrivate
- Take the bus from Nosara to La Fortunabus Private
7h 46m$499–501Shuttle
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to La FortunaPrivate / ...
6h 30m$56–319
Liberia International Airport (LIR) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tamarindo to El Castillo is to drive which costs $23 - $35 and takes 3h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Tamarindo to El Castillo is to shuttle and taxi which takes 3h 1m and costs $220 - $260.
The distance between Tamarindo and El Castillo is 196 km. The road distance is 173.4 km.
The best way to get from Tamarindo to El Castillo without a car is to bus and taxi which takes 5h 5m and costs $100 - $150.
It takes approximately 5h 5m to get from Tamarindo to El Castillo, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Tamarindo to El Castillo is 173 km. It takes approximately 3h 48m to drive from Tamarindo to El Castillo.
There are 1023+ hotels available in El Castillo.
What companies run services between Tamarindo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica and El Castillo, Costa Rica?
RIDE CR SHUTTLE operates a shuttle from Tamarindo to La Fortuna twice daily. Tickets cost $89 and the journey takes 2h.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–650
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–2,000
- 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
- $2–5
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +506 2663 1752
- reinadelcamposa@hotmail.com
- Website
- reinadelcampo.com
Bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Cañas
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Schedules at
- reinadelcampo.com
- Phone
- +506 2222 0610
- info@grupocaribeños.com
Bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Cañas
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Cañas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $121
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $109
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to La Fortuna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $89
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Nosara
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $204
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2750 0626
- info@caribeshuttle.com
- Website
- caribeshuttle.com
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
- Phone
- +506 2755 1024
- tours@williestourscostarica
- Website
- williestourscostarica.com
Bus from Nosara to La Fortuna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $295
- Website
- http://williestourscostarica.com
- Phone
- +506 6050 6500
- reservations@interbusonline.com
- Website
- interbusonline.com
Shuttle from Tamarindo to La Fortuna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $317
- Schedules at
- interbusonline.com
- Phone
- +506 2642 0024
- info@zumatours.net
- Website
- zumatours.net
Shuttle from Tamarindo to La Fortuna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- https://www.zumatours.net/
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Estimated price
- $100–130
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