There are 8 ways to get from Tamarindo to Tulum by plane, shuttle, bus, car, taxi, or train
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Fly Tamarindo Airport to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Tamarindo Airport (TNO) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)TNO - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
6h 6m$2,802–11,279Bus
- Take the bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Take the bus from Liberia to El Salvador
- Take the bus from San Salvador to Belize City
- Take the bus from Belize City to Chetumal
- Take the bus from Chetumal ADO Bus Station to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
43h 26m$3,793–22,255Drive 1,714.2 km
- Drive from Tamarindo to Tulum1,714.2 km
29h 50m$4,237–6,119Shuttle to Juan Santamaría International Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Alajuela
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)SJO - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
8h 55m$7,997–11,955Shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to Tulum International Airport, taxi
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to Tulum International Airport (TQO)LIR - TQO
- Take the taxi from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Tulum
25h 28m$8,799–27,199Fly Nosara Airport to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Nosara Airport (NOB) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)NOB - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
8h 46m$6,298–15,348Shuttle, bus, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Peñas Blancas
- Take the bus from Peñas Blancas to El Salvador
- Take the bus from San Salvador to Belize City
- Take the bus from Belize City to Chetumal
- Take the train from Estación Tren Maya Chetumal Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Tulum
43h 40m$7,517–26,783Shuttle, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Peñas Blancas
- Take the bus from Peñas Blancas to Terminal San Carlos - CCASjo
- Take the bus from Terminal San Carlos - Ticabus to Estación Central 7a Avenida Zona 1
- Take the bus from Estación Central 7a Avenida Zona 1 to Santa Elena
- Take a shuttle bus from Flores to Bacalar
- Take the bus from Bacalar to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
2d 2h$6,721–8,371
Tamarindo Airport (TNO) to Cancún International Airport (CUN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tamarindo to Tulum is to bus which costs $3700 - $23000 and takes 43h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Tamarindo to Tulum is to fly and shuttle which takes 6h 6m and costs $2800 - $12000.
The distance between Tamarindo and Tulum is 1319 km. The road distance is 1714.2 km.
The best way to get from Tamarindo to Tulum without a car is to shuttle and bus which takes 2 days 2h and costs $6500 - $8500.
It takes approximately 6h 6m to get from Tamarindo to Tulum, including transfers.
Tulum is 1h ahead of Tamarindo. It is currently 12:31 PM in Tamarindo and 1:31 PM in Tulum.
Yes, the driving distance between Tamarindo to Tulum is 1714 km. It takes approximately 29h 50m to drive from Tamarindo to Tulum.
There are 2607+ hotels available in Tulum.
What companies run services between Tamarindo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica and Tulum, Estado de Quintana Roo, Mexico?
You can take a bus from Tamarindo to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum via Liberia, Liberia, El Salvador, San Salvador, Belize City, and Chetumal ADO Bus Station in around 43h 26m.
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- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Tamarindo Airport to Cancún International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–10,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–3,500
Flights from Nosara Airport to Cancún International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–9,000
Flights from Nosara Airport to Cancún International Airport via Cobano, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–9,000
Flights from Nosara Airport to Cancún International Airport via Liberia International Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–9,000
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Tamarindo Airport to Cancún International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,400–12,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Cancún International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,500–6,000
Flights from Nosara Airport to Cancún International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,100–11,000
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Tamarindo Airport to Cancún International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–8,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–8,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $5,000–23,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,500–31,000
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–3,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,000–29,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $6,500–27,000
- trenmaya1@sedena.gob.mx
- Website
- trenmaya.gob.mx
Train from Estación Tren Maya Chetumal Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $330–1,600
- Website
- https://reservas.ventaboletostrenmaya.com.mx/web/portal/inicio
- Special Tourist (INAPAM)
- $330–390
- Local Tourist
- $410–490
- National Tourist
- $600–750
- International Tourist
- $800–1,000
- National Premier
- $950–1,200
- International Premier
- $1,300–1,600
- Phone
- +52 998 980 0807
- contact@cancunshuttle.com
- Website
- cancunshuttle.com
Shuttle from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
- Schedules at
- cancunshuttle.com
- Phone
- +506 4404 0505
- sac@tiguanacaste.com
- Website
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- info@ticabus.com
- Website
- ticabus.com
Bus from Liberia to El Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $900–1,500
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
Bus from Peñas Blancas to El Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $800–1,400
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
- mundomayatravels@yahoo.com
- Website
- travelmundomaya.com
Bus from San Salvador to Belize City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $2,000–16,000
- Website
- https://travelmundomaya.com/home
- Airport
- $13,000–16,000
Bus from Belize City to Chetumal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $550–3,900
- Website
- https://travelmundomaya.com/home
- Airport
- $3,200–3,900
- Phone
- +52 997 976 0191
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Chetumal ADO Bus Station to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $240–340
- Schedules at
- ahorrobus.com.mx
Bus from Bacalar to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $200–290
- Schedules at
- ahorrobus.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Chetumal ADO Bus Station to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $470–700
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Bacalar to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $410–650
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Chetumal ADO Bus Station to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $350–700
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Chetumal ADO Bus Station to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $230–650
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Bacalar to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $190–600
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Alajuela
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $5,227
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $2,000
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $3,624
- 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
- +504 9919-5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Peñas Blancas to Terminal San Carlos - CCA
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $750–1,500
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Terminal San Carlos - Ticabus to Estación Central 7a Avenida Zona 1
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $360–550
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Estación Central 7a Avenida Zona 1 to Santa Elena
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $600–850
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Phone
- +502 5308 5106
- info@adrenalinatours.com
- Website
- adrenalinatours.com
Shuttle from Flores to Bacalar
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,198
- Schedules at
- adrenalinatours.com
- Phone
- +52 983 119 9526
- alianzabacalar@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bacalar to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $570–620
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +52 984 128 4243
- alianzacancunpaseodelmar@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bacalar to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $390–450
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Estimated price
- $1,800–2,200
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