There are 9 ways to get from Tamarindo to Tulum by plane, shuttle, taxi, ferry, bus, or car
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Fly Tamarindo Airport to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Tamarindo Airport (TNO) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane TNO - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
6h 6m$2,559–9,788Shuttle, taxi, ferry, Bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Peñas Blancas
- Take the taxi from Peñas Blancas to San Juan del Surtaxi
- Take a shuttle bus from San Juan del Sur to San Pedro Sula
- Take the taxi from San Pedro Sula to Puerto Cortestaxi
- Take the ferry from Puerto Cortes to Placenciaferry
- Take the bus from Placencia to Belize Citybus
- Take the bus from Belize City to Chetumalbus
- Take the bus from Chetumal to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulumbus
35h 3m$16,748–21,538Drive 1,714.5 km
- Drive from Tamarindo to Tulumcar 1,714.5 km
29h 52m$4,114–5,943Shuttle 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)plane SJO - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
8h 58m$9,007–14,216Shuttle 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)plane LIR - TQO
- Take the taxi from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Tulumtaxi
22h 38m$11,942–34,442Fly Nosara Airport to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Nosara Airport (NOB) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane NOB - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
8h 56m$7,901–16,701Bus via San José
- Take the bus from Tamarindo to Central Autobusera Inteligentebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Atlántico Norte to Terminal San Carlos - CCAbus Sjo
- Take the bus from San Salvador to Belize Citybus
- Take the bus from Belize City to Chetumalbus
- Take the bus from Chetumal to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulumbus
2d 6h$4,190–21,871Shuttle, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to La Cruz
- Take the bus from La Cruz to Terminal Managua - CCAbus Sjo
- Take the bus from Managua to San Salvadorbus
- Take the bus from Terminal San Benito - CCA to Estación Central 7a Avenida Zona 1bus
- Take the bus from Guatemala City to Belize Citybus
- Take a shuttle bus from Belize City to Tulum
2d 7hBus
- Take the bus from Tamarindo to Central Autobusera Inteligentebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Tica Bus to El Salvadorbus
- Take the bus from San Salvador to Belize Citybus
- Take the bus from Belize City to Chetumalbus
- Take the bus from Chetumal to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulumbus
2d 7h$3,991–21,673
Tamarindo Airport (TNO) to Cancún International Airport (CUN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tamarindo to Tulum is to drive which costs $4100 - $6000 and takes 29h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Tamarindo to Tulum is to fly and shuttle which takes 6h 6m and costs $2500 - $10000.
The distance between Tamarindo and Tulum is 1319 km. The road distance is 1714.5 km.
The best way to get from Tamarindo to Tulum without a car is to shuttle and taxi and ferry and Bus which takes 35h 3m and costs $16000 - $22000.
It takes approximately 6h 6m to get from Tamarindo to Tulum, including transfers.
Tulum is 1h ahead of Tamarindo. It is currently 5:29 AM in Tamarindo and 6:29 AM in Tulum.
Yes, the driving distance between Tamarindo to Tulum is 1714 km. It takes approximately 29h 52m to drive from Tamarindo to Tulum.
There are 2283+ 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 Central Autobusera Inteligente, Terminal Atlántico Norte, Terminal San Carlos - CCA, San Salvador, Belize City, and Chetumal in around 2d 6h.
- 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
- $1,500–8,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–5,500
Flights from Nosara Airport to Cancún International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–8,500
Flights from Nosara Airport to Cancún International Airport via Liberia International Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–8,500
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Tamarindo Airport to Cancún International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,600–11,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Cancún International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,600–5,500
Flights from Nosara Airport to Cancún International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,500–11,000
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Tamarindo Airport to Cancún International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,600–8,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,600–8,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–28,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $9,000–38,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 57m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–29,000
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Tamarindo Airport to Cancún International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–7,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–4,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $8,000–36,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 58m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $7,500–34,000
- 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
- $800–2,600
- Schedules at
- cancunshuttle.com
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $5,379
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Alajuela
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6,086
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $2,993
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to La Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $4,489
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +504 2425 3931
- info@roneeyshuttle.com
- Website
- roneeyshuttle.com
Shuttle from San Juan del Sur to San Pedro Sula
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $1,969
- Website
- https://www.roneeyshuttle.com/
Bus from Placencia to Belize City
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4,295
- Website
- https://www.belizegroundtransfers.com/
- mundomayatravels@yahoo.com
- Website
- travelmundomaya.com
Bus from Belize City to Chetumal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $550–3,800
- Website
- https://travelmundomaya.com/home
- Airport
- $3,100–3,800
Bus from San Salvador to Belize City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $2,000–15,000
- Website
- https://travelmundomaya.com/home
- Airport
- $12,000–15,000
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Chetumal to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $500–800
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 997 976 0191
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Chetumal to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $260–360
- Schedules at
- ahorrobus.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Chetumal to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
- 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 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $330–550
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- 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 4404 0505
- sac@tiguanacaste.com
- Website
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Tamarindo to Central Autobusera Inteligente
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $170–260
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Phone
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Terminal Atlántico Norte to Terminal San Carlos - CCA
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $1,200–1,700
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $1,200–1,700
Bus from La Cruz to Terminal Managua - CCA
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $220–310
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $220–310
Bus from Managua to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $750–1,100
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $750–1,100
Bus from Terminal San Benito - CCA to Estación Central 7a Avenida Zona 1
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $350–490
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $350–490
- Phone
- +503 7841 5688
- info@transportedelsol.com
- Website
- transportedelsol.com
Bus from Managua to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,074
- Schedules at
- transportedelsol.com
- Phone
- +502 5808 7471
- about@guatego.com
- Website
- guatego.com
Bus from Guatemala City to Belize City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $573
- Website
- https://guatego.com/index.php
- Phone
- +501 614 9503
- ndiazbelize@gmail.com
- Website
- nelsonmayaadventures.com
Shuttle from Belize City to Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Website
- https://www.nelsonmayaadventures.com/
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- info@ticabus.com
- Website
- ticabus.com
Bus from Terminal Tica Bus to El Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,500
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
- Phone
- +504 9918 9847
- prideofbelize825@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Ferry from Puerto Cortes to Placencia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $1,396
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063679711207
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Radio Taxis Scooby
- Phone
- +504 5 2554-5144
- Website
- facebook.com
Radio Taxis Galacticos
- Phone
- +504 3383-9209
- Website
- facebook.com
Radio Taxis del Valle
- Phone
- +504 97212851, +504 97643885
- Website
- facebook.com
Radio Taxi Maya
- Phone
- 9748-5001 / 9995-9769 / 3300-2722
- Website
- facebook.com
Radio Taxi Hosanna
- Phone
- +504 5 2250-1669
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxis Tiburones del Caribe
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