There are 8 ways to get from Tamarindo to Tulum by plane, shuttle, bus, car, or taxi
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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$3,049–12,776Shuttle, bus via San Salvador
- 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 bus from Chetumal to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
41h 53m$7,062–24,448Drive 1,714.1 km
- Drive from Tamarindo to Tulum1,714.1 km
29h 49m$4,130–5,966Shuttle, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to La Cruz
- Take the bus from La Cruz to GranadaSjo
- Take a shuttle bus from Granada to La Ceiba
- Take a shuttle bus from La Ceiba to Punta Gorda
- Take a shuttle bus from Punta Gorda to Belize City
- Take a shuttle bus from Belize City to Tulum
2d 1hShuttle 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$7,716–13,224Shuttle 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
24h 49m$10,199–30,449Fly 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$6,855–18,255Shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)LIR - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
9h 57m$8,699–22,849
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 49m.
The fastest way to get from Tamarindo to Tulum is to fly and shuttle which takes 6h 6m and costs $3000 - $13000.
The distance between Tamarindo and Tulum is 1319 km. The road distance is 1714.1 km.
The best way to get from Tamarindo to Tulum without a car is to shuttle and bus which takes 2 days 1h and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 6m to get from Tamarindo to Tulum, including transfers.
Tulum is 1h ahead of Tamarindo. It is currently 7:42 PM in Tamarindo and 8:42 PM in Tulum.
Yes, the driving distance between Tamarindo to Tulum is 1714 km. It takes approximately 29h 49m to drive from Tamarindo to Tulum.
There are 2491+ hotels available in Tulum.
What companies run services between Tamarindo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica and Tulum, Estado de Quintana Roo, Mexico?
There is no direct connection from Tamarindo to Tulum. However, you can take the taxi to Tamarindo Airport (TNO) airport, fly to Cancún International Airport (CUN), walk to Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2, then take the shuttle to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum. Alternatively, you can take a shuttle from Tamarindo to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum via Peñas Blancas, Peñas Blancas, El Salvador, San Salvador, Belize City, and Chetumal in around 41h 53m.
- 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
- $2,600–13,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–3,900
Flights from Nosara Airport to Cancún International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,400–12,000
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
- $2,400–12,000
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
- $2,500–13,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,400–22,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Cobano, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,500–22,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Nosara Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,500–22,000
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Tamarindo Airport to Cancún International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,300–9,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,100
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $3,900–17,000
- 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
- $3,000–15,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Cancún International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,500–4,400
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
- $2,800–14,000
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Tamarindo Airport to Cancún International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,100–10,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–8,500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 8m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–25,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 43m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,000–34,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–30,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $5,000–22,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,500–32,000
- 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
- $3,533
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to La Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $2,924
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Alajuela
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $5,097
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $1,950
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- info@ticabus.com
- Website
- ticabus.com
Bus from Peñas Blancas to El Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $750–1,400
- 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
- $2,000–15,000
- Website
- https://travelmundomaya.com/home
- Airport
- $12,000–15,000
Bus from Belize City to Chetumal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $550–3,800
- Website
- https://travelmundomaya.com/home
- Airport
- $3,200–3,800
- 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
- $470–700
- 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
- $240–340
- 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 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 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $220–650
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from La Cruz to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $180–650
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $180–650
- Phone
- +504 8763 1410
- info@shuttlelaceibatoleon.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Shuttle from Granada to La Ceiba
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/shuttlelaceibatoleonGuacamayostours
Shuttle from La Ceiba to Punta Gorda
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/shuttlelaceibatoleonGuacamayostours
- Phone
- +504 2425 3931
- info@roneeyshuttle.com
- Website
- roneeyshuttle.com
Shuttle from La Ceiba to Punta Gorda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $1,707
- Website
- https://www.roneeyshuttle.com/
- Phone
- +501 614 9503
- ndiazbelize@gmail.com
- Website
- nelsonmayaadventures.com
Shuttle from Punta Gorda to Belize City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Website
- https://www.nelsonmayaadventures.com/
Shuttle from Belize City to Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Website
- https://www.nelsonmayaadventures.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/
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Estimated price
- $1,800–2,200
Taxis Tiburones del Caribe
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