There are 5 ways to get from Washington to Cahuita by plane, shuttle, car, subway, or train
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Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane DCA - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Cahuita
10h 3m$316–1,098Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
cheapest- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane IAD - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Cahuita
11h 13m$195–512Drive 5,942.4 km
- Drive from Washington to Cahuitacar 5,942.4 km
3d 2h$797–1,151Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BWI - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Cahuita
11h$245–1,269Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Limón International Airport
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane DCA - LIO
9h 49m$236–902
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Cahuita is to subway and fly and shuttle which costs $190 - $550 and takes 11h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Cahuita is to fly which takes 9h 49m and costs $230 - $900.
The distance between Washington and Cahuita is 3503 km. The road distance is 5942.4 km.
It takes approximately 10h 3m to get from Washington to Cahuita, including transfers.
Cahuita is 1h behind Washington. It is currently 9:02 AM in Washington and 8:02 AM in Cahuita.
Yes, the driving distance between Washington to Cahuita is 5942 km. It takes approximately 3 days 2h to drive from Washington to Cahuita.
There are 665+ hotels available in Cahuita.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Cahuita, Costa Rica?
JetBlue Airways, SANSA, and five other airlines fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Limón International Airport (LIO) every 4 hours.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Limón International Airport via Fort Lauderdale, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Limón International Airport via Charlotte, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Limón International Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Limón International Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Limón International Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Limón International Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–650
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Limón International Airport via New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–15
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
- Phone
- +506 2221 7878
- jungletomsafaris@gmail.com
- Website
- jungletomsafaris.com
Shuttle from San José to Cahuita
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $72
- Website
- https://www.jungletomsafaris.com/
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