Belize Guide
Getting around
Belize has a good public transport network and all main roads are paved, save for a few kilometres of the Southern Highway. Buses on the three main highways (the Northern, Western and Southern) are cheap, generally frequent and fairly fast. The south has fewer buses but scheduled services are improving all the time.
If you visit the cayes during your visit, you'll surely do some travelling by boat; water journeys to Guatemala and Honduras are also possible. River transport is popular in Belize, too – it's the most convenient way to reach some Maya ruins and isolated field stations.
Flying between Belizean destinations is the fastest way to get around, though it's not cheap and by no means environmentally sensitive. In the south, however, where bus transport can be patchy, a short hop on a small plane can give superb views of the hills and the clear, blue sea. Car rental in Belize is not inexpensive, either: it generally runs US$60–120/day, but it does enable you to visit more places in a shorter time than you could by bus. Cars and four-wheel-drive trucks are readily available from several rental companies in Belize City.