How are the roads in Corozal? Do I need a four-wheel drive in Corozal?
Grant D'Eall
Belize is not a First World Country so the roads here are not good. In Corozal town they are half decent but when you travel East toward Copper Bank or Orchid Bay – the roads are rough and pothole ridden. When you are purchasing a vehicle, I recommend getting something that is high off the ground. It is better to have a 4-wheel drive and not need it than need it and not have it.
In November, during the rainy season,...
Belize is not a First World Country so the roads here are not good. In Corozal town they are half decent but when you travel East toward Copper Bank or Orchid Bay – the roads are rough and pothole ridden. When you are purchasing a vehicle, I recommend getting something that is high off the ground. It is better to have a 4-wheel drive and not need it than need it and not have it.
In November, during the rainy season, the roads here can get large puddles and you need to have a vehicle that can handle it. Most people don’t buy brand new vehicles.
(Four wheel drive vehicles parked at Cerros Sand Beach Resort, Corozal, Belize, pictured.)
Posted October 31, 2016
Ed Parrish - Dumbbell Properties, LLC
If you're in Corozal town, you don't need a four-wheel drive vehicle. They've done significant road improvements in the town.Once you get out into the countryside, I've never needed a four-wheel drive and I've never had one. However, if you have never had experience driving on rural dirt roads, you might want to have a four-wheel drive vehicle because it is an insurance policy if the roads get really bad because occasionally they do, especially during the rainy...
If you're in Corozal town, you don't need a four-wheel drive vehicle. They've done significant road improvements in the town.Once you get out into the countryside, I've never needed a four-wheel drive and I've never had one. However, if you have never had experience driving on rural dirt roads, you might want to have a four-wheel drive vehicle because it is an insurance policy if the roads get really bad because occasionally they do, especially during the rainy season. When it rains hard, road crews are unable to get out to grade the roads and keep them cleaned up.
A four-wheel drive vehicle is not necessary. Most of the people in Corozal do not have one and everybody seems to get along just fine.
One of the things the government of Belize has promised is to invest in is infrastructure, particularly the roads. We do see some evidence of that happening.
(Ed Parish's home being delivered to his lot, Corozal, Belize, pictured. )
Posted September 15, 2017