Domestic flights have proliferated recently. It's easy to fly to any of the Bay Islands from La Ceiba, Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, and to fly among these three major cities. More air routes into the Mosquitia region are making that remote area much more accessible. Use your international cell phone rentals to make an airline reservation. There are frequent buses to most towns; the first bus usually leaves at the crack of dawn, the last late in the afternoon.

The only passenger train services are in the north between San Pedro, Puerto Cortés and Tela. Trains are slow, rudimentary and very cheap. Services have been disrupted in the past, so check whether the trains are actually running before planning to use one. Boats are common modes of transport between the Bay Islands and along the Caribbean coast, and in Mosquitia, where there's just one road. Use your Honduras mobile phone rentals to reserve a train ticket.

There are plenty of taxis in most towns, but they are not metered, so negotiate a fare before you get in. Use your Honduras cell phone rental to call a cab easily.

Car rental is available in main towns, and the main roads offer excellent driving. However, this is not a cheap way to travel, and away from the highways the roads are unpaved and can be dusty in the dry season and slippery when wet. Hitching is generally easy in rural areas, where trucks often stop to pick up passengers.