Driving in Costa Rica: Regular or 4 Wheel Drive?
Posted in Costa Rica, Driving in Costa Rica on Nov 7th, 2008
I’d like to provide some more information on driving conditions in Costa Rica. It is not necessary to rent a 4 wheel drive to explore Costa Rica. You can drive on all the main roads just fine with a sedan or other small car. You can do quite a bit of exploring as well. Of course an SUV with 4 wheel drive will give you more access but unless you specifically plan to drive in very remote areas on rough roads, I would not bother.
4 Wheel drive becomes more handy during the rainy season (roughly our North American summer) since the dirt roads get muddy. That is something to take into consideration but even during the rainy season you won’t need 4 wheel drive to adequately explore Costa Rica. Again, if you plan on traveling in very remote areas then I do advise you rent a 4 wheel drive SUV type vehicle.
I’m renting a small SUV type vehicle on my next trip only because we are taking bicycles and I’d rather have them inside the vehicle. It saves me the trouble or buying or transporting a bike rack and its safer to keep them inside the vehicle.
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