[1] The main paved highway from La Ceiba (250,000) to Trujillo bypasses Balfate.

One of the long range plans of the government is to extend this road completely to Trujillo, which has one of the best natural harbours in the world.

At this time the road terminates at Rio Esteban, about 20 km east of Balfate.

Completion of the road to Trujillo would be challenging because in this geographical area of the Honduras the mountains extend all the way to the ocean.

Balfate was the first port in Honduras from which banana shipments left for the United States.