Elizabeth City Historic Tours provides a unique opportunity for guests to tour downtown Elizabeth City in style with Carolina Carriages. As guests stroll through the streets on this 30-minute horse and carriage ride, they will learn about the unique architecture and history of the downtown area and the surrounding region from a costumed guide. If guests are looking for some hauntingly scary history, they can reserve a seat on the haunted carriage ride and learn about the city’s little-known mysterious past by carriage lantern light. They will even be invited inside a historic home.

Rides begin at Mariner’s Wharf on Water Street. At times, Carolina Carriages also operates during special events such as the Potato Festival and First Friday Arts Nights. Carolina Carraiges also offers specials to guests staying at the Culpepper Inn, the Grice-Fearing House Bed and Breakfast, the Pond House or the Elizabeth City Bed and Breakfast. Guests can be picked up in old-fashioned luxury and taken on a 20- to 30-minute tour. They can then either be dropped off at on of the waterfront restaurants or back at the inn. Reservations are required at least 24 hours in advance. Carolina Carriages also provides wedding and special event horse and carriage service from Corolla to Hatteras, northeastern North Carolina and Hampton Road, Va. If you are looking for a romantic and old-fashioned horse and carriage ride, call today. There is a $100 minimum for Carolina Carriages to come into town to provide rides if there are no other reservations.


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Sandy Run Park

Sandy Run Park

Sandy Run Park leads its visitors through the heart of Kitty Hawk Woods Coastal Preserve, one of the largest maritime forests remaining in North Carolina. Completed in two phases, the park now encompasses 1600 acres of marshland, waterways and maritime forest. The park features a wooden boardwalk, two gazebos, a fishing and many more amenities for the enjoyment of the area's natural beauty and wildlife. On a stroll through the park you will likely run into many of the area's indigenous creatures and plants.Just after entering the park, and next to the ample parking area you’ll find a covered picnic pavilion, a putting green, cookout grills and a basketball half court. Below the pavilion is a canoe and kayak access deck. Beyond this recreation and picnic area is a half-mile loop, mostly boardwalk, that will take you on a scenic and educational tour of a large section of the Preserve, where wildlife and plants are identified by plaques placed along the route. At the first gazebo stop is another kayak and canoe access where you’re sure to see many yellow-bellied slider turtles swimming all around and an Osprey family nesting above. Other creatures you may get a glimpse of include deer, otter, egrets, raccoons and even a nutria. Also along the boardwalk you’ll find an observation deck and a pier for fishing (license required). The fishing pond is stocked with several varieties of fish, including brim and bass..Sandy Run Park is open from sunrise to sunset. Although the cost is free, the natural serenity and beauty it offers is priceless.