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Basnight's Lone Cedar Cafe

Enjoy Waterfront Dining at Basnight's Lone Cedar Café where we specialize in fresh and local Outer Banks seafood. If you’re craving the freshest fish, clams, crab, shrimp and oysters from local North Carolina waters, you’ll find...

A Key To Paradise

This is a Blue Standard Bedding Property. Learn more about our hospitality bedding program here.Looking for “A Key to Paradise”? Consider it found at this lovely family home located by the lake in Ocean Lakes, Corolla. You will find a private...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 20
Duck Corolla Parasail

Discover the beauty of the Outer Banks with Duck Parasail. Duck Parasail is proud to partner with Corolla Parasail and together, they take pride in being the longest running, family owned and operated parasail company on the Outer Banks. Duck...

Mariner's Light KIN-18

Set a course for Mariner's Light! This lovely seven-bedroom home with 100' of oceanfront to enjoy on the sandy shores of Hatteras Island is perfect for your family’s next Outer Banks escape. Everyone is sure to love the panoramic ocean views, the...

  • Avon
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
Poke Box

PokeBox offers fresh, quick, simple, healthy poke bowls in Nags Head. Choose your items and build your bowl. Tuna, salmon, chicken, steak, shrimp and tofu options available. Mix in your favorite veggies, sauces and toppings for the perfect poke...

225 | Kinsale

Spacious, Well Appointed home w/Lovely Touches throughout. This House has Large Decks w/Ample Furniture, a Large Yard that is Great for Kids, & is a Short Walk to Beach (Just Across Beach Road). This home offers Views of the Ocean, Sound, &...

  • Nags Head
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 12
The Mystic Jewel

Walk into this shop and you’ll be delighted by all the glittering and sparkling from the way the mirrors and lighting show off jewelry from over 100 different designers and local artisans. Artfully-designed cases line the walls, filled with...

363 | Wish You Were Here

New living room couches, new top level deck furniture and new pool furniture for the 2025 season!A winning combination of comfort, style, & thoughtful amenities ensure your family a grand Vacation Experience. "Wish You Were Here" provides three...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 12
Kitty Hawk Kites

Kitty Hawk Kites has been Teaching the World to Fly since 1974 and is home to the world’s largest hang gliding school. As the Outer Banks leader in quality outdoor recreation and adventure, Kitty Hawk Kites offers more than 30 activities to...

Sweet Home Carolina

This is a Blue Standard Bedding Property. Learn more about our hospitality bedding program here.Additional Services: The owners are providing Cabana service with 4 chairs and 1 umbrella to be set up at the beach for you! (Memorial Day - Labor...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 16
Flip Flop Shops

Free Your Toes!®Live, work and play with your toes exposed® and the freedom of flip flops on your feet. 



446 | Luckie Lady

Semi-Oceanfront, Kitty Hawk. Luckie Lady is a terrific Vacation Home where you can relax and enjoy endless Atlantic Views from the ocean facing decks, living area and from you own Private Oceanfront Beach Access that includes a Dune Deck and Gazebo...

  • Kitty Hawk
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 10
Kitty Hawk Kites

Looking to fly a kite on the beach or atop the spectacular dunes of Jockey’s Ridge State Park? Kitty Hawk Kites offers the largest selection of kites, wind art, flags, games, and toys on the Outer Banks, with experts on staff to get you flying...

Waves Daze

OCEANVIEW Waves - Sea Isle Hills Dr. - There is no confusion here, WAVES DAZE is the beach home for your family vacation. Pull the car into the shaded parking with dry entry and step into the cavernous game room with pool table, wet bar with...

  • Waves
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 5 Bathrooms
Nags Head Dolphin Watch

Scientists run these dolphin tours as part of their research on these beloved aquatic animals, so you know this will be an interesting trip. Passengers will be able to see how researchers with the Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research, a nonprofit organization,  conduct their research and hear about some of the discoveries from more than a decade of studies and monitoring. Some of the hundreds of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins in the area show up so frequently they’ve even been given...

Captain Johnny's Dolphin Tours

Join Captain Stuart Wescott aboard The Captain Johnny boat for a Guaranteed Dolphin Watch cruise in protected waters off the Outer Banks, NC. This two hour cruise is ideal for all ages. Enjoy breathtaking views as you listen to a factual narration on the bottlenose dolphin, a type of dolphin found along the Atlantic coast. Dolphin mating and birthing can be observed on many cruises. 

Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse

The Roanoke Marshes lighthouse is often one of the most overlooked of the Outer Banks lighthouses, simply because of its small stature, limited visibility and remote location tucked away at the quiet east end of the Manteo waterfront.

Foliage fans and gardening enthusiasts from all over the country will love a day trip to the Elizabethan Gardens. Tucked away in Manteo within the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, this 10 acre Roanoke soundfront locale is home to hundreds of...