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Pirates Island at Corolla Light Town Center

Check out Corolla's newest 5-star attraction! Pirate-Themed 18-Hole Minature Golf Course and Arcade with waterfalls, a pirate ship, caves, skulls, and more! So much fun for the whole family! Come...

Seaside Escape SSIS-36

Located just across the street from the beach, spend your vacation at Seaside Escape, where you can enjoy a spacious setting with horizon ocean views! Take in the many amenities that Seaside Escape has to offer, including a furnished sun deck with...

  • Nags Head
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
9/12 - 9/19
$2,361  $2,561
$200 off
9/19 - 9/26
$2,221  $2,421
$200 off
Pigman's Bar-B-Que

You haven’t experienced North Carolina until you’ve experienced North Carolina BBQ, and Pigman’s Bar-B-Que offers excellent North Carolina BBQ meals served with southern hospitality. Pigman’s offers traditional eastern...

20 Knots

SEMI-SOUNDFRONT Waves - NC Hwy12 - Appreciate private, simple access to the sound directly from the property of this striking home located in the heart of Waves, along with a sizable, private kite and watersport set-up area. Watersports...

  • Waves
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 3.5 Bathrooms
Coastal Home OBX

Distinctive, Authentic, Affordable Coastal Furniture & Design. Beach Living Furniture Line • Largest In-Stock Furniture Warehouse on the OBX • Professional Design Services. Transform your home—visit our showroom in Kill Devil...

Nautical Nonsense WHL-40

This beautiful home located on the shores of Corolla, North Carolina is the perfect location for your Outer Banks getaway. Nautical Nonsense boasts large extensive decking on both the mid level and the top level overlooking the 14'x32' pool...

  • Corolla
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
Wild Horse Adventure Tours

Wild Horse Adventure Tours has been voted the #1 tour company in the USA by TripAdvisor. Feel the ocean breeze and taste the salty beach air as you cruise the Outer Banks beaches in our exclusive OPEN AIR, 13-passenger Hummers with one of...

Leap of Faith

Leap of Faith – Family Fun in Corolla’s 4x4 BeachesGet ready for an Outer Banks vacation that feels like an adventure from the moment you arrive! Located in the wild and beautiful 4x4 area of Corolla, Leap of Faith is only accessible by 4WD...

  • Carova
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
Jimmy's Seafood Buffet

Home of the Crab Leg & Lobster Buffet for 27 years! Jimmy’s Seafood Buffet is a great stop for an all you can eat affordable dinner extravaganza. The buffet offers over 100 different items. It even serves Jumbo Alaskan crab legs and Jumbo...

187 | Stallings

This terrific Oceanside cottage is situated at the 10 Milepost in Nags Head and is within easy walking distance of the Beach (less than 2 minute walk to beach access at Albatross St.) with no roads to cross. Comfortably furnished and nicely...

  • Nags Head
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 6
KEES Vacations

KEES Vacations offers the best Outer Banks rentals for family vacations, romantic weekend getaways and groups of all sizes looking for the perfect OBX rental for their stay. When booking with KEES Vacations, travelers can expect excellence in...

Captains Quarters

Located in Corolla/ 5 Bedrooms/ 3 Full Bathrooms/ 1 Half BathroomYou will feel right at home in the Captain's Quarters. This home features a ships watch, jetted tub, and furnished decks for those lazy afternoons. Located on the Oceanside in Corolla...

  • Corolla
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
OBX Ghost Tours

OBX Ghost tours is something your family will be talking about the rest of the summer! You'll be entertained as a guide leads you through down town Manteo by lantern telling the spooky stories that makes The Outer Banks one of the most haunted...

A Beach Dream

OCEANFRONT Salvo - Colony Dr. - Gather the family together and treat them to a dream vacation at A BEACH DREAM. This generously sized home features magnificant ocean vistas, a enormous private pool with stereo speakers, an 8-person hot tub, a...

  • Salvo
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 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...

Jockey's Ridge State Park

Jockey's Ridge State Park is an unmistakable landmark for Nags Head vacationers and virtually everyone passing through along the main beach bypass, US 158. This park is marked by its towering sand dunes, which reach 80' - 100' feet tall and look...

Bodie Island Lighthouse

The Bodie Island Lighthouse, (pronounced "Body") is located just south of the town of Nags Head and Whalebone Junction, where Highway 158, Highway 64, and NC Highway 12 intersect. Visitors travelling towards Hatteras Island can't help but notice the...

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Visitors to Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands will simultaneously be visiting the gorgeous Cape Hatteras National Seashore. One of the largest preserved parcels of the Outer Banks, the National Seashore stretches across 70 miles of shoreline...

Ocean bottom or Gulf Stream fishing on the Carolina-style charter boat is the only boat licensed and built to take up to 27 passengers per Gulf Stream Charter. Fish for tuna, mahi-mahi, wahoo, king mackerel, blue marlin, white marlin or sailfish...