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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...

5682 - Beers and Sunshine

BEACH GEAR RENTAL INCLUDED! Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! Beers and Sunshine has everything you need to make your OBX vacation the best one yet! This Nags Head rental features...

  • Nags Head
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 5 Bathrooms
The Christmas Shop

Discover gifts, garlands and glittering lights galore. Looking for a trinket for someone who has everything? Choose ornaments for every hobby, occupation, occasion or enthusiast; from the fisherman or Disney lover; dancer or photographer. Throughout...

Kildare 115

Mornings at Kildare start with salty air, coffee on the porch, and the sound of waves just down the street. This classic Duck beach box has been completely refreshed for 2026, with new paint throughout, new flooring, brand-new bathrooms, and a...

  • Duck
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
TRiO Restaurant & Market

Wine, beer and cheese lovers will love TRiO, an exciting retail and tasting destination in Kitty Hawk. Both a gourmet retail wine, beer and cheese shop as well as a bistro with a wine bar and tap house, TRiO offers the best of the worlds of...

1528 - Sound and Color

BEACH GEAR RENTAL INCLUDED! Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! Welcome to Sound and Color! This soundfront Corolla property is perfect for large groups, boasting 8 bedrooms and 6.5...

  • Corolla
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 8.5 Bathrooms
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...

317 | Sea You Again

This exceptional vacation home provides Outer Banks vacationing at its best. Boasting over 5,000 square feet of living area, the large rooms make it a wonderful gathering place for your family. Getting to the Beach will be a snap (only 270 feet to...

  • Southern Shores
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 6.5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 16
OBX Laser Tag and Arcade

Here’s some high energy entertainment for the kids, and for young adults (or young at heart) who love laser tag. On one side of this large facility is the “moon bounce inflatable room,” where the young ‘uns can go and bounce...

Zip-A-Dee-Dune-Dah

Located in Corolla/ 5 Bedrooms/ 3 Full Bathrooms Just 2 homes from the community beach walkway with ocean vistas and a brand-new private pool area, your family will appreciate this vacation rental home! Ground Level: Exterior amenities include a...

  • Corolla
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
ZoomAround Street Legal Golf Cart Rentals

ZoomAround Street Legal Golf Cart Rentals provides our communities and our visitors with fun, safe and convenient access to innovative transportation while providing an unparalleled customer experience. Don’t carry all of your beach gear...

Dune Our Thing

**NO PETS ALLOWED** 6 Bedrooms and 6.5 Baths. Open floor plan and very family-friendly! This spacious house is the perfect beach vacation home with a wide-open floor plan. There are three decks, a private pool/hot tub, four en suites, Rec room with...

  • Kitty Hawk
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
Brew Thru

No trip to the Outer Banks is complete without cruising through Brew Thru, the Outer Banks’ original drive thru convenience store. Whether you’re looking for a refreshing cold beverage of Coke, Pepsi and other soft drinks on the go...

1395 - Summer Breeze Too

Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! Located in the heart of Corolla lies Summer Breeze Too. With 4 bedrooms and 3. 5 bathrooms, it's the perfect getaway for families and friends...

  • Corolla
  • 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...

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...