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Corolla Wild Horse Tours

Corolla Wild Horse Tours knowledgeable guides will ensure you and your family have a great wild horse tour! Along the way the guides will stop and point out interesting sites and local history and details of the Corolla Wild Horses history. Be sure...

Ocean Aire

**A 4x4 Vehicle is required to access this home, there are no paved roads in Carova. This home is located 7.3 miles from the 4-wheel drive on-ramp.**** *Linens Provided in 2026 Ocean Aire is a well-maintained vacation paradise in the...

  • Carova
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
Sound Feet Shoes

Sound Feet Shoes is family owned and operated. Sound Feet has been in the retail shoe business for over 72 years, opening their first store in 1953. They provide the best customer service and are the only Outer Banks’ area full service shoe...

Marvin Gardens

Located in Southern Shores/ 4 Bedrooms / 4 Full Bathrooms/ 1 Half BathroomYour family will adore Marvin Gardens in the community of Southern Shores, located close to the town of Duck and Kitty Hawk, offering the best of all shopping, eateries and...

  • Southern Shores
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
Fishing Unlimited Boating Center

Owned by Garry Oliver, the proprietor of the Outer Banks Fishing Pier, this small wooden aqua blue-colored store on the Nags Head-Manteo causeway has been serving the needs of fishermen for decades. A full line of tackle is available for all types...

The Aerie PH-11

Escape to The Aerie, a recently constructed 3-bedroom, 2-and-a-half-bath retreat tucked away in the quiet Penny's Hill area of Carova, where ocean views, modern comforts, and peaceful surroundings set the stage for a memorable Outer Banks getaway...

  • Carova
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 2.5 Bathrooms
Black Pelican

Black Pelican oceanfront restaurant is one of the Outer Banks’ premier restaurants serving lunch and dinner daily. Black Pelican is where you can enjoy fresh seafood, steaks, vegetarian dishes, sandwiches and some of the barrier island’s...

HONOR

Overview Welcome to Honor, a grand oceanfront estate specifically designed for those vacationing in large groups. Guests who reserve this home are treated to a host of gathering areas for leisure and recreation, and eighteen bedroom...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 18 Bedrooms
  • 19.5 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...

Duck Haven

Duck Haven is an amenity-filled, tastefully decorated home located in the ocean-to-sound Tuckahoe neighborhood in Duck on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. This comfortable & well-maintained, family-oriented home in a cul-de-sac setting will...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
Old Man Charters

  Experience the Outer Banks from the water with Old Man Charters, a personalized boat tour company based in the historic fishing village of Wanchese. Departing from a private dock on the southern end of Roanoke Island, Old Man Charters...

Happy Hours

Located in Corolla / 8 Bedrooms / 7 Full Bathrooms / 1 Half BathroomAccessible by 4 x 4 car only! Take the road less traveled and vacation at this coastal hideaway!  Roomy and well-equipped, this home is ideal for families and four legged...

  • Corolla
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
Gray's

Gray’s Outer Banks Lifestyle Clothing Company offers the absolute best in Outer Banks T-shirts and Sweatshirts including Champion, Under Armour with "Outer Banks” and Gear! We carry quality fashions and accessories for the whole family...

K9070 Duckin' Out at Colony by the Sea

Welcome to Duckin' Out at Colony by the Sea by KEES Vacations! Brand new to KEES for 2026! Enjoy this beautiful 1 bedroom 2 bath oceanside condo in Colony by the Sea. Duckin' Out is a first floor condo that puts you seconds from the sand with no...

  • Kitty Hawk
  • 1 Bedrooms
  • 2 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...