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Risky Business Shrimping and Crabbing

If you’re looking for a fun, hands-on activity that the whole family can enjoy together, hop aboard Risky Business for an Outer Banks shrimping and crabbing charter. Our experienced captain and mate will show your group how to pull crab pots...

Corolla Crush

This is a Blue Standard Bedding Property. Learn more about our hospitality bedding program here.Find your new ‘Corolla Crush’ on vacation this year! Lovingly cared for and outfitted for families, this is a great property and a great location...

  • Corolla
  • 9 Bedrooms
  • 9 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 21
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...

6039 - Sun Kissed

BEACH GEAR RENTAL INCLUDED! Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! This spacious semi-oceanfront home located in South Nags Head provides all of the amenities that are sure to appeal to...

  • Nags Head
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6.5 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...

SHARON MEMORIES

Top floor ocean views and total relaxation await you in this well-equipped home with a private pool in a quiet residential neighborhood, convenient to shopping and restaurants yet only steps to the beach. Less than a 2-minute walk (100 yards...

  • Southern Shores
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 3.5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 10
5/23 - 5/30
$2,376  $2,472
$96 off
Back Beach Wild Horse Tours

Welcome to Back Beach Wild Horse Tours in Corolla NC. Our tours embark from Corolla NC, the last Outer Banks outpost before the road ends into nothing but stretches of wide beach. We provide safe family fun to see the Corolla Wild Horses...

Happy Crab 444

Happy Crab is the perfect retreat for your Outer Banks family vacation, located a short walk (only 600 feet) from the beautiful beaches of Nags Head! The beach is just across the road via the semi-private beach access just south of the Surfside...

  • Nags Head
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
Southern Shores Realty

Southern Shores Realty offers over 350 Outer Banks rentals from Corolla to S. Nags Head.  We've been an Outer Banks tradition since 1947, providing families just like yours with memories that last a lifetime.  Take a moment to search...

Point of Views

This is a Blue Standard Bedding Property. Learn more about our hospitality bedding program here.Awe-inspiring ocean views from the top-level and decks of “Point of Views” to the east, and beautiful sunsets views to the west. This Corolla beach...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 20
Outer Banks Mall

Outer Banks Mall is a large outdoor shopping center featuring everything you need for sun, fun and shopping. Located at MP 14 in Nags Head, the large shopping center features a wide variety of food & beverage providers; everything from breakfast...

081 | Calypso's Hideaway

Calypso's Hideaway is a Nicely Appointed, Dog Friendly beach home w/Direct Beach Access and Ocean Views. The Fonck Street Beach Access is only 360 feet away. Relax on the covered porch after dinner or enjoy your morning coffee on the wrap-around...

  • Kitty Hawk
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 2.5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 7
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...

Happiness

This is a Blue Standard Bedding Property. Learn more about our hospitality bedding program here.Picture yourself on the beach enjoying a family vacation, and we mean right on the beach! Come to ‘Happiness’ for your own little section of heaven...

  • Kitty Hawk
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 7

You’ll find Causeway Waters Sports on the beautiful Roanoke Sound on the Causeway between Nags Head and Manteo, just past Whalebone Junction. This family outdoor activity center offers parasailing, kayaking, paddleboarding, wave runners and...

Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head offers fishing and fun for the entire family! Go fishing, take a family fishing class or simply walk out to the end of this 1,000-foot-long, concrete ocean pier.

Kitty Hawk Kites’ Whalebone Watersports Center is your one-stop shop for Outer Banks water adventures. Located on the Nags Head-Manteo Causeway right on Roanoke Sound, this location offers it all – dolphin watching cruises with a marine...

Outer Banks Horseback is a rental service specializing in guided beach horseback rides. We genuinely have a passion and love to horseback ride. Our ability to do it on the beach is something everyone in this world should experience. We strive to...

The Outer Banks Family YMCA is a great place for all ages. Programming offered for children, teens, and adults to stay active in mind, body, or spirit. Though COVID-19 restrictions may currently limit the use of the YMCA facility, outdoor fitness...

One of the oldest authentic surf shops on the Outer Banks, Secret Spot has been surfer-owned at the same location since the early 1980s.  Store founder Steve Hess started board shaping in 1971, and his world-renowned boards have been ridden by...

 There are few locales on the Outer Banks where multiple roads cross paths, and Whalebone Junction is one of the main intersections along this barrier island shoreline. The term refers to the area in South Nags Head where three major highways...