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Super Wings

Best store on the beach! Everything you need for your vacation. Largest selection of beach supplies and the best deals on T-shirts, sweatshirts and mens, ladies, and kids, apparel, swimwear and resort wear. Get all your souvenirs, suntan lotions...

SOUTHERN COMFORT

Slip into the 35-foot private pool before breakfast: SOUTHERN COMFORT, a five-bedroom Duck home from Carolina Designs, offers an elevator, a rec room, and a hot tub. The beach access is just 294 yards away, and two dogs are welcome with a fee...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
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...

CAPTAINS COVE

Located directly across the street from the beach at MP 2.5, this wonderful beach cottage offers unobstructed ocean views from the front screened porch. Enjoy your favorite book or beverage while taking in the sites and breezes or stroll to the...

  • Kitty Hawk
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 6
11/28 - 12/5
$1,238  $1,299
$61 off
12/5 - 12/12
$1,193  $1,299
$106 off
12/12 - 12/19
$1,216  $1,299
$83 off
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...

3 Little Gulls

3 Little Gulls is a coastal cottage, nestled beside the pristine Corolla shore in the northernmost Ocean Sands community. You'll wake up to the soothing sound of crashing waves, and breathe in the salty sea air from its screened porch and private...

  • Corolla
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
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...

GS-2-A1 Oceanside 2 Bedroom Condo at Gol...

Welcome to Golden Strand by KEES Vacations! Check out this 2-Bedroom, Oceanside condo at the well desired Golden Strand community in the heart of Kill Devil Hills. When you are at Golden Strand, you will feel like you are in paradise. Imagine waking...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
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...

Out of Office OBX

This is a Blue Standard Bedding Property. Learn more about our hospitality bedding program here.Automatic Replies: OnSet your status to "out of office" at Out of Office OBX, a brand new construction in the Monteray Shores community of Corolla...

  • Corolla
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 8
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...

AMERICAN WAVES

Five king suites, each with a private bath and Atlantic views, anchor AMERICAN WAVES, an oceanfront Corolla escape from Carolina Designs. Add a 36 by 18 private pool with free pool heat, a hot tub, and a rec room, and this seven-bedroom home in...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 6.5 Bathrooms
Ben Franklin

Stop by Nags Head's Ben Franklin at Mile Post 10 on the Bypass where you will find everything you need for the beach! From Clothing, T-shirts and Swimwear to Boards, Chairs, Umbrellas and Tackle. You'll find it all…and of course, we have the...

SANDY POINTE

“Sandy Pointe” is the perfect spot for your Outer Banks Beach Vacation! Located oceanside in the Ocean Dunes Community in the heart of Duck and on a quiet cul-de-sac, this home is a short walk to the beach (at a life guarded beach access) and...

  • Duck
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 8
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...

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.