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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...

ABOVE THE SALT

An onsite EV charger and a 32-by-16-foot private pool set the tone at Above The Salt, a seven-bedroom semi-oceanfront Carolina Designs home in Duck. Guests here also unlock the Schooner Ridge clubhouse, where a community pool and tennis courts...

  • Duck
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 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...

MARTY'S MANOR

An elevator, a rare amenity in a five bedroom home, is featured at Marty's Manor, a Carolina Designs vacation rental in the Sea Pines neighborhood of Duck just 150 yards from the beach access. This home pairs Atlantic views from wraparound...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
Bob's Wild Horse Adventure Tours

Welcome to Bob’s Wild Horse Adventure Tours, Corolla’s #1 source for family fun since 1996 and voted Best Wild Horse Tour in the Reader's Choice BEST of OBX contest! We offer guided tours to see the Corolla Wild Horses in several ways...

THE SUN ALSO RISES

This beautifully built, designer-decorated oceanside home offers all the amenities you need for a relaxing and enjoyable vacation. This home features an elevator, six bedrooms, five bathrooms and two half baths, private pool, hot tub (new for the...

  • Duck
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 12
10/31 - 11/7
$2,517  $2,871
$354 off
11/7 - 11/14
$2,367  $2,871
$504 off
11/14 - 11/21
$2,525  $2,871
$346 off
11/28 - 12/5
$2,525  $2,871
$346 off
12/5 - 12/12
$2,367  $2,871
$504 off
12/12 - 12/19
$2,518  $2,871
$353 off
Back Country Safari Tours

Discover wild Spanish Mustangs and our unique Barrier Island ecology on the Wild Horse Safari. Explore over 30 miles of "off road" beach, dune and sand trail and ride with a professional naturalist guide in a custom 4x4 open-air Safari Cruiser, or...

Island Dawn

SOUNDFRONT Avon — Island Creek Ct. — Let the sun rise one extraordinary day after another at ISLAND DAWN, a four-bedroom/four- and one-half-bath home in the peaceful community of Island Creek. Begin your journey toward serenity by relishing...

  • Avon
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 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...

ARABELLA

Arabella hands every one of its ten bedrooms a private bath, eight of them kings, so no one in your group draws the short straw. This oceanfront Kill Devil Hills estate from Carolina Designs pairs that rare layout with a home theater, an...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 10 Bedrooms
  • 11 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...

Heart's Desire

OCEANFRONT Avon - Pamlico Court - Whatever your HEART'S DESIRE, you'll find it at this gorgeously designed home. The first floor features a huge living room with a cathedral ceiling, tons of windows, a constructed-in entertainment center, a...

  • Avon
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
Henry's Restaurant

Henry's Restaurant offers down home, simple food done Outer Banks style. Henry's Restaurant has been serving the Outer Banks of North Carolina since the summer of 1989. They are pleased to be considered one of the most popular restaurants in Dare...

Beach Ball Villa

Located in Corolla / 4 Bedrooms / 3 Full Bathrooms / 1 Half BathroomCreating family memories is what "Beach Ball Villa" is all about! Located just a block to the oceanfront community activity area, 3 oceanfront pools, eateries...not to mention the...

  • Corolla
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
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 about to their heart’s content. Parties are available for up to 12 kids ages 2 through 6 – bring your own cake. But it’s the other room where the real action is. Arcade games are located just inside the door, then there’s...

Kitty Hawk Kites

Kitty Hawk Kites has been Teaching the World to Fly since 1974 and is home to the world’s largest hang gliding school. As the Outer Banks leader in quality outdoor recreation and adventure, Kitty Hawk Kites offers more than 30 activities to choose from, so get out that pen and start crossing things off your OBX bucket list today! Visit KittyHawk.com or call 1.877.FLY.THIS to book your Kitty Hawk Kites adventure today.

Beach Braids

For the Best Outer Banks hair wraps, cornrows, jagua tattoos, full color temporary tattoos, fancy hair wraps, reggae hemp wraps, beach braids or gypsy braids … There is only one place to go — Beach Braids - Hair Wraps & Henna...