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Atlantic Realty of the Outer Banks

Outer Banks Vacation Rentals by Atlantic Realty provide the beach vacation experience you deserve. Since 1982, multiple generations of families have enjoyed waves of fun and quiet relaxation in our OBX vacation homes including the surrounding...

Easterly W-27

This well-appointed, classic Hatteras Island beach cottage offers a convenient one-level floor plan with modern amenities including WiFi, stainless steel appliances, 4 digital smart TVs, stereo, and more. For your convenience, sheets and towels are...

  • Waves
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
Harbor Star Dolphin Tours at Wanchese Marina

The Harbor Star's Wild Dolphin Tours depart three times daily plus a Sunset Cruise (weather permitting) This 2 hour cruise includes an entertaining tour and an opportunity to spot wild dolphins aboard the all new 40-foot Pontoon boat. Tickets must...

SANDZABAR

Sandzabar is a comfortable, four-bedroom oceanside home in Ocean Sands, Corolla, with spectacular ocean views and hardwood floors in the main living area. This home is set up perfectly for two small families vacationing together, or for one larger...

  • Corolla
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 9
5/2 - 5/9
$1,292  $1,401
$109 off
5/9 - 5/16
$1,294  $1,401
$107 off
5/16 - 5/23
$1,304  $1,401
$97 off
5/30 - 6/6
$1,878  $2,028
$150 off
6/6 - 6/13
$2,118  $2,238
$120 off
6/13 - 6/20
$2,320  $2,455
$135 off
6/20 - 6/27
$2,320  $2,455
$135 off
Donutz on a Stick

Stay, Play and Eat- Donuts, Ice Cream & Coffee Treats! Located on the Duck Boardwalk, behind Dockside Seafood, this breakfast & Dessert-Shop features treats you've never tasted before! Try the hot, made to order, donutz...

1090 - Catch Me N Corolla

Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! Catch Me N' Corolla anytime! This spacious 8 bedroom, 5.5 bathroom Corolla vacation rental has everything you need and so much more for the most...

  • Corolla
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 8.5 Bathrooms
Twiddy & Company

Twiddy & Company is here to provide all the help and southern hospitality you've come to anticipate when planning your beach vacation. We invite you to let us share our unique understanding of this coastal landscape; unlike any place in the...

Beach Blessings

This is a Blue Standard Bedding Property. Learn more about our hospitality bedding program here.Bless your family by staying at “Beach Blessings” in the beautiful gated community of Buck Island in Corolla. Would you like to be lucky enough to...

  • Corolla
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 14
Brindley Beach Vacations

Brindley Beach Vacations offers premier Real Estate and Property Management services across the entire Outer Banks. Representing more than 450 vacation rental homes, we proudly serve every region—from the southern beaches of Hatteras Island...

K8036 Queen Elizabeth 8 Bedroom Oceanfro...

Welcome to Queen Elizabeth by KEES Vacations! Queen Elizabeth offers top-tier amenities to make for an unforgettable vacation. Among the other homes in the Nags Head Shores community, relax in the epitome of luxury with sweeping ocean views and top...

  • Nags Head
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 10 Bathrooms
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...

ABOVE THE SALT

Carolina Designs presents ABOVE THE SALT - a spectacular semi-oceanfront home in Duck's prestigious Schooner Ridge that rises above it all. This stunning 7-bedroom Outer Banks retreat features three private baths, a 32x16 private pool, and...

  • Duck
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
Coastal Smoothie Cafe

At Coastal Smoothie Cafe, we have created a menu and atmosphere that is designed to be as unique as the northern shores of the Outer Banks. Our creations utilize fresh local produce when possible. There is nothing better than local NC strawberries...

1397 - Sunshine Stars

BEACH GEAR RENTAL INCLUDED! Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! NEW POOL HEATER FOR 2026! Welcome to Sunshine Stars, a spacious vacation rental located in the heart of Corolla...

  • Corolla
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
Miss Oregon Inlet

Oregon Inlet Fishing Center is the home of the largest and most modern charter boat fishing fleet on the eastern seaboard. A full service marina in Nags Head NC, Oregon Inlet offers a comprehensive charter boat fishing experience for the "old salt" or the vacationing fisherman.  Give us a call at (877) 359-8447

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...

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...

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...

Coquina Beach

Located just south of Nags Head, Coquina Beach is a refreshingly undeveloped stretch of shoreline that's close to the central Outer Banks towns of Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head, and Kitty Hawk, but feels like it's miles away.