Outer Banks Three-Day Tour

DAY ONE

  • Midday arrival at Outer Banks, North Carolina
  • Lunch at Jockey's Ridge
  • Jockey's Ridge State Park - Visit the tallest living sand dunes on the East Coast and learn about the park's three ecosystems
  • Wright Brother's National Memorial - See where Orville and Wilbur Wright changed the world
  • Check into hotel
  • Dinner
  • Evening Activity

DAY TWO

  • Hotel breakfast
  • Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education - Explore North Carolina's wildlife, natural history and heritage. Sample programs include:
    • Animal Olympics
    • Sound Discoveries
    • Yuck! Nasty Nature
  • Corolla's Wild Horse Adventure - Learn about the descendants of the Spanish Mustangs as you watch the horses run free and possibly play in the surf
  • Box Lunch
  • Currituck Beach Lighthouse - North Carolina's only lighthouse still housed in its original structure - Built in 1874 it stands 158 feel tall
  • Free time at the beach
  • Dinner
  • Evening Activity
  • Return to hotel

DAY THREE

  • Hotel breakfast
  • Fort Raleigh National Historic Site - See where Sir Walter Raleigh and his explorers attempted to found a settlement in 1585 at the north end of Roanoke Island. It's also the home of the Freedman's Colony, a recognized National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom site.
  • North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island - Learn about the many coastal environments of the Outer Banks and see the Aquarium's 285,000-gallon Graveyard of the Atlantic tank
  • Depart for home