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If your stomach is full but you’re craving more adventure, Kitty Hawk Kites offers surfing, boogie boarding and stand-up paddleboarding lessons, and rentals at Sanderling Resort from May through Columbus Day. The park also has eight picnic shelters, where you can enjoy a lunch packed by the Lifesaving Station. If you’d rather stay grounded, the ocean winds make kite flying a breeze. Instructors from Kitty Hawk Kites, which offers adventure sports, rentals and lessons, will be happy to take you. It’s home to the largest active sand dune on the East Coast and is a popular spot for hang gliding. If you want to feel the wind underneath you, head a few more miles south to Jockey’s Ridge State Park. Listening to the embers crackle or live music at the Sandbar are great ways to wind down the day. You’ll find s’mores ingredients in your room, and the resort’s fire pit is the perfect place to assemble them. Schedule a private session or join the popular sunrise classes. Use the indoor pool and steam rooms or arrange a massage or treatment, which are infused with the textures and smells of the coast. Once you’re back at the resort, recuperate from your ride in the oversized hot tubs or at the spa. Its outside tables fill fast on sunny days. Choices include sandwiches, salads and the always-popular creamy clam chowder. Park your ride at The Roadside when you’re hungry for lunch. Stop and stroll The Waterfront Shops or meander Scarborough Faire Shopping Village to find the perfect souvenir. You can rent bikes at the resort in season and nearby year-round. One of the best ways to explore Duck is by bicycle because lots of level ground makes for easy pedaling. Keep them in a small bucket until you're ready to release them. With the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Currituck Sound on the other, the resort’s beaches are great for hunting ghost crabs after the sun sets from late June through August. Scoop the quick crustaceans, which measure a couple of inches across, in a small net or pick them up from behind, minding the pinchers.

If that’s too many, stick to the base and first two landings, where exhibits tell the lighthouse’s story, including how it continues to serve as a navigational aid. Panoramic views of the sound and Atlantic Ocean are up 220 steps.

You’ll need to backtrack a few miles from the restaurant to find 140-year-old Currituck Beach Lighthouse. While horses are the area’s best-known residents, lighthouses are its most recognizable symbols. The sautéed fish tacos – topped with spicy crunch slaw, smoked chili aioli and avocado salsa – are some of the best on the Outer Banks. Its well-versed guides lead two-hour tours from open-sided trucks that offer unobstructed views of horses grazing on dune grass, wading in the surf or tending to newborn foals.Īgave Roja’s friendly staff can help you choose lunch from a menu filled with Mexican dishes made with fresh, house-made ingredients. But to also learn their story, which begins with Spanish explorers more than 500 years ago, take a ride with Corolla Outback Adventures. You can see wild horses while walking or driving your off-road vehicle along the beach. Highway 12 north to Corolla, where the pavement ends and the Outer Banks’ most well-known residents live. Its Sanderling Blue Crab Benedict is a barrier island-inspired version of eggs Benedict, replacing Canadian bacon with Carolina crab cakes topped with a grain mustard hollandaise.Īfterward, drive N.C. Start this full day with a hearty breakfast at the Lifesaving Station, one of three dining options at Sanderling Resort. You’ll find them all nearby when you stay in one of the guest rooms, suites or vacation homes at Sanderling Resort in Duck. There are sights to behold, places to relax and adventures to experience. While it might look narrow on a map, the Outer Banks of North Carolina packs a lot along its nearly 200-mile stretch of coast.

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