Things to do in Roanoke Island, North Carolina Coast: The Best Tours

The Downeast Rover is a 55-foot topsail schooner offering sailing tours of the Roanoke Sound in the Outer Banks of North Carolina several times daily including sunset. The ship showcases views including the Jockey’s Ridge sand dunes, leaping dolphins and osprey nests. The ship docks and departs from the beautiful downtown Manteo Waterfront Marina located across from Festival Park. Reasonable prices for individuals, groups, and private charters. BYOB. Come see the Outer Banks from a completely different perspective! Enjoy a beautiful sail and the quaint village of Manteo for a day of fun and sun.

Coastal Helicopters, Inc. offers Outer Banks helicopter tours and charters with chances to see popular OBX attractions, from the air, including the Wright Brothers Monument, lighthouses, fishing piers, shipwrecks, dolphins, schools of fish and more. The Outer Banks draws thousands of vacationers every year, but most people only see it from their beach chairs and car seats. If you want to experience the Outer Banks of North Carolina in the most unforgettable way, then an Outer Banks helicopter tour is exactly what you need! With room on the helicopter for three passengers, every seat is a window seat!

The best way to view the magnificent beauty of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Seating up to two passengers in front of our pilot, our open cockpit aircraft is one of the original WWII trainer biplanes built by WACO. Flying in this vintage aircraft is truly an unforgettable experience! We also offer rides in a Cessna 172 (3 passengers) & a Cessna 206 (5 passengers).

See the Outer Banks by air...experience the magic, romance and adventure of an open-cockpit biplane ride or a ride in a vintage T6 Texan warbird. The wind in your hair, the sun on your face, and joy in your heart! There’s really nothing quite like the experience of open-cockpit flying over the Outer Banks, the rumble of the large radial engine, spectacular views along the beautiful North Carolina coast, all while enjoying a narrated airplane tour from one of our experienced obx airplane pilots. Book Outer Banks air tours and charters on OBX biplanes and OBX warbirds because they are the best way for the family to experience the Outer Banks and see all the OBX attractions - lighthouses, monuments, ocean, sounds, islands and more.

Downtown Manteo Waterfront located on Roanoke Island"Private sail cruises aboard the beautiful 41 ft Sea'scape leave from the Manteo Waterfront and tour the NC Outer Banks on the Roanoke and Albemarle Sounds. Each cruise is a special, private sail taking up to 6 guests. These sails are a wonderful way for families, friends, and couples to enjoy some time together on the water! Visit our website for rates.

Tandem skydiving over the beautiful Outer Banks! Experience a thrill like no other! Come Jump! The Outer Banks of NC is the perfect place for your skydiving dream to come true! 120mph and 30 seconds of freefall! No experience required and no major training involved. Group discounts.

Experience the best in Outer Banks inshore, sound and near shore Fishing Charters on the Overdrawn with Captain Williams! We offer half day or full day trips!

Eager to channel your inner explorer while visiting Wanchese? Join us aboard the Kokomo for the ocean excursion of a lifetime. With over ten years in the business and a true love of the open water, our captain and crew are here to ensure your safety and provide an exhilarating experience for the whole family. We’ll cruise the Roanoke Sound and keep an eye out for the majestic Bottlenose dolphins that inhabit the waters. There’s no telling what exciting encounters are in store! So climb aboard, and we’ll set sail for adventure -- we can’t wait to share the ocean and all its magic with you.

We offer sound/inlet trips for fishing the mouth of the ocean and back in the flats of the sound for trout, drum, flounder, blues, spanish mackerel, sheepshead, croaker, spot and many more. These trips are casting lures, live bait rigs or bottom rigs to lure the fish to your hook then your dinner table. Also these trips usually provide high numbers of fish. We also offer the ocean/inlet trip for spanish mackerel, king mackerel, amberjack, shark, blues, triggers and more. These trips are usually live bait or trolling lures. And then we have the "The Kids Adventure Trips". The little ones will learn about the different species of fish and have a rod in hand catching fish in no time. These 4 hour trips have plenty of action to keep the little ones interest and also keeps them in calm water. So no worries of any seasickness on this trip. We fish year round and 7 days a week so come on lets go fishing and have a great time on the beautiful waters of the Outer Banks.

Reel Thang Charters provides reef, near shore, and offshore fishing in Key West December through May, and out of Oregon Inlet, North Carolina June - November.