Discover the best top things to do in Roanoke Island, United States including The Downeast Rover Sailing Cruises, Coastal Helicopters, Barrier Island Aviation, Sail the Outer Banks - Tours, Movin' On Sailing the Outer Banks, OBX Biplanes, Outer Banks Distilling, Elizabethan Gardens, The Lost Colony, OBX Pontoonman.
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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.
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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!
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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).
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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.
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Sail the Albemarle Sound aboard the 41 foot Movin’ On. She is a beautiful Tartan offshore cruising Ketch that has it all. She’s roomy and comfortable. Whether you want to cruise to relax and sunbathe or participate in the actual sailing, she will treat you to a wonderful adventure.
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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.
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Our group of 12 had a blast. Informative tour that revealed distilling processes, history of rum in the world and locally, and great rum!
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Fanciful and elaborate gardens were kept to entertain Queen Elizabeth I during her reign. Our garden was created for your enjoyment, and as a living memorial to the time when Sir Walter Raleigh’s lost colonists lived in this very place over 400 years ago. The Elizabethan Gardens is a project of the Garden Club of North Carolina. Located 15 minutes from Nags Head, North Carolina. Special features include: Butterfly Center, Children's Discovery Cottage/ Outdoor Play Area, Italian renaissance statuary, water views, gift shop and plant sales, mobile phone audio tour. Plant collections include: native plants, azaleas, crape mrytles, hydrangeas, conifers and seasonal blooms. Our dapple-shaded paths and lush green Scape offer a tranquil retreat from the beach. We are pet friendly. Our walkways are handicap accessible.
Winter Lights are a wonderful experience this year! The Elizabethan Gardens have created a lovely, unique experience that follows guidelines for Covid Cautions. Reservations are made online and in advance this year, and there is spacing between groups as well as a mask requirement to walk through the Gardens for the Winter Lights. This actually makes for a more private experience than in earlier years. The music is lovely and playing throughout the Gardens, the lights are very magical and there are many lovely touches, including the theatrical Elizabethan figures staged as if a ball is in progress and (new this year) individual decorated trees in plastic wind protecting 'bubbles' staged at several points in the Gardens. The entire experience makes for a lovely evening, and you'll probably want to return before the season's over.
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The Lost Colony is a cultural treasure and the best family entertainment on the Outer Banks! The 2020 season runs May 29 - August 21, Monday - Saturday at 7:45 PM in our Waterside Theatre on Roanoke Island. In 1587, 117 English men, women and children came ashore on Roanoke Island to establish a permanent English settlement in the New World. Just three years later in 1590, when English ships returned to bring supplies, they found the island deserted with no sign of the colonists. After nearly 450 years, the mystery of what happened to the colonists remains unsolved. The Lost Colony, is performed each summer on the same site where these actual events occurred. A company of over 100 actors, dancers, singers and technicians create a magical evening for your whole family. Become immersed in epic battles, haunting Native American dances, elegant costuming and beautiful music in this enormous outdoor stage production under the stars.
For a citizen of North Carolina The Lost Colony is a must see. For a history buff it is also a must see. For those that like a true mystery story and would like to venture a guess to what happened in this very location this too is a must see. Over the years this outdoor drama has evolved from the telling of a story of world exploration and colonization to the dramatization of assimilation and perseverance of the peoples from which many today descend, but maybe don't even know it! This year's production is finely crafted including song and dance as well as music that is fitting for the style originally created by playwright Paul Green---the "symphonic outdoor drama." The direction makes full use of the entire stage throughout. The stage fights and combat are superbly choreographed and executed. The costumes are all period appropriate and display great talent. All ages will enjoy the 2019 production. Lastly, the players all gave wonderful performances. We were present for the preview night (which was shortened by rain as others have noted), took note of the bad weather forecast for opening night (again shortened by rain) and were present for Saturday's first official full run of the show. It was worth the wait. Come early in the day and visit nearby Fort Raleigh or come back the next day to learn more about the first English settlement in the New World. Where do you think the people of The Lost Colony went?
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