If you’re ready to add a little adventure to your Outer Banks vacation, be sure to check out Kitty Hawk Kayak and Surf School. With activities for the entire family, you’ll find plenty of exciting things to do outside to enjoy the beautiful nature of the Outer Banks. 

The Outer Banks offers some of the best surf breaks on the East Coast, so if you’ve ever wanted to hang ten, your vacation in the Outer Banks is your chance to do it! Just about anyone can learn to surf, it’s an exhilarating activity for kids and adults of all ages, sizes and athletic ability. The experienced surf instructors of Kitty Hawk Kayaks will take you to the sand bars of Corolla, Duck, Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head to get you paddling for the waves in beginner friendly areas.

Stand up paddle boarding (SUP) is a craze that has taken off over the past several years and Kitty Hawk Kayaks offers you a chance to experience what all the fuss is about. Learn to catch waves or just paddle around on the calm sound waters. Kitty Hawk Kayaks will deliver a rental SUP right to your door!

Kayaking is another excellent way to experience the nature of the Outer Banks. Enjoy eco tours of the Outer Banks visiting national seashores, wildlife refuges, state parks, coastal reserves and Nature Conservancy lands. Kitty Hawk Kayaks offers 15 different tours that will have you appreciating the wildlife and landscape of this unique region.

Call for reservations and begin your Outer Banks adventure today. Activities are available seasonally.


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Big Buck's Homemade Ice Cream

Big Buck's Homemade Ice Cream

Serving our customers on the Outer Banks since 1994, Big Buck's ice Cream is dedicated serving you “The Best.” We offer a full line of super-premium ice cream products, smoothies, chocolates, and custom-made ice cream cakes! 2 locations are open all year: Duck  and Manteo, at The Waterfront Shops.

 

We offer a full line of Espresso Drinks from Hot Vanilla Cappuccinos and Hot Chocolate to Iced Caramel Lattes & Frozen Mochas, all made to order. Big Buck’s fresh fruit smoothies are lactose-free and made to order. Also offering lactose-free sorbets made from the best fruits available. Old time favorites are sure to please! Choose from a delicious collection of milkshakes, sundaes and banana splits.

 

Savor the moment with our Homemade Chocolate! Chocolates are made daily in each location. We offer a large selection from Dark to Milk to White. Milk Chocolate Oreos & Almond Toffee, Dark Chocolate Berries and Cherries Clusters & Hand-dipped Peppermint Patties with a Drizzle of White Chocolate, Extra-Dark Sea Salt Caramels & our famous homemade caramel chocolate pretzels oh & don’t forget the ever-popular caramel pecan turtle, just to name a few treats!

 

Belinda Pleva grew up serving ice cream out of her parent’s shop. She loved being part of what she calls “a happy business.” “I love it when people come into the shop and you hand them something, and it makes them smile,” Pleva says. “That moment when you hand an ice cream cone over to a little kid and their eyes just light up. That’s what I love about the ice cream business.”

 

In 1994, Pleva opened up her own ice cream and chocolate shop, Big Buck’s Ice Cream, in the brand-new Timbuk II Shopping Center in Corolla. Business was good, but something was missing.

 

“I was never satisfied with the ingredients in the ice creams and chocolates you could purchase back then. I wanted to serve my customers delicious flavors with ingredients they could actually pronounce,” Pleva says.

 

Pleva took a trip to Italy to study the gelaterias. She fell in love with the incredible flavors, and when she returned home to the Outer Banks, she began working tirelessly to perfect the flavors in her own ice cream.

 

Big Buck’s homemade ice cream combined the flavors of the Italian gelaterias and the richness of American ice cream. It quickly became a tourist favorite. After having the same unsatisfactory experience with the readymade chocolates she was selling, she also took a trip to Brussels to learn more about making handmade chocolates. Pleva brought the chocolate-making experience right back with her, and the result was the finest quality of chocolates on the Outer Banks.

 

After her huge success in the Corolla shop, Pleva was able to open up three more shops—one in Kitty Hawk, one in Manteo and one in Duck.

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