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Experience more adventure, fun, and style with Kitty Hawk Kites. For over 40 years, and with locations from Corolla to Ocracoke, Kitty Hawk Kites is proud to provide the most unique shopping experience with unmatched quality and service, as well as the most dynamic adventure offerings on the Outer Banks.

Experience More Adventure

Kitty Hawk Kites has been Teaching the World to Fly since 1974 and is home to the world's largest hang gliding school. As the Outer Banks leader in quality outdoor recreation and adventure, Kitty Hawk Kites offers more than 30 activities to choose from, so get out that pen and start crossing things off your OBX bucket list today! Visit KittyHawk.com or call 1.877.FLY.THIS to book your Kitty Hawk Kites adventure today.

Here are some of the activities offered through the Kitty Hawk Kites Adventure Center:

Hang Gliding Lessons
Kiteboarding Lessons
Kayak Tours
Paddleboarding Lessons & Tours
Surf Lessons & Camps
Jet Ski Rentals & Tours
Parasailing
Wakeboarding/Water Skiing
Fishing Charters
JetPak & Flyboard
Dolphin Tours 
Sailing Cruises
Aero Tours, Aerobatic Flights, & Flight Training
Wild Horse Tours
Beach Horseback Riding
1902 Wright Glider Experience
Adventure Ropes Course
Vineyard Voyage & Sunset Boat Cruises
Hobie Kayak Charter Fishing Tour
Golf - Kilmarlic Golf Club
The Lost Colony Tickets
Walking Ghost Tours
Tandem Hang Gliding
Miss Oregon Inlet Head Boat Fishing Tours
Pontoon Rentals
Inshore Excursions: Crabbing, Fishing & Island Exploration
Daytime Head Boat Fishing Trips


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Experience More Fun
Kites, Toys, Games, and More!
Looking to fly a kite on the beach or atop the spectacular dunes of Jockey's Ridge State Park? Kitty Hawk Kites offers the largest selection of kites, wind art, flags, games, drones, and toys on the Outer Banks, with experts on staff to get you flying or playing in no time! Always dreamed of being a mermaid? Kitty Hawk Kites carries Fin Fun Mermaid Tails and also offers Mermaid Swim Lessons too! Kitty Hawk Kites also produces more than 20 events annually, including 5 kite festivals on the Outer Banks.

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Experience More Style
T-Shirts, Footwear, Jewelry, and More!
Shopping for the perfect gift? Kitty Hawk Kites features one of the largest selections of t-shirts, fleece, Outer Banks apparel, jewelry, footwear, and more from brands such as Life is Good, Natural Life, Southern Tide, Yeti, Lokai, Corksicle, Freakers, and more. Looking for quality footwear? Kitty Hawk Kites carries a wide selection of leading brands such as Sanuk, Reef, Olukai, Rainbow, Crocs, and more.

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Taking flight with the Kitty Hawk Kites hang gliding experience

Hang gliding with Kitty Hawk Kites

Kiteboarding with Kitty Hawk Kites on Hatteras Island

A tandem kayak from Kitty Hawk Kites

Kitty Hawk Kites

Book a dolphin tour with Kitty Hawk Kites

 
 
Nags Head
Corolla
Corolla
Manteo
Rodanthe
Ocracoke
Hatteras
Nags Head
Hours
*Off-season hours may vary*
Call 252-449-2210 for current hours.
  • Monday8:00am-10:30pm
  • Tuesday8:00am-10:30pm
  • Wednesday8:00am-10:30pm
  • Thursday8:00am-10:30pm
  • Friday8:00am-10:30pm
  • Saturday8:00am-10:30pm
  • Sunday8:00am-10:30pm
Outer Banks Nature Spots
The Cotton Gin

For those traveling to the Outer Banks, The Cotton Gin is a beloved landmark with its large windmill and picturesque gardens. The Cotton Gin has stood in the same location since 1929, starting as a working cotton gin and growing to a gift store with 4 locations. Visitors are treated to a unique shopping experience in our main store in Jarvisburg, as well as our beach stores in Corolla, Duck, and Nags Head. Explore room after room filled with décor for your home and coastal fashions for both men and women. Discover the brands you really want, like, Vera Bradley, Vineyard Vines, La Mer Luex, Simply Southern, Lindsay Phillips, Scout, Pandora, Kameleon, Brighton, Spartina, Tommy Bahama, Southern Tide and Salt Life and Old Guys Rule - all under one roof!

 

Don’t forget the gourmet market, or shop our beautiful linens for your bedroom and bath. We also feature coastal books and fine art, or just a whimsical fun gift to bring home to family and friends. Stop by soon and don’t forget to try our estate grown wines in our stores or visit our vineyard and winery, Sanctuary Vineyards, located adjacent to the original Cotton Gin in Jarvisburg.

 

Most know The Cotton Gin as a must-stop shop for fine gifts, beachwear, souvenirs and so much more, but this retailer has a long-standing history within the Outer Banks. A local landmark that holds almost a century of memories, The Cotton Gin started from humble beginnings and continues to adapt to the times and tourists. Tommy Wright’s family has been in the Outer Banks for nearly 200 years. His great-great grandfather, Jacob Francis Wright, shipwrecked in Duck back in the early 1800s. Calling these barrier islands his new home, Wright and his family acclimated to their new environment.

 

Adaptation is a common theme for the Wright family. Tommy and his wife Candace, who continue to steer The Cotton Gin, have seen not only their business change with the times, but the Outer Banks as a vacation destination as well. A farm market in Jarvisburg eventually transformed and flourished into several retail locations dotting the Outer Banks.

 

“As the area changed and tourism took off in the 1960s, the family saw people coming for vacations, so they began to grow vegetables and things developed from there,” says Tommy Wright. The Wright family expanded upon the farm market and began to remodel a working cotton gin, later transforming the gin into The Cotton Gin general store in the late 1960s. While the additions to the farm store drew visitors, it was their encounters with the Wright family that kept people coming back year after year, which is something that remains true today.

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