Corolla Jeep Adventures

We did the ATV tour, which was fun. It does get a little monotonous because you go through all these narrow pathways. Being on the sand dune is the most fun with incredible views to snap a picture. Our tour guide was very friendly. Make sure you register the day before for the time you want. The only thing I didn’t like was the office opened 15 minutes late. Since we were the 8am tour, we thought no one was showing up since they told us to be there for 7:30. I’m not a fan of tardiness.

This review is for the atv tour.
Our guide was super friendly and made sure we were safe when driving the atvs. I had a good time driving the atv although it wasn’t what I expected. For the entire hour of driving the atv we went through a course in the woods (not on the beach) and preceded to do the same course over and over again. We rode through the actually dunes for a brief moment and were able to stop and take a picture there which was nice.
All in all I wish it was more clear that we were not driving the atvs on the beach and seemed very unlikely that we were going to see any horses in the woods. Not worth 160 $ to drive the same trail over and over again.

First off, I feel terrible giving a place a review of 2 stars, but it’s frustrating when you drive an hour to the place for a 2 – 3 hour tour guide and there isn’t even a restroom available for the people taking the tour.
We paid the extra money to rent 2 of our own jeeps and take the tour hoping it would be a more fun experience than the basic ride along package. But, we were loaded into our jeeps first and sat in the blazing sun for a half hour before we even moved as they loaded up the truck.
Once we got moving it wasn’t as miserable. It would have been better if we could listen to the tour guide explain about the area, horses, land, etc. but we basically just followed a guy giving a tour to the people in the truck.
I get that you can’t control horses and it’s a hit or miss type of adventure but it was still very disappointing to only see 3 horses and feel like you are seeing more of houses in the area than horses.

We had reserved a kayak/4×4 combo your for this morning. So we were a little bummed when the folks at Corolla Jeep called to say it was a bit too windy for kayaking. They offered to take us on a regular 4×4 your, try the kayak another day, or just refund our money. We decided to go the standard 4×4 Wild Horse Tour.
So glad we did! Zach our tour guide was great! We went off road all the way up to see «downtown Carova» (which consists of a volunteer fire department and a place where you can apparently buy ice because I saw a guy come out with a bag). Other than that, you’ll see a good assortment of the 1,000 or so houses that are accessible only by 4-​wheel drive AND definitely some wild horses. We also saw dolphins, an osprey, and pelicans diving for fish.
It was a great way to spend 2 hours with our family. Everyone from my 5 year old nephew to the adults really enjoyed it. Don’t miss it.
Also don’t forget to tip. I’m not sure what the etiquette is but each of our families gave him $ 10.

The jeep tour to see the wild horses of the Outer Banks was great. We had scheduled a jeep ride and Kyak adventure but the wind was high and their advice was to skip that because the kids would have a difficult ride.
We did the jeep/​back of the 4×4 tour instead.
You ride out in the truck, open air in bench seats, seat-​belted in. At the end of the road the truck heads north on the beach, past other 4 wheel drive cars parked on the beach. (Maybe it’s just me, but cars have no place on a beach. It’s very Daytona redneck.)
The homes on this stretch only are accessible via 4×4 over sand roads. We wound our way through the «neighborhood» and saw the wild horses milling about. Most looked well fed and while the kids loved it, a horse is a horse is a horse. Wild or not, they eat grass and walk around. None of those romance novel covers with a wild horse running on the beach.
But like I said the kids were thrilled.
We saw some giant dunes and had a few photo ops and then hit the road back to town.
It was completely as advertised and these guys did a great job. But don’t expect an actual safari.