Carolina Beach features an active charter boat basin, nightly party cruises and offshore fishing excursions. It has a growing central business district with a wide variety of retailers and services to meet visitors‘ needs. Easy to get to hard to leave. The Cape Fear Coast is North Carolina‘s only coastal area with Interstate access. Most NC residents can reach the Cape Fear Coast – Carolina Beach, Kure Beach and Wrightsville Beach – faster than any other NC beach. Which means more time on the beach and less time in your car! Wilmington also offers an international airport for your traveling convenience. And where else will you find so many different vacation experiences so close to one another? Wilmington‘s charming historic riverfront is just a few minutes from three distinct beach communities. You can have it all in one vacation destination.

• Dining
• Outdoor Recreation
• Fishing Information
• Fort Fisher State Historic Site
• Kure Beach Pier , the oldest fishing pier on the Atlantic Coast
• North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher The new 93,000-square-foot aquarium showcases plants and animals of the Cape Fear region‘s rivers, swamps, estuaries, beaches and ocean. Half-acre freshwater conservatory, touchpool and large ocean tank. Alligators, snakes, sharks, stingrays and more.
• Tragembo Animal Park South Eastern North Carolina‘s oldest zoo. It has over 75 species of animals including giraffe, lion, tiger, zebra, bear, monkeys and many, many more.