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Outdoor Programs

Thank you for choosing The North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island. The Aquarium offers a wide variety of programs scheduled throughout the year for you and your family. Choose from the list of activities below.


Program Fees do not include Aquarium admission.  Please buy tickets separately and remember:

NC Aquarium members visit free everyday and receive a 10% discount on programs.

DAY PLANNER

Click on the calendar to use the Day Planner to see programs and activities available on any given day.


Day Planner

Special Activities

Sea Turtle Egg Hunt

Join the Aquarium this spring to learn about one of our local endangered species, the sea turtle. This activity is more than just an egg hunt! Children will take part in a sea turtle program, come face to face with a loggerhead turtle, and make a craft to take home. The program will conclude with an egg hunt on the Aquarium grounds as children search for eggs filled with treats! Event will be held rain or shine.

Ages 3 to 7.

Saturday
April 12 at 2:00pm - CANCELLED
April 19 at 9:30am
April 19 at 11:00am

$13.00 per Child
$10 for NC Aquarium Members

Duration 1 1/2 Hours
Reserve

Night Hike

We will meet inside the pavilion at Nags Head Woods to talk about a night animal or about some aspect of astronomy for the first half hour or so of the class. Common themes are the moon, bats, owls, moths and spiders. After the inside portion, we will go outside to hike some of the trails at night.

For all ages -Ages 2 and under are free.
Children 16 and under must be accompanied by a paying adult.

NC Science Festival: Young Moon Hike on Run Hill - Friday, April 4th from 7-9 pm.

$7 per Person
$6.30 for NC Aquarium Members
Duration 2 Hours
Reserve

Wetlands Walk

Join an Aquarium naturalist for a fun-filled learning experience in this catch-and-release program at a nearby salt marsh.  Participants will muck through the marsh and wade into the sound with nets and buckets in search of animal inhabitants.  You will be amazed at the abundance of life in the estuary! 

Closed toe water shoes are required.

Ages: 8 and up - Children 12 and under must be accompanied by a paying adult.

​April 25 at 11:00 am

$18 per Person
$12 for NC Aquarium Members
Duration 3 Hours
Reserve

Soundside Fishing

Cast your line into the Croatan Sound and learn the basics needed to catch your first fish!  Assemble your tackle, bait your hook, identify fish species, and practice catch-and-release techniques.  Bring your patience as we try our luck fishing from our Aquarium Soundside Pier.

Closed toe shoes are required.

Ages: 5 and up - Children 12 and under must be accompanied by a paying adult.

April 17 at 9:00 am
April 24 at 1:00 pm

$18 per Person
$12 for NC Aquarium Members
Duration 2 Hours
Reserve

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