A guiding service is only as good as the guides that the company employs. Outer Banks Tours has a rigorous hiring procedure for this very reason and all potential guides spend weeks in training for this position. We will not turn a new guide loose with customers until they have demonstrated not only a detailed and thorough knowledge of subject matter, but also the ability to both engage and effectively educate. All of our guides of course, are also certified by the Corolla Wild Horse Fund before ever taking out their first group of customers.

Sure we offer a wider variety of outdoor fun than other companies, we have sweet looking safari cruisers, off-road segways, and a private mustang preserve . . . Its our guides however, that really make the difference.

Pete

I began working as a guide for Outer Banks Tours in 2002, after reaching a pinnacle (of sorts) in my first career as a chef. After closing a small restaurant that I had established in Asheville, NC, I returned to my long time home here on the Outer Banks, looking for something else.

Having always been fascinated by the natural world I was thrilled to find work which allowed me to both explore this unique, bio-diverse little sandbar of ours, as well as enrich, and further educate myself. Since beginning work with Outer Banks Tours, I have also been provided with countless opportunities to volunteer with a wide range of organizations from N.E.S.T. (Network for Endangered Sea Turtles), The Marine Mammal Stranding Agency, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife. Participation in these programs, along with almost ten years experience as a guide have garnered me invaluable experience as an ecologist, naturalist, and budding local historian. My involvement in these activities has also inspired me to seek further accreditation through a degree in environmental education.

My areas professional interest include; herpetology, music, ornithology, cooking, meteorology, social psychology, geology, and literature. When I’m not out in the back country tracking wild horses, or kayaking the Currituck Sound in search of other wildlife, I enjoy time at home, and outdoors, with my wife and my two beautiful daughters.

Over the last few winters I have been compiling stories and anecdotes from journals kept over the last twenty five years of my life, about my time spent guiding, and other stories, in hopes of turning them into a novel. If you would like to know more about any of that, well…you’ll just have to come out and take a tour with me! I may be a little funny looking, or tend to ramble like a “mad professor” from time to time…but if you are adventurous, have a good sense of humor, and don’t bruise too easily… check me out!
-pete

Charlie

Charlie’s History with the Outer Banks goes back 25 years. Prior to moving here in 2006, he had 20 years of working & playing in the OBX, (more playing than working). He’s now a full time Outer Banker, living in Kill Devil Hills.

You’ll appreciate Charlie’s passion for the OBX when he’s telling you about the Shipwrecks in the “Graveyard of the Atlantic,” the Lighthouses, Life Saving Stations, & of course, the Beautiful Spanish Mustangs. These are just some of the things he’ll touch upon during a tour.

Charlie does all the tours that Back Country offers. The Off-Road Segway tour or “Mustang Trail”, the Historic Corolla Segway tour, Kayaking in the Off-Road Northern Outer Banks, & our signature “Wild Horse Safari” in a 4×4 SUV or Safari Truck to go find the Horses.

Charlie has volunteered his time & his Jeep to help the Corolla Wild Horse Fund track down & remove injured horses.
Charlie’s pic “Relaxin” was chosen to be the cover of the first Wild Horse Fund Calendar in 2007. This picture was taken during a Back Country tour.  (Insert Picture Here)

“The Outer Banks is one of the Coolest, Weirdest, & most Unique places in the world, that why I love it, & that’s why I’m here.”
Charlie