Wild Horse & Shelling Safari | Port City Tour Co.

Take a 15 minute ferry ride over to the pristine Outer Banks Island of Shackleford Banks, which is part of the Cape Lookout National Seashore. There you will be introduced to the Wild Horses of Shackleford Banks.  
This free roaming herd is believed to have descended from Horses that were brought here roughly 400 years ago, and still survive as one of the last isolated groups of wild horses in the United States.  
You will help your guide track the horses and see first hand the fascinating behavior of horses in the wild,  a rare experience with nature that you’ll never forget.  Bring your camera for pictures that will forever remind you of this amazing place and its fascinating inhabitants.  
After the tour, you will be directed to one of the best shelling beaches in all of North Carolina where you can spend some time on your own shelling your way down the beachwith the Cape Lookout Lighthouse off in the distance.  Shackleford is well known as one of the best shelling destinations on the East Coast.  Among other things, you can find Conchs, Whelks, Queen’s Helmets, Scotch Bonnets, Olive Shells, Sand Dollars, and more.

The Wild Horse & Shelling Safari is a guided tour that takes place on a wild, yet beautiful, Island. There are no sidewalks or boardwalks on the Island, and the tour is of a strenuous nature. You will walk up to 2 miles over soft, deep sand, up and over sand dunes and through potentially muddy salt marshes. Additionally, be aware that the tour will take the group hiking into the interior of an uninhabited, undeveloped Island where access to medical attention is difficult and timely to arrange.  
If you have any trouble walking, or have any pre-existing conditions that affect your health in a way that would make it difficult for you to handle the terrain and physical demands described above, or if it would be dangerous for you to be far away from the possibility of emergency medical attention, then this tour is not recommended for you.  
Please be sure that all the members of your group are aware of the warning above, and the members of your group are not placed in danger by overestimating or overstating the abilities of the members of your group.