Discover A Buena Vista on Bald Head Island with stunning views and island vibes.

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A two-story house with a balcony, a deck, and a small outdoor seating area.
A covered porch with a blue sectional sofa, a wooden table, and a patterned rug.
A living room with a grey sofa, yellow armchairs, a flat-screen TV above a fireplace, and a door leading outside.
A spacious living room with a large gray sofa, teal chairs, and a wooden dining table.
A white two-story house with a grey roof, surrounded by dense green trees.

Reviews

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional

Highlights

  • Spacious, comfortable rooms
    Guests love the top-rated, generously-sized rooms.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Walk to Bay Beach

Popular amenities

  • Balcony
  • Barbecue grill
  • Air conditioning
  • Pet-friendly
  • Refrigerator
  • Washer

Explore the area

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Bald Head Island, NC
  • Place, Bay Beach
    ‪4 min walk‬
  • Place, Bald Head Island Country Club
    ‪18 min walk‬
  • Place, Kent Mitchell Nature Trail
    ‪19 min walk‬

Rooms & beds

5 bedrooms (sleeps 14)

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 3

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 4

2 Twin Beds

Bedroom 5

2 Twin Bunk Beds

4 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 2

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 3

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 4

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Balcony

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About the neighborhood

Bald Head Island

Located in Bald Head Island, this vacation home is near the beach. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Carolina Beach and Caswell Beach, while Smith Island Museum of History and Fort Johnston-Southport Museum & Visitors' Center are cultural highlights. Traveling with kids? Consider North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport and North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher. Looking to get your feet wet? Surfing/body boarding, fishing and swimming adventures can be found near the property.
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Bald Head Island, NC

What's nearby

  • Bay Beach - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Bald Head Island Country Club - 18 min walk - 1.6 km
  • Kent Mitchell Nature Trail - 19 min walk - 1.6 km

Getting around

  • Wilmington Intl. Airport (ILM) - 48 min drive

Restaurants

  • Circle K
  • Lazy Turtle Bar & Grill
  • Fishy Fishy Cafe
  • The Pub Of Southport
  • Locals Family Diner

Frequently asked questions

Is Discover A Buena Vista on Bald Head Island with stunning views and island vibes. pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at Discover A Buena Vista on Bald Head Island with stunning views and island vibes.?

Check-in begins at 4:30 PM.

What time is check-out at Discover A Buena Vista on Bald Head Island with stunning views and island vibes.?

Check-out is at 9:30 AM.

Where is Discover A Buena Vista on Bald Head Island with stunning views and island vibes. located?

This family-friendly Bald Head Island vacation home is located near the beach, within 1 mi (2 km) of Bay Beach and Kent Mitchell Nature Trail. Bald Head Island Conservancy and Smith Island Museum of History are also within 2 mi (3 km).

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labeled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 22 out of 26 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 3 out of 26 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 26 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 26 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 26 reviews

9.6/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

10/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We had a wonderful family vacation here. It was just the right size for our mid- sized brood of aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. It was close to a beach access while also being nestled under cooling shade trees. The back deck had a great area extra dining table and chairs which the cousins really enjoyed. Great house layout - would totally recommend!
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay!

Wonderful property!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great location and the house has everything you might need.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Oct 9, 2025
Thanks Bill. We're very happy that you enjoyed your visit!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely, airy stay on Bald Head

Large, comfortable seating area and good sized bedrooms. Would stay there again.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025
Response from VrboOwner on May 8, 2025
Thank you for your kind words! We're so pleased to hear that you enjoyed your recent stay and are happy you plan to return. We look forward to welcoming you back to Bald Head Island Services!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
It met all of our family needs. Great location! Roomy!Made some wonderful memories!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Aug 12, 2025
So happy to hear!! Come back and "Sea" us soon!!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent stay

Great house with good space for our family. Easily to use amenities. Great location. Very comfortable.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent stay

The house was perfect for our vacation with plenty of room for everyone to enjoy themselves. Close to the beach and with everything we needed. Great communication from owner. Will be coming back to stay!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay.

House is well appointed and comfortable for the 8 of us. Property managers are awesome and responsive with any inquiries we had. We will be back.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful well appointed house

The house is beautiful, all bathrooms recently remodeled. Very comfortable beds and kitchen was extremely well stocked. We appreciated all of the extras (chairs, beach towels, lots of boogie boards and beach “stuff”). Loved playing corn hole and ping pong in the evenings. Great family vacation spot!!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Easy Peasy

Our time at Edie's property was so enjoyable. The kitchen is well stocked, there were new towels, and the location is excellent. The booking and check-in were super easy. No issues!
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Sister’s big 30th!!!

It was amazing from the start. Beautiful home! Had everything we needed! We love bald head and plan to come back. Owners kept in contact and made things very smooth.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

June Stay

We had a small debacle during check in that the propriety manager was able to work out quickly. Photos were accurate and property was clean and bug free on the inside. Great location. Other than that we had a fantastic stay and would absolutely stay again.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Thanksgiving retreat

What a perfect house. We had two families with 8 people. This house was perfect. Great bedroom arrangement. Wonderful living spaces and well outfitted kitchen. Nothing but good things to say about this rental and we will certainly be back.
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2021
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

It was nice.

On the surface it looked clean. If you look closer like baseboards and such could have been cleaner.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from VrboOwner on Oct 2, 2023
We hope you enjoyed the home. We are on island 24/7 and have an emergency line. We also touch base with you during your stay and did not hear of these items. We wish we had the opportunity to take a look and fix anything as needed to make your stay a better one.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Another Great Stay At BHI!

This was a particularly nice property because it had been recently updated and the rooms were super well designed and comfortable… and well appointed from kitchen items to games and bikes! Everything was neat and clean the carts worked perfectly and the location was ideal near the Bald Head Island club where we had a membership for the week! And of course we always love working with Edie and Katie as property managers they are always super easy to work with and we’re so grateful to rent from them when we can! Highly Recommend!
Stayed 4 nights in May 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

We had a fantastic time!

We spent a long weekend at A Buena Vista this spring and had a great time! The house has a great layout, especially for a multi-generational family. There are lots of different areas to hang out and the house is well stocked. The pictures accurately represent the space and decor - always a relief! The golf carts were ready to go and worked great, house was clean, and we were happy with the location - both with the proximity to the beach and ease of getting around to other locations on the island. Overall we were just really happy with the experience and would definitely stay here again in the future!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect Island Getaway

We loved our time at A Buena Vista! The house was clean and as-described, the location was great, and we really enjoyed all of the living spaces as well as the amenities (boogie boards, beach chairs, and bikes!). The loft space does have a door, so everyone was able to have their own room. Bathrooms don't have any toiletries beyond a little hand soap, so be sure to bring your own. Thank you!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from VrboOwner on Oct 4, 2023
We are happy to hear you enjoyed this home! We hope you can stay with us again
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

March visit to Bald Head Island

It is a lovely home filled with unique spaces, including multiple-level outdoor seating spots for reading, relaxing, and family meals. The decor is bright and vibrant, which is comfortable and inviting. All bathrooms are up-to-date with colorful tile work and exceptional showers. The loft is great for movies and games. The home has comfortable beds, a stocked kitchen, a new grill, beach chairs, bikes, and two golf carts, all items in excellent condition. We hope to come back in the summer to enjoy the location (ocean views with beach access across the road).
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This is a great home that provided lots of room for our entire family. The outdoor space is awesome!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2026
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Check-in, communication, location

Nice location but needs some love

The location was great. The house had ample room for our family of 9. This house has lots of potential with a little love & care. The outdoor screened in porch was fabulous and the deck area is awesome. The house came with ping pong tables, outside games and lots of sand toys for kids. Internet service was fabulous since a few of us had to work some during the week! It was also great having Netflix, etc for the kids to have a few movie nights! The house is decorated lovely and the large dining table was perfect! Upon arrival, on the surface the house looked clean and nice but after a closer look we noticed the house definitely needs a refresh of paint and a deep clean. The banisters, and doors need a cleaning and the walls throughout are scratched and dinged up. The sheets and pillows need to be replaced on a few of the beds due to wear and pilling. The kitchen cabinets were chaos trying to find glasses, cookware, etc. with everything thrown haphazard into the cabinets so we arranged it neatly to be able to function through the week in an organized manner. We had plenty of beach towels but limited bath towels and washcloths and only 2 dish towels so we had to wash towels quite often. The refrigerator door was hard to seal properly and had broken bins and no ice maker besides the crushed ice at he door - we did inform the rental agency of this and they ordered parts. A few more nicer beach chairs would help since some were broken. The 6 passenger golf cart no matter if it’s fully charged struggles to get up the hills and is very slow so we were constantly causing “traffic jams”. We have been renting at BHI for many years so I don't expect it all to be perfect. However, I do expect the rental to be up to par with the cost of the week. All and all, it was a wonderful week with family and we are looking forward to our next BHI vacation in a few years.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022
Response from VrboOwner on Aug 10, 2022
Hi Wendy - Thank you for taking time to review. We are glad you enjoyed all that this wonderful house has to offer in terms of great space inside and out for a family vacation. We appreciate your review and take it very seriously. If we do not get feedback, we are unaware of issues. Due to your comments, the owners have ordered new linens, towels, and beach chairs and are addressing the cart issue with Always Ready. We also now have a new cleaning crew. However, it should be noted that we ask guests to adhere to the 4pm check-in time. This is essential for the cleaners to have ample time to clean the house. Early arrivals put a lot of stress on the team and may affect the outcome. As standard procedure, the interior will be deep cleaned and painted on the off-season, along with other to-do items. Some issues simply can't be addressed during the peak season with back-to-back rentals and limited time between guests.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great week

The house was very nice. Amenities like ping pong table and bag toss were fun to play in the evenings. Our umbrella broke but the house had umbrellas that we were able to use. This is a great location. Quick and easy golf cart ride (or short walk) to south beach public access. This location is also convenient to the market and shops as well as the marina area. We had some questions about the ferry and Katie was quick to respond. This house will be on our short list of places to stay again!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Another Great stay

Nice property! The property managers are great to work with and as always we enjoyed our stay. The home is well equipped and cutely decorated. Great location to the beach as well! Would recommend this house for anyone looking to get away!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022
Response from VrboOwner on Jun 28, 2022
Thank you, Whitney! We are always happy when you stay in one of our properties cause we know it will be in good hands.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great updated house

We enjoyed our stay at a Buena vista! We had two families and so having four bathrooms (nicely updated!) was great, along with the den and screened in porch. The kids loved having the bikes and being close to everything. The only hiccup we had is that the bathroom floors in two bathrooms were not cleaned, but we did it ourselves. Overall a great stay!!
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2021
Response from VrboOwner on Aug 4, 2022
We are happy you enjoyed your stay! We hope you can come back again soon!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very Nice

Wonderful relaxing time. Great property!
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

COVID-19 Honeymoon

After our international trip got cancelled, we headed down to BHI for a later- planned honeymoon. It was our first time here and we found the island very charming! The house had plenty of room, golf carts, bikes, beach chairs, and a great view off the balcony and screened in porch. It was also a great location from pretty much anywhere on the island! We will recommend a buena vista and BHI to anyone interested!
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2020
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