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Havasupai Reservation Information Why a wedding at Havasupai Reservation? Imagine a turquoise lagoon at the base of a 150-foot thundering waterfall, while gazing up at the crimson cliffs of the Grand Canyon. This one of the magnificent sights at the land of the Havasu/pai or land of the Blue-Green/People, 2000 feet below the canyon rim.
There are three other breathtaking waterfalls near the Havasu Campsite adorned with travertine columns, shelves, and skirts: Navajo Falls, Mooney Falls, and Beaver Falls.
Mooney Falls is a breathtaking 190-foot waterfall. Hikers can carefully descend a steep trail down a travertine-coated rock wall to reach the most popular swimming pool. A cable rail helps them make their way along the Cave Trail to Mooney Falls.
A 5 to 10 minute walk from each of the waterfalls, lies the primitive Havasu Campground Havasu Creek tranquil waters. The campsite is cooled by the creek, shaded by a riparian canopy of
cottonwoods and willows,
For those a bit more aggressive, a 10-mile trek (only for the physically fit) in and out of Havasu Creek will bring hikers to the strong flows of the Colorado River. On the way to the river, ropes provide passage over Beaver Falls. |
The Havasupai Reservation is located in Coconino County, Arizona at the
southwest corner of the Grand Canyon National Park. Havasu Falls can be reached starting at the Hualapai Hilltop parking area and trailhead (5,200 feet), approximately 300 miles Northwest of Phoenix, Arizona. The trailhead is 8 miles above the Supai Village. The village boasts a general store with a few basic grocery items and a limited selection of produce; a small café that serves stew, burritos, fry bread, and the ice-cold soft drinks hikers fantasize about on the final perspiratory miles of the trek; and the modest 24-unit Havasu Lodge. Don't miss the chance to visit the post office, where you can send yourself the perfect souvenir - a postcard that will have the distinction of having traveled by mule train.
Approximately 2 miles from the Supai Village (3,195 feet), you’ll find yourself in a
paradise of incomparable beauty or as some have exclaimed, the “Domain of
Utter Disbelief” – Havasu Falls. The falls are enhanced by undesertlike hanging gardens of moss and ferns as they cascade over extravagant rock formations produced by mineral-rich deposits of
travertine. A limestone material gives the waterfalls and their bathing pools an amazing, transparent turquoise hue.
The cascades of Navaho Falls are not named for the Navajo Indians, who had nothing to do with Havasu Canyon. They commemorate rather a Havasupai chief of the later part of the nineteenth
century. Chief Navaho served as a scout for the U.S. Army in its campaign in central Arizona against the Yavapai Indians hated relatives of the Havasupai and Hualapai tribes.
and supplied with fresh water by a spring gushing out of a canyon wall.