Our adventure to Havasupai started with a quick stop at “The River” which runs south to from Lake Havasu. For years we have been hearing about “The River” and Kari’s Boss has a place there so off we go to see this wonderful place.
Ken gave us the grand tour past the 9 garages and newly upgraded house that sits right on, you guessed it “The River”. Ken has lots of toys including a boat, several jet skis and a 4 wheel drive razor. First we got some play time on the river….
They treated us like royalty and then we were on our way again.. East
It is a long drive to the trail head and about 4 hours from any sort of town at al including 60 miles of no services to and from the trail head. The last 60 miles was dark and we had lots of company in the form of wild life of deer, horses, and cattle many of which were camped out on the road. We met up with one of our friends at the trail head and the rest of the group of 11 total on the next day. We camped out at the trail head and woke to an amazing view.
We started out early down the hill for 1.5 miles before the trail started to level off a bit.
We snapped pictures all the way so mesmerized by the beauty and how red the rock and soil are. The 8 mile hike brought us to thevillageofHavasupi Indianreservation complete with a very rustic grocery, café, church and ranch. Here we had lunch and checked into the lodge. Half of the group was camping further down the trail but for me the shower, electricity and soft bed were a total score.
Then we went exploring. We played in the falls jumping from the rocks behind the falls and playing in the water. The terraces were beautiful.
Next we came upon Havasu Falls. It was almost too much to take in as the blue green water fell 40 feet down to the terrace of pools below. It reminded me of the fancy hotel pools that try to mimic this wonder of nature. This is the original that everyone else copies. The falls are so powerful that it is hard to get close to it and the spray covers the whole area. It was very welcome after our long dry hike to get there.
Next is Mooney Falls which was even higher and more powerful.
We had to take a very treacherous climb down to get there complete with a tunnel,
chains and a ladder drilled into the rock.
The next day we did a long hike to Beaver Falls. It was a beautiful hike along this ribbon of blue green over red rocks and along side green meadows of grape leaves.
There are multiple stream crossings and ample opportunity to swim in the water along the way. Moderately challenging hike with a few ladders to make it safe. This oasis in the desert was the perfect place to play and have some lunch.
To see a Gallery of Pictures from this hike click here -> Gallery of Havasupai
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