Hiking down to Havasupai Village to Havasu Falls

We drove to a big parking lot where we began our hike down to the Havasupai Village at the bottom of the canyon. We went with a group that arranged for our permits, and reservations for the small lodge at the bottom in the village. There is also a campground but very difficult to get reservations as they dont usually answer their phone. It seemed much easier to let someone else get the dates we wanted. I organized a meetup with my group to get 4 ladies to drive together down to Peach Springs, AZ where we started.

Our trip was in March and you can see most of us had pants and jackets to start.

The view of the canyon from the top .

We stayed together for most of the hike. The trail wound through canyons on either side.

We sent most of our gear on ahead with some horses so we only had to carry our daypacks.

Each part of the trail was unique with different stone formations.

The entire trek was obviously downhill but very gradual. 

More different rock formations.

From time to time groups of horses would pass us with gear or supplies for the reservation.

You can see how high the formations were compared to the people.

We knew we were getting close when we saw the sign for the village. Everyone must have a permit to go down to the village. Even if you are jogging in and out in one day. They have people checking.

There is a bridge with water flowing that begins the first signs of the waterfalls to come.

There is a little store with ice creams and drinks as you enter the town. We took a break here to wait for all to catch up.

This is the community center. There is also a small cafe where we ate our dinners. They had homemade Indian fry bread. Just behind is where the helicopter takes off and lands on certain days. We had one person go back on this because she got sick.

Here is the local church in the village. We had a local woman talk to us one night about life on the reservation. Lots of people grow up only knowing of life here. Some people have cars that are permanently parked up on the top to go our grocery shopping to the big town of Kingman (3 hours each way).

Photos I took of the beautiful falls of Havasu. There were actually three we went to. Mooney Falls involved a steep metal ladder and tunnel climb (very fun).  We didnt make it to beaver falls- next time.

Looking down at Mooney falls.