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The Havasupai Indian Tribe
controls land that extends to the end of civilization as we know it.
You take an Indian road off of Route 66 near the Grand Canyon at a small
town called Peach Springs, AZ. You drive to the end of the road and
it turns into a parking lot at a place known as Hualapai Hilltop.
From here you hike about 8 miles to the Indian Reservation and check in
with the Havasupai Tourist Enterprise Office.
This is the canyon you hike through.
You can see a portion of the trail at the bottom left.
Here, you pay your camping
fees (which are steep) and hike another 2 1/2 miles to the campground.
Along the way you get to see the Navajo Falls area.
The next stop along the
trail to the campground, Havasu Falls. Most of the small pools
at the bottom of the falls have been destroyed by flooding in the past
few years.
The water has a high lime content
and it coats objects turning them into rock. The water flowing over
the falls creates what looks like drapes made out of rock extending from
the falls.
The campground has a couple
of pipes coming out of the side of a cliff for drinking water - because
you can't drink the water in the river. After you pass through
the campground you come to Mooney Falls. (Named after an explorer
who fell to his death at the falls.) To get to the bottom of the
falls you have to take a couple tunnels carved out of the stone and
a rickety chain ladder that some people won't attempt to take.
Mooney Falls
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Here is part of the chain ladder.
Sandra is near the top middle of the photo, look closely.
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