Mooney Falls, the largest of the waterfalls at Havasupai Indian Reservation (May 1992).You are allowed to swim in the pools beneath the waterfalls. In fact, I've actually swum behind the falls (back in 1992).

Havasu Falls, the "middle" falls between Mooney and Navajo Falls (May 1996). I'm smiling--this was on the way in, if you couldn't have guessed. :-)

Navajo Falls--the first, and smallest set of falls (October 1993).

Canyon that Havasu Creek runs through. Followed, Havasu Creek joins the Colorado approximately 11 miles from the campground, a half mile from Mooney Falls (October 1993).

Mooney Falls from the trail returning from the Colorado River (May 1992).

This area has changed dramatically since most of these pictures were taken (only May 1996 pictures remains virtually the same). Many of the falls have been lowered several feet due to severe floods in 1993 and 1996. Most damaging were the floods of 1996 which came without giving the Havasupai people, nor the canyon, enough time to recover. Many of the travertine pools, formed primarily because of the high concentrations of limestone in the water, were destroyed, leaving the Havasupai with a decision to let the pools reform naturally, or to force Mother Nature's hand. Hope you have enjoyed this limited pictorial of the Havasu Creek/Havasupai Indian Reservation. It is a 12 mile hike into the campgrounds, with the first two miles a vertical descent down a series of steep switchbacks to the bottom of the canyon. Hope you can join us!

GH