Hiking Havasupai Part 5 Day 1

When you get into the village, you pay for your camping & mules that hauled your stuff in at the Museum.  They will take cash, but prefer credit card.  The cost of camping from Mon-Thur was $101.  It cost approx $139 per mule which would carry 4- 35lb bags, packs or duffle bags.

There is a general store...very expensive.  One cup of coffee, orange juice & Grandma's Oatmeal cookie cost me $6.32.  A box of Rice Crispy's $9.32.  There is a post office, school, helicopter landing (my 2nd favorite place) and a cafe.  All the food is fried in the cafe.  I had ordered some tater tots thinking I would get the Sonic size of 8, no for $3 you get the whole bag fried on a plate.  Enough to feed 6.  I didnt have the Indian Fry bread I thought that would be too much grease.

From the village to the campground is 2 miles.  All in river sand.  It was the hardest part of the trip.  You are worn out by then.  I definitely should not have sat at the cafe for an hour, I should have kept going.  However that being said, it's also the most beautiful part of the trip.  Now you get to see some of the falls.
1.5 miles from the village you come across Lower Navajo Falls, it was created in 2008 flood.  There is now an upper Navajo which you cant see too well from the rd.

Lower Navajo

Lower Navajo

Now you keep going another 1/2 mile and you come to Havasu Falls, which is at the edge of the campground.

Havasu Falls