Havasu Falls is a 100-foot plunge waterfall on Havasu Creek in Coconino County, Arizona, on the Havasupai Reservation. Its blue-green water spills into travertine-rimmed pools, and visiting requires an overnight permit from the Havasupai Tribe.
The falls
Havasu Creek pours through a single main chute over a vertical cliff into plunge pools below. The World Waterfall Database gives the height as 100 feet; Wikipedia puts it at 90 to 100 feet. Calcium carbonate dissolved in the creek colors the water and builds natural travertine dams around the pools. Floods regularly reshape the falls: the notch the creek now runs through first formed in the flood of 1910, and flood damage has been recorded in the canyon in 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2024.
Getting there
The falls are on tribal land outside Grand Canyon National Park, and the Havasupai Tribe manages all access through Havasupai Reservations. Day hiking is not allowed; every hiker needs a reservation for a stay of at least three days. For 2026 the tribe charges $455 per person for three nights in the campground, $2,277 per room for three nights in the lodge (up to four people) and $400 round trip for a pack mule. Permit holders check in at Grand Canyon Caverns & Inn, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the day of arrival or the day before, with photo ID, and receive wristbands.
The trail starts at Hualapai Hilltop at the end of Indian Highway 18, which has no food or gas, and there is no water on the way down. It is 8 miles to the village of Supai and another 2 miles to the campground; Havasu Falls is about 1.5 miles past Supai. A tribal update from August 31, 2026 says Havasupai is open.
When to go
The creek stays about 70 degrees year-round. Trails into Supai close when the temperature passes 115 degrees. Monsoon storms bring flash-flood risk from summer into September: in September 2025 about 20 visitors were evacuated from reservation sites including Havasu Falls, and a flood in August 2024 killed a woman farther down Havasu Creek near the Colorado River.
On site
Climbing, diving and jumping from the falls are banned; jumping from Havasu Falls carries a $5,000 fine, a ten-year ban from the reservation and rescue charges. Drownings have occurred in the pools behind the falls. Drones are prohibited, as is photographing the village, tribal members or burial sites, and side trails into residential areas are off-limits. Pets, service animals and private horses are not allowed, and children must be accompanied.
History and name
Before the 1910 flood the falls were known as Bridal Veil Falls, when the creek spread over the ledge in a nearly continuous sheet. The Havasupai name is Havasuw Hagjahgeevma.
Nearby
Several more falls lie on Havasu Creek. Navajo Falls is about 0.4 mile away, Rock Falls about 0.5 mile and Hualapai Falls about 0.8 mile, with Beaver Falls about 2.5 miles downstream.
Distances are straight-line.