Hello.
Havasupai is this amazing secret but not so secret paradise
located in Arizona.
The Havasu falls are a collection of waterfalls and creeks.
Just beautiful natural place
that is protected by the Havasupai Indian Reservation.
This awesome place is accessible for people to come and visit and even stay there
but the information that you find on this place is so limited.
Getting there is a journey in it of itself.
There have been so many people who have seen my Havasupai video
and who have asked me so many questions.
So, be prepared because this video is going to be filled with so much information.
Your brain is going to explode.
Well, hopefully your brain doesn’t explode so that you can take in all this information
and make your way over to Supai.
This is it, the ultimate guide to Havasupai in Arizona.
Let’s go.
First of all, you’re going to want to drive to the area in which this magical place is located
and in order to drive there you’re going to take route 66.
Yes, the historic and iconic and awesome route 66.
When you get there you're eventually going to take route 18
and you’re going to reach the hilltop parking lot.
The last gas station that you’re going to have access to
is going to be located in Peach Springs so keep that in mind.
When you find your way to the hilltop parking lot
this is where your adventure begins.
At this parking lot is where the trailhead is located
and there are a couple ways to get in the Supai village
where the Havasu falls are located.
The first method that I’m going to talk about is helicopter
because that’s the way that I decided to go into Havasupai.
The helicopter is this awesome seven minute ride through the canyon
and just beautiful sights and it cost about 85 dollars one way.
There’s no definitive reservation or schedule for it.
It’s pretty much first come first served.
The native Americans from the reservation have top priority.
So, even if you are there at two o’clock in the morning
if one of the natives decides to show up at ten o’clock in the morning
they’re getting in the helicopter before you.
Either way I would suggest getting there as early as possible
so that you’re the very first person there.
You do have to sign in as soon as you get there.
The registration for the helicopter is between 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Even if you come with a group of people because getting supplies
and their natives into the reservation is their top priority with the helicopters
you might not be able to travel with your party together.
So, even if you come with your family you might have to go in separate trips.
The helicopter airline is AirWest.
I’ve put their phone number in the description below
along with the phone numbers for all of the other things
that I’m going to talk about in this video.
So, be sure to check out the description
because there’s going to be a whole lot more information down there as well.
The last thing I want to say about the helicopter
is that if you decide that you would actually like to go hiking instead
you do have the option to send your bags with the helicopter
and you can go down and hike on one end and the helicopter will take your stuff down
and in order to do that I believe the pricing for that is 20 dollars for one bag.
That leads us into the second method of getting into Havasupai.
Which is hiking.
In order to hike into Supai every single person must have a reservation
you can not just hike into the Supai village.
If you do not have a reservation and you get into Supai
they will tell you to turn around.
I’ll talk more about that later on.
Now we’re talking about the hiking which is an eight mile hike
from the trailhead to the campground and from the village to the campground it’s two miles.
The hike into Havasupai will take you about three to four hours
and it’s recommended for you to start very, very, very early
possibly before there’s even any light in the sky
because of the temperature and the hike down can be extremely grueling
if it gets to a certain temperature and I don’t want you to faint in the heat.
So, please, if you do go hiking then go very early, trust me on that
you are going to thank me later.
When you go hiking keep in mind that there is no one day hiking
you can’t just go to Supai and then just hike back
you have to stay either in the campground or in the lodge that is the village.
When you go hiking if you do have a lot of gear and bags
they do offer the option to rent a mule to carry the stuff for you.
The mules are only for gear, supplies and trash.
One mule will cost you 121 dollars one way or 242 round trip.
Each mule can carry about 4 bags or 130 pounds.
It takes the mule three to four hours to get into the village.
In order to reserve your mule to go into Supai
you have to reserve it at least a week in advance.
In order to reserve your mule to leave Supai you have to do it at least a day in advance.
Personally I’d recommend using the helicopter
because, for one, it’s so much cheaper that using a mule
and two, I kind of feel a little bit bad for the mules carrying all the stuff.
So, that’s really up to you
but personally I find the helicopter option to be much better.
Now that we got to Supai let’s talk about accommodations.
There are two ways to stay in Supai.
The first one is camping.
In order to camp in the Havasupai you need to make reservations, big surprise.
And what is an even bigger surprise, hold on to your shorts here.
The reservations for Supai are up to eight months or a year in advance.
So, you better start planning for 2018
because that’s probably how long it’s going to take you to get to Supai.
The capacity for the campgrounds in Havasupai are 200 people.
So, only 200 people can fit in the whole campground of Supai
and that is probably why the wait list is eight months to a year
because there’s probably a whole lot more than 200 people wanting to go there.
The pricing for camping is 93 dollars for the first night
and 27 dollars per person every night after that.
The pricing does include the village entrance fee which is 40 dollars
and the environmental fee as well.
The second way to stay in Supai it is by staying at the Havasu lodge
located in the Supai village.
This is how I decided to stay in Supai because believe it or not, I’ve never been camping.
Not that I don’t want to.
Supai was not going to be my first time doing it.
So, I decided to stay in the lodge.
The lodge requires a non refundable, non transferable deposit of 40 dollars
which you can pay with visa and mastercard
hashtag non sponsored, but really it’s not sponsored.
The room is going to cost you about 145 dollars a night
and you are allowed to have up to four people stay in that room.
This rate does not include the environmental fee
which is 5 dollars per person.
The wait list to stay at the Havasu Lodge is seven months to a year.
If for any reason you decide you need to cancel your trip
which I don’t know why you would do this if you have to wait a whole year for this.
Why would you? I don’t know but anyway.
But for whatever reason if you have to cancel your trip
you only have two weeks prior to your trip
to be able to collect a refund for that cancellation.
Now that you have somewhere to stay let’s talk about some of the other things
that you should know before you hope on down Havasupai.
One is, the best time to visit.
Well, that all depends on what you’re looking to get out of your trip.
The best season to go is between March and November.
In the months of January and February it is recommended that nobody goes
because it is super cold and I don’t think you want to go
to where these beautiful waterfalls are when it is very cold and possibly even snowing.
Between April and October is the high season
so that means there’s going to be a lot of people during those months.
Keep in mind that between the months of June, July and August
it gets extremely hot in that area with temperatures reaching up to a 150 degrees.
It is basically on fire.
On top of that, July and August are the monsoon seasons.
So, that means that there can be rain and even some extreme flooding
which can potentially ruin your trip and experience here in Havasupai.
So, in conclusion, the best time to visit is between March to May.
In order to make all of your reservations and plan everything you have to call.
All of the phone numbers will be in the description below.
Their schedule is very up in the air
so just keep calling and be persistent and don’t give up.
Keep in mind that all the prices
and the scheduling and everything that I mentioned in this video is subject to change.
So, definitely ask them all the questions that you can
don’t rely solely on this video, this is just a guide based on my experience
my personal experience going to Havasupai
and the research that I did exclusively for this video.
This is just the Information that I was able to get at this time for this video
and it might be different when you actually decide to go.
When going to Havasupai make sure that you save up
because it can get a little bit pricey although for the experience that you are getting
I wouldn’t necessarily say that it is expensive.
This is a very unique place to visit but I definitely would recommend saving up
and if you can be hard cash when you go to Supai
because they do have card readers there
but the Supai village is very limited
and the restaurants and shops that they have available.
So, if their card reader breaks for whatever reason
you might get stuck in the village without access to food or being able to buy stuff
just because you don’t have cash and you’re relying on your credit card.
So, definitely always have some money with you.
Get ready to walk a lot.
Even if you do not hike from the trailhead into the Supai village
you are still going to be walking a lot.
Just staying at the lodge and walking into the campgrounds is two miles alone
and on top of that going into the different creeks
and waterfalls that they have available
is a very long walk and you’re going to be walking all day long.
So, be prepared for that.
It is also recommended that each person brings at least a gallon of water with them
because you’re going to be walking a lot and it’s going to be hot
and I don’t want anybody to be fainting out there.
Before I wrap up this video I have a couple more things to mention
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When you’re going to Havasupai there are a few rules that you have to adhere to
and they are, no dogs are allowed, there’s no drugs and alcohol
do not party, you can't, you can’t have parties there, so don’t have them
and this is a surprising one, no drones, you can not bring a drone
or operate a drone inside of the Havasu falls
even though you’ve probably seen videos about them.
I’m not going to tell you what you can and can not do
but these are their rules, do not bring a drone.
Also an obvious one, do not bring any weapons.
We’re all just there to enjoy the beauty of nature and have fun.
There’s no weapons necessary.
You’re not allowed to hike at night.
There’s no hiking while there’s flooding.
You’re not allowed to go rock climbing.
And you’re not allowed to cliff jumping.
I know you’ve seen those videos but you’re not allowed to do that.
And lastly, there’s no nudity or inappropriate clothing of any kind.
I know that turns off a few of you.
So, just, sorry.
That is everything that I wanted to cover for this ultimate guide to Havasupai.
I hope that this video isn’t too long
and that you’ve got all the information that you needed.
I am so excited for you to go.
This is such an amazing opportunity and such a beautiful place to go visit.
If you have the chance to go to Havasupai I absolutely recommend it
It’s worth the wait and the work to get your reservations
and to make the time to go there
because it is truly a unique and wonderful experience.
If you want to see what my personal experience was like at Havasupai
there is a video, I will link to it in the description below.
So definitely go check it out if you want to see what my journey was like.
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