Thank you for this thorough explanation. I have a spinal cord injury and want to put this on my bucket list. Because of you, I now know what I need to train on to be strong enough to do the hike. Thank you so much!!

I just was just at havasu. Such a magical place. I didn’t go to the confluence but maybe another time. This was an awesome video. Always wanted to see the confluence. Thank you.

I hiked this with a buddy in 1987 this really shows the beauty and ruggedness of this great hike and swim

I just got back from Havasupai two days ago. While there some people who did the hike to the confluence used the same word: sketchy. Thanks to this video I got to see what I missed and probably won’t ever do. Mooney and Beaver Falls were excitement and challenge enough for me.

You guys show me things that I am not able to go to. I want to thank you for sharing these wonderful places and scenery. What a blessing 😊👍

So beautiful. I couldn’t do it though. Heights! Thank you for the great video

Thank u for ur video...very helpful in detail and all. Thanks!

I was fortunate to have floated the Grand Canyon when I was in high school back in the 70's. We stopped at Havasu creek and hiked up to Mooney Falls. In the last few days, I've watched several videos on hiking into Havasu Canyon kindling a desire to go back. Your video is one of the most detailed in terms of risks and challenges that one can encounter. Thanks for putting it together.

This place remains, to this day, the most profound hike of my life! Went there 5 times over a 7 year stretch!!! We were told of a trail that led up on top of the rim high above Havasu & Mooney Falls, and the pics from up there are breathtaking! While we were at Mooney Falls swimming, Squirrels climbed up the tree I had hoisted our supply of food up on using a branch.They chewed through the rope dropping the food down to their ground Buffet!

Got the permit for this June. Feel so lucky :) Definatly gonna check that tunnel out. Thank you for sharing 😍👍 Very informative vid!

Great video, thanks for the info. I'm going to Havasupai Falls this June, can't wait!!

Wish this would have been available when I went. We did that hike 3 or 4 years ago during our fall visit and it was hot weather so we drank a lot of water. Luckily I had my water filter. Didn’t leave early enough so we jogged part of the way back and still came up Mooney Falls after dark. Sketchy!! That stretch below Beaver Falls definitely had the “pucker factor”. Great job of showing the obstacles and beauty of the hike.

Thank you for this video. It's really cool and I didn't know that the trail has some quite exposed sections. Very helpful!

your channel is awesome. you definitely deserve more subscribers

I had no ideal you could hike to the confluence. I definitely wanna try this someday.

I’ve just discovered your channel...wow! Your guides are so amazing, thank you! While your hikes are much too advanced for my creaky old joints, I’m inspired and hopeful I can shorten/modify some of them to explore more areas. Again, thank you!

Absolutely awesome video and great information! Havasu has been one of my dream hikes and I haven't been able to get a permit yet. Someday but until then I'll just continue to live vicariously through this video!

One of the harder hikes I’ve ever done . %100 worth it though ! We also had luck and ran into the rafting groups. Such a great reward at the end but the thought of having to hike all the way back before dark got us going back quick. Smaller 10-15 ft Rock Jump on the way back was nice! Great video !

love the channel. love the info. thanks for the inspiration

Great video. Been there 7 times beginning in early 60’s when the canyon below the village was not a part of the reservation. Have hiked in from Hualapai Hilltop and also Cataract Canyon via road to Grand Canyon Village that is no longer accessible. Best summer lunch spot is sitting on submerged ledge in the river just up from the confluence.

Thanks for responding. We are registered, now we wait for Feb 1st and pray we get permits. The confluence hike looks tricky but for now we will b happy just to get the permits. Happy hiking Dorinda

That was awesome! Great job. My sister & I are hoping to get permits 2019 for Havasu falls. Really enjoyed your video. Safe travels Dorinda

Holy Crap. Very Beautiful. The water is so blue. Not sure if we would risk the climb but it is really cool.

WOW, incredible!! THANKS

This is the best video of the confluence that I've seen...Thanks for capturing this! I can't wait to make this hike in April!

We hiked the confluence in June 2018 and definitely didn't go this way. We came across a rattle snake and a king snake. Our way was so easy! Good job!

Thanks for this! We are headed there in Sept and this helps greatly!!

Beautiful

Awesome!

Subbed, its amazing out there. Although mooney falls was super scary so I stayed at havasu falls he he

This is spot on. The trail definitely gets sketchy and hard to follow at some points but it is well worth the intense hike.

Oh man, I’ve always wanted to do this but am realizing watching your video that I’d never make it through those really steep inclines. I have a hard enough time going down Bright Angel, I hug the walls. 🤯

This was the most amazing, thrilling and memorable hike I’ve ever done in my entire life! I did this back in July of 2001, then went back again in August of 2003. Stayed a week both times. Best time of my life even though we (an international group of 14) illegally camped out at Beaver Falls and were stranded on a peninsula when the rains from up above flooded over and came thundering through like a raging river of cappuccino turning that gorgeous blue-green water to brown like the Colorado!! 😱 We took turns overnight keeping track of the rising waters should we need to pack up and vacate our shrinking triangle of land in darkness. Luckily the water stopped rising but by daylight the creek had probably tripled both in width and depth. We made a human chain to cross over to the trail on the other side and battled every second to keep our feet from being swept out from under us. Man! Good times...good times!! WARNING ⚠️. DON’T EVER CAMP OVERNIGHT AT BEAVER FALLS! YOU CAN DIE!! Great video, Jerry! It was an awesome way to relive that wondrous hike! Thank you so much! And you’ve got a new subscriber! ❤️😁

About climbing Mooney Falls chains in the dark...no not a fun time. :D I got back late and had to hike up that. Even with headlamps, it was a bit sketchy, especially when you're all tired out.

Adding this one to the list!

Awesome!

ohhh i was debating on if i should do this one... now i totally want to do it... I dont see/hear much about it... going in April 2019 yay

A friend and I went down from the Hualipai Hilltop trailhead in mid Oct 1986, back then there was no permits system so it was free. We started late around 4 pm and it was getting dark when we arrived and we camped at the last camping area just above Mooney Falls. Beside the Indians there we not many other hikers. The next morning we hiked down to the confluence starting just at first light, the first tunnel thru the Travertine was dark and we used headlamps, then we followed the trail all the way down to the Colorado river on all the main trail. We arrived at the Colorado river around 11 am and had it all to ourselves. We saw a small group of Big Horn Sheep there and a couple deer. We started back up towards Supai around 2 pm and by the time we made it back to the Travertine wall its was as dark as it was when we started. We got back to our camp sight and stayed another night, the next day we started early and made it back to the trail head in a few hours. In 1996 my same friend and I went back down, but tho there was a permit system we did not know about it and stayed in the only camp spot left and then the second day we went down and swam below Mooney Falls, it was in late August and there were many, many people, day hikers and overnighters. No one ever came to our sight asking for a permit. The third day we hiked back out to the road.

This is a great guide! I just went to the confluence this past March. I wish I had watched this first. We had a bit of a hard time on the way back. Just released some new travel films. Please have a look when you have some free time!

we climbed mooney in the dark it was fun

Thanks

Jerry, thanks a million for the cool video. You're a nice guy. I don't do tips online, only one on one & never to city slickers. Have just sent several 4K/HD videos of places I've been to the last 30 years including a great one from Dutchman to my Czech colleagues & friends stuck at home instead of in the pubs on the weekend due to the Wuhan virus. We were there 3 days two couples before Easter 1995 ~ 7.IV. The day before our arrival there it was snowing and on Good FR (several hundred people rushed there) the rain started (we reached the car up top in the dry - 12 km) till SU. We had 3 days of sun and 27 degrees C. In the camp below the village btw the waterfalls were ~ 50 people. The heavens smiled at us. At that time, a permit from the Indians cost $ 20 / camp and $ 12 / person. The gals splashed in the travertine pools, while Ales and I headed to the CO river (25 km round trip), nobody there. Back then there was no real trail or signs nor ladders below Mooney Falls. Also, no water sandals; we waded ~8X barefoot. Being a geologist helped. Noticed a high ledge below Beaver F. It was quite a scramble to it. It went around 3 bends & saved us that many crossings. One of the best trips of my life! Standing barefoot on the Zoroaster granite and Vishnu schist at the confluence of Havasu (meaning blue-green) and the then silty CO River (Inner Gorge) was a forceful event - 2 billion years old rocks. Happy trails, bud.

Awesome video, subbed to your channel!

Very informative. Thanks for sharing. Any idea on how to get on those rafts in that area? I’ve done Horseshoe Bend but would love to go here.

Backpacking trip to Havasu Falls was the most beautiful and challenging one for me. We had the guide (wildland trekking) for this trip - 4D3N It should be on every backpackers list of places to hike

Great video and super helpful. We are heading to havasu in April. I'm hoping to hike to the confluence but worried about staying on trail. Any other tips you could give? And what was your itinerary for havasupai? Did you hike to to confluence the day after arrival to camp? TIA

Just completed this hike yesterday and at times I questioned my sanity for doing it alone. There are places where you could easily get hurt or die. On the way back from the confluence I lost the trail and went up and over the narrows and back down at the cove. I used a trail probably used by bighorn sheep that was made up of loosed rocks. Any slip up and I would have fallen to my death. Thank God I found a path down and back onto the trail. It was an amazing hike but I probably wouldn’t do it again.

Great video! Any chance you have a gpx of the hike? I'm looking to upload to Gaia before my trip. Thanks!

Super informative video, thank you! What kind of gear do you use to keep your cameras from getting water damage?

Great video. I have permit for mid Nov and a question regarding footwear. I planned on just bringing a pair of brooks Cascadia but then had concerns that maybe I should have a dry pair for hiking and another pair (Merrell choprock) for in water and crossing streams on hike to confluence. In order to avoid being in wet shoes during November. If it was September it wouldn't be an issue. But what are your thoughts?

great video! do you suggest a 15-30mm or 24-70mm lens. once in the canyon i am not sure if 15mm is tooo wide. thanks.

Awesome video, have a question since I've only been to the confluence on e on a raft trip 20yrs ago and cant remember it. Is there enough room to put down camp for the night there? I know you need a permit (which is $10) bit forget if there is enough room anywhere. Thanks for your time. Also, I know you hiked in November but if it were a summer month and 100 degrees out (my permit is in August) do you thinknits possible to wade the river instead of taking the high road and "sketchy" cliff trails? Do you have a map of your hike path posted somewhere online?

This is beautiful. Can you just hike to the first falls? I am not too confident to do those other hikes that are dangerous because I'd be going with my kids.

Looks awesome I'll be going to havasupai march 11-15 and I definately want to do this trail. What kind of GPS did you have? Or did you just use your phone?

are the permits a raffle? or first come first serve

What trail app did you use to track your progress? Also how was the hike back?

I'm going with Hatch River Expedition in July. I've been told we may not be able to stop at Havasu Creek Confluence because it's on Navajo Land. How far does there land reach to the river? I'd sure hate to miss this part of the trip. Even if we only got to hike a mile or so to take great pictures of the Blue Green waters and swim a little

Has anyone gone or going in February? We got reservations for Feb 2nd. Just saw it snowed like 3" outside Scottsdale the other day... Anyone have suggestions on gear for early February trips?

Thanks for the beautiful video! Is it possible to hike from the lower little Colorado river (Havasu creek) to the Havasu falls (i know you need a permit) but is it a way to go from there? Do i need to hike in the water? Is yes the level of the water is low or i even have to swim ? Or is it a trail? How long time it will take? I plan to come from the Hopi Salt Trail and my goal is to arrive at the Havasu Falls. Thanks a lot by advance for your help!

I have hiking shoes, but what kind of shoes do you recommend for these climbs?

I’m thinking of going here in the next few weeks. I looked on the website after watching your video. I’d like to ask if I need a permit/reservation to hike or is the permit/reservation only necessary to camp? I’d hate to go out there and not be able to hike. Any info would be appreciated thanks a lot

Heading down in a week and planning on hitting the confluence one of our days in there. Any way to directly link to the Gaia GPS route? I can’t seem to pull it up in the app

What video editing software you used?

Trying to decide if this hike is worth it. My group will be hiking into the canyon Saturday and hiking out Monday, so this would take up all of Sunday, our only full day there. For anyone who has done this hike to the confluence, do you think it’s worth sacrificing time spent hanging out at the other falls?

Any rattlesnakes you seen?

What kind of gps/trail map do you use?

Wait, did he say "watch for Karens"? 5:17 LOL

Watch for Karens!!!! LMAO 🤣!!!!

Horrible animal abuse Don't GO! THEY STARVE THE HORSE'S