Havasu Falls is the Arizona waterfall famous for its vivid blue-green pool below a 30-metre plunge.
The waterfall is on Havasu Creek in the Havasupai Indian Reservation, a community within the Grand Canyon region. The creek’s striking color comes from dissolved calcium carbonate and other minerals that precipitate around the stream, while the surrounding red canyon walls provide a strong contrast.
Havasu Falls drops about 30 metres into a large pool. Its flow is relatively consistent compared with many desert waterfalls because the creek is spring-fed, although floods can alter the channels, pools, and travertine formations.
Havasu Falls is not inside Grand Canyon National Park. It is on Havasupai tribal land, and visits require permission and a reservation arranged through the Havasupai Tribe. Nearby Mooney Falls and Navajo Falls are separate waterfalls on the same creek and are sometimes mistakenly treated as alternate names for Havasu Falls.