First of all you can google that question and secondly stop using the mules to carry YOUR BACK PACK!!!CARRY YOUR OWN BACK PACK.

Negative. It is a back pack hike down to the falls and campground. Must get permits. Permits open Feb 1. There is a Facebook group havasu falls that you can get all this info.

In short, no. In order to even enter Havasupai territory, you must obtain a permit. The only way to obtain a permit is with an overnight reservation (at either the campground, or the Lodge at Supai). Reservations for 2018 are sold out. Lodge reservations for 2019 are virtually sold out. Campground reservations for 2019 have not yet opened up, but are fiendishly difficult to obtain. Of course, once you obtain such a permit, no one will physically prevent you from leaving before nightfall. However, that makes little sense. To see the falls involves a ten mile hike (one way), then more hiking around the falls, then another ten mile hike back out. Few people can do this in one day; even fewer would enjoy it.

The only way to get a permit is with an overnight reservation -- at either the campground, or The Lodge. Reservations/permits sell out long in advance. All reservations for 2018 sold out long ago. Demand is incredibly high, and reservations are difficult to obtain. (1) Reservations for The Lodge are sold out for 2018, and virtually sold out for all of 2019. Reservations for 2020 will go on sale on June 1, 2019, and are available only via phone (unless things change). (2) Campground reservations for 2019 have not yet opened up. In past years, they opened up on February 1, at 8 am Mountain Standard Time. Demand was so great that dates sold out before some people could even log onto the reservation website. The date may change this year. Go to the official Havasupai website, and there is a link to their reservation website. Go to the reservation website, and you can request to be notified once they decide on the reservations opening date. A final option is to book a tour through a commercial operator. They get the reservation for you -- at a price. Tours typically cost $1,200 to $1,800 per person, for a two or three night stay at the campground. I know little about the individual operators.

The night before we hiked we stayed at a Courtyard Marriott in Kingman,AZ. We checked in at noon (they let us check in early). We slept till about midnight and ate one last full meal at Denny’s before we left and then drove down Route 66 to Indian hwy 18. It took us about 2 hours because the Hwy 18 had tons of wildlife to watch for in road. As soon as we got to park (don’t park near canyon wall-sometimes Rocks fall) we put on our headlamps and started hiking about 3:30am. It was nice and cool the entire hik and got to watch the morning sunrise throughout the canyon!

Sorry, but Mtangel6 provided a good analysis. The helicopter service only operates four days a week, does not accept reservations (with wait times that can run many hours), and may be cancelled without notice. It's then a two mile hike on rocky, sandy, uneven terrain to the first waterfall. The most famous waterfall (Havasu Falls) requires scrambling down a steep, rocky trail at the end. The tallest waterfall (Mooney Falls) requires navigation through a nearly vertical tunnel, and is challenging even for a person in perfect health. There is also horseback rental, but I assume this would be extremely painful if not impossible. The only other option is hiking a steep, rocky trail.

You can swim anywhere! Just stay away from the base of the falls of course as they are very powerful. They said supposedly a Boy Scout drowned there years ago.

A permit is absolutely required to enter Havasupai Territory. Without it, you won't be allowed to even begin your hike. Single day hikes are prohibited by the Havasupai; permits are available only as part of an overnight stay at either the campground or The Lodge. In any case, a single day round trip hike to Mooney Falls would be impossible for the large majority of hikers, and not much fun for the remaining few. I'm not sure if the campground or Lodge will be open in January; you'll have to call to find out. Permits/reservations are pretty much sold out for The Lodge for all of 2018, and for the campground through February 1, 2018 (when permits for the rest of the year open up). However, if either of those places are open, it's possible you'll find something in January, as it's one of the few unpopular months -- awfully cold for a water-based trip!