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Show H6 TheSalt Lake Tribune TRAVEL Sunday, August6, 2000 Blue-Green Waterfalls Even Small Hotels Offering At Endof Long Hike ‘Feel-Good’ Treatments BY BARBARA SHEA BY MICHELLE RUSHLO IF You Go THE ASSOCIATEDPRI SUPAI, Ariz. — Thehikeis long. Thetrail is steep and dusty. And and 11 miles from the top of Havasu Canyon, a southwestern branch of The creek’s blue-green waters trailhead. Hikes, horseback body treatments via a network of room Alma de Sedona two years you don’t have to be a Hollywood Critters: Visitors can ride horseback into the can- articles weighing upto 130 poundstotal. Theycost $75 each way and can be arrangedbycalling wrangler Charlie Chamberlain at (520) 448-2260 or the tourism sometimes steep trail, says jackofthetribe's tourismoffice, helicopter rides are available. Thereis no waytodrive. The Havasupai Tribe has about 650. members on its 188,077-acre reservation, which coversthe red- office at 520-448-2141. The same people can help you Lodge: The lodgein Su- vation, with a series of brown wood-framed houses, a school, a (520) construction materials were flown in or packed in by mule, andthe grocerystore andcafestill get reg. ular deliveries of everything from tomatoes to toilet paper via pack mule, gather. In the-spring and summer, they would’move into the eanyon to plant crops. Until about 20 years ago. few Havasupai lived on the reservation nomic supports the steady stream" Today. thé tribe’s main ecoof tired. dusty adventurers who: because construction was so difficult. But the GrandCanyonhas been the tribe's traditional home for centuries. Duringthefall and winter, the Havasupai (pronounced climb into the canyon for a peek and a swim in the turquoise waters. The campground, which is about 2 miles from Supai,is filled onafirst-come,first-servedbasis. 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Havasu Arizona and periodically cause Falls, which are another half-mile downthetrail, rushoffredcliffs in two streams,spilling into a bright blue-green pool. wherevisitors of- ten swim. MooneyFalls, located about 3 miles from Supai, are the tallest falls at 210 feet. To get to the bottom of- them, visitors have to climb down a rock wall usinga series of chains and spikes. Visitors are warned to maketheclimb at their flooding in the canyon. The hot weather also discourages many summer visitors, with temperatures around 100 degrees in thebottomofthe canyon. But the falls keepluring people back. Tom Baxter, from American | Fork, Utah, was making his second trip to the falls in June, three decadesafterhisfirstvisit. He sayshe“just had good memoriesof the ee NEIcn 1-877-447-LESS (637) TOLLFREE “aor 738 faa PRTSGURG PHILADELPHIA 210, Hotels-Lowest Rates! www.hoteldiscount.gom 1-800-511-5323 2b MANO. 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They'll set up shop indoors or out, There are picnic tables but little Bes er ed eed *330 *345 York, Washington, Los Angeles nese shiatsu — you nameit — at from the spring, so tourism offi- call. pandto othercities, including New and SanFrancisco; Portland, Ore., is scheduled to debut next month. Ahh .. . Moondance founder Havasu Creek's waters tumble 210 feet on the HavasupaiTribe’s reservation in a southeastern branchof f the Grand Canyon. Bob Daugherty/The Associated Press phines in the rooms. srvations Michelle Beauchemin plansto ex- chairs and other trappings from aromatherapyoils to hot stones and prohibited and there are no showers. The available water comes lodge: a cafe and astore. All the cures migh t require four hours’ notice). Founder/president emergency rubdown, not penicillin. They arrive carting tables, pai is clean, but not fancy. There are-no televisions or For spond to massage calls in an hour (beauty treatments such as mani- — but who'll rush to administer an arrange a horsebackride. rock cliffs of the canyon and part of the plateau above. The village of Supai is the primary developedarea onthereser- contractandstaff pros whocan re- star to order therapeutic takeout anymore. Moderately priced lodgings now keep lists of licensed, insured, independent professionals they can call on like a hotel doctor yon or hire pack mules to carry their bags in or out. The mules carryup to four toget here. (incorported more than a year ago as Traveling Treatments) has gathered a network of more than 50 down to bare-bones budget motels, son. To makereservations, Most visitors backpack down matherapy baths (stimulating, calming or detox). Seattle’s MobileDaySpa.com haunts such as Palm Beach and PalmSprings. But while the trend doesn’t yet seem to havefiltered call (520) 448-2141. An estimated 18,000 to 20,000 starting to approach me. ” A dis-” patcherjugglescalls for her 10 male and femaleprofessionals, whooffer several types of massage and aro- local pros when she opened the 12- per person plus an additional $10 per night per per- Reservation’s falls, but there is no ago. Herstaffers so far treat guests only atthe five local properties in the Island Outpost chain. “But,” said Capaldi, “other hotels are ago.It turnsout she’s hardly alone. Sybaritic house calls have been commonfor decades in celebrity tions are required to camp people a year visit the Havasupai ergy Management several months mined to offer guests suchfeel-good on the Havasupai Reservation. The entrancefeeis $20 parison, no comparisonatall. I've never seen anythinglikeit.” the “massage junkie” who was deter- tional 2 miles fromthere. Reservations: Reserva- Day, who wasvisiting the falls with family and friends from Heber City, Utah. “There is no com- easy way Hualapai Hilltop, _where there is a parking lot and the campground is an addi- looking mineral deposits, giv’ theman otherworldlyquality. “It's the garden of Eden in the middle of the desert,” says Kathy gotten greater,” Said Anna Capaldi, who started Acupuncture and En- was also surprised, because it has nospa facilities. But its innkeeper, Lynn McCarroll, is aself-described miles from the trailhead; tumble from a height of up to 210 _ feet over rocks covered in creamy- laxing and healing, the demand has sage at her small Sedona B&B. She and helicopter trips begin there. Supai village is 8 the Grand Canyon. “Everyone is so stressed out, and the touch of someoneis so re- lip. _N.Y.. traveler_recently was. thrilled to find she could get a mas- terstate 40 to Seligman, Ariz. Drive east on Route 66 about 35 miles to Indian Route 18. Follow the road 68 miles until it runs out at along Havasu Creek between 9! South Beach). Exhausted from touring Arizona’s red-rock canyons, an EastIs- Getting There: Take In- the summersunis scorching, But, oh, what a view awaits those who trek to the waterfalls on the Havasupai Tribe's reservation. The falls, fed by a spring, sit Acupuncture and Energy Managementserveshigh-profile vacationers and business travelers in hip NEWSDAY PRICE PER PERSON, LOS ANGELES PRE-SELECTED DATES ADD $5 EACH ae AND SELECT YOUR OWND. (MAXIMUM STAYy DAYS) VOYAGER TRAVEL 446-1556 “PLUS AIRPORT CHARGES (PIC AND. WAY BASED ON ROUND TRIP. PRICEPI T INCLUDED, SPACE IS LITIMTED, LACH |RSON OFFER AVAILABLE ONLINE ONLY, nic bec |