i'm going to keep this short because i'm outside the car and we did hear kind of a
noise in the bush over there i'm not quite sure what animal might be there so there's the door
so i can get into the car very quickly anyway this is crooks corner so if you take cape agulhas as
being the southernmost point of south africa which it is and this being the most northerly point
we are as far away as we can get from cape agulhas and still be in south africa
we entered the park at phabini gate which is just outside the town of hazy view in mpumalanga
our destination for the day was shingwedzi rest camp which is just over 300 kilometers
a six-hour drive at 50 kilometers an hour and even longer with stops for game viewing
past trips to the kruger the elephants have actually been quite chill but i don't know
what was with them this time we encountered quite a few aggressive elephants along the way
the northern parts of the kruger is not traditionally good for
big cat predators so we were thrilled to encounter a pair
of cheetahs and we had them all to ourselves not another car in sight
is one of the older rest camps in the kruger i will confirm that i stand under correction
it's in the north of the kruger it's not the most northerly camp the most northerly camp
is punda maria which is quite a good distance further on we are just spending one night here
the camp was actually almost totally obliterated in a big flood in 2013. it's right on the river
on the shingwedzi river and the water was kind of waist or chest high where i'm walking a lot
of it has been rebuilt and it's been renovated so far finding it to be an awesome rest camp the
campsite is very nice and shady you can book a campsite on the fence you pay a bit extra
really hot today like 38 degrees so we took the easy way out and hired a chalet with aircon
so apart from the campsites there are a whole bunch of options available in chalets to suit
most budgets and most needs and all of them are well equipped got everything you need the mapani
trees give loads of shade there is a swimming pool i didn't find it but it is there somewhere
apparently next morning it was a hundred odd kilometer trip to crook's corner it was a gray
rainy day completely different to the one before and the elephants we encountered seemed a lot more
chilled than the ones up to now crooks corner is the most northerly part of the kruger national
park and the meeting point of south africa mozambique and zimbabwe is in the middle of
the limpopo river in days gone by those wanting to escape the law in south africa would go to the no
man's land in the middle of the river and likewise those wanting to escape the law in rhodesia as
it was then or mozambique would do the same and that's where the name crook's corner comes from
we've seen most parts of the kruger by now but i must say honestly that this is probably the most
beautiful part of all you don't generally need a four-wheel drive vehicle anywhere in the kruger
but i gotta say in these wet muddy conditions i was quite happy to be driving one
we are at the most northerly part of the kruger national park
at crook's corner which is the meeting point of south africa
zimbabwe and mozambique and it's on the limpopo river which is right here yes
i can definitely hear something i'm going to keep this short because i'm outside the car and we did
hear kind of a noise in the bush over there i'm not quite sure what animal might be there so
i'm standing right next to the car there's the door so i can get into the car very quickly
anyway this is crooks corner where crooks could go to escape the law there's no border
control there's no fence there's no guards or anything just as it was back in the old days
there are no facilities at the crooks corner viewpoint but not too far
away is a pafuri picnic site there's ablutions and even a braai spot there
and another somewhat aggressive elephant on our way out where we exited at the phala borwa gate
definitely recommend the northern kruger we'll be back if you like this
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