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The reason for it being named Crooks Corner is that in the old days poachers mostly and other thieves fled from one country to the other there by just hopping over the Limpopo to resist arrest.

No wonder there was a police station established there nearby.

To get to Crooks Corner, you will need to stay at one of the most Northern Camps, Punda or Pafuri camp preferably.
You then leave for the Pafuri picnic spot and drive right past it towards the east.

Follow that most beautifull scenic gravel road in the Park until you get to a t-junction.
Left goes to Crooks Corner and right takes you to the border post and police station.

This is the easiest road and also the most scenic one.
There is an alternative which will bring you to the police station first and then allows you to head northwards towards Crooks Corner, but I prefer the first.

I have never been to crooks corner.
I wanted to go with my last visit in Shingwedzi, but of course I overdid the driving during the visit and just couldn't bring myself to do that long drive.
Next time though for sure.

Not sure if you can make it from Shingwedzi and back in a day?

I think it would be pushing it from Shingwedzi, u r right.
There are way too many beautifull places to be seen up there and it would have taken quite some time in doing so.
Better remember next time to go check it out.

Yes it is in Kruger, no you normally can't get there and yes a lot of the forumites have been there....

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You're absolutely correct. That's quick considering that you normally see it from the other side

When were you there for both rivers to be so dry?

That picture was taken on 28 November 2005.
The picture below was taken just a week later from the more familiar side of Crooks Corner

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Sorry for the confusion Salva

I meant you can't normally get to where I was standing because you're not allowed to go there.
The view KNP visitors have is from the other side.
I was allowed to be there because I was staying in the Makuleke.
Technically speaking where I'm standing is still the Makuleke concession.


When we arrived in the Makuleke the Limpopo was dry and the Luvuvhu had a trinkle of water in it.
My second picture was taken about a week later when the Luvuvhu came down in force.
Pafuri Camp was worried that the camp would flood!
We heard all the commotion on the radio and we raced down to have a look.
This is what we saw (picture taken from Luvuvhu Bridge)
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This is one of the last pictures I took at Crooks Corner at 16 December.
Both the Limpopo and the Luvuvhu were flowing at the time.
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That pic from the Luvuvhu bridge is awesome! Just like you I saw a little water in the Luvuvhu (but not at Crook's corner) and none in the Limpopo! I was surprised by the fact that a mighty river as the Limpopo was completely dry!

Hi All

Love the pics, It's really nice too see such rivers flowing again, which is not very often.

Regards
Java

It is quite amazing that the Limpopo does dry up. I was there in July 2005 and you could have walked across both the Limpopo and the Luvuvhu without getting you feet wet.

I was also in makuleke in late 2004, and went to Crooks corner several times.
It wasn't far from where we were camped, about a 20 minute drive.
On one occasion three of us walked along the bush track and through the paths made by buffalo to get onto the Limpopo river bed at crooks corner and form there we did a quick trip to Zimbabwe.
We were almost expecting to be reported as poachers as on our return we found tourists watching us from the carpark on the other side of the Luvuvu river which was still flowing and full of hippos at that spot.

Here's some 'photos we took at Crooks Corner in July 2005. We were lucky enough to stay at the new Parfuri Camp for a couple of nights:-





The Limpopo was dry but there was enough water left in the Luvuvhu to keep the Hippos & Crocs happy!

Was yesterdays earthquake felt in the north-east region of the park? I guess it was if they felt it in J'berg & Durban. No damage or injuries I hope?

Yes I wonder if any of the forumites felt the earth quake, for those of us of shore all we get is the news....."The quake, a magnitude 7.5, hit central Mozambique at midnight local time Thursday and was felt throughout several neighboring countries, including South Africa and Zimbabwe" 7.5 is a significant event....

We spent some time at Crooks Corner on Sunday.
Took pictures of a giant kingfisher and watched the remains of a wildebeest (probably a crocodile kill) flow rapidly by (the Limpopo was flowing quite strong).
It was quite an experience.
I have never seen too much water there before.