{"id":6030,"date":"2018-11-02T07:17:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T07:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/?p=6030"},"modified":"2019-07-04T14:35:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T13:35:44","slug":"zimbabwe-makes-lonely-planets-best-in-travel-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/02\/zimbabwe-makes-lonely-planets-best-in-travel-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe Makes Lonely Planet&#8217;s \u201cBest In Travel\u201d List!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Zimbabwe has secured third place on Lonely Planet\u2019s top 10 list of the Best Countries To Visit In 2019.&nbsp;&nbsp;Aside from being one of Africa\u2019s safest destinations, its &#8220;ultra-friendly locals, Big Five-filled national parks, World Heritage-listed archaeological ruins, forested mountains and, of course, the mighty Victoria Falls,&#8221; were rated highly by the guidebook publisher.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6032\" src=\"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Carlos-Eduardo_tour-3.jpg\" alt=\"Carlos Eduardo_tour (3)\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Carlos-Eduardo_tour-3.jpg 560w, https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Carlos-Eduardo_tour-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/>With record numbers of travellers already visiting the Victoria Falls back in May, next year Zimbabwe is poised to break even more records, our<a href=\"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/search?tourStyles=1,2,3,4,5&amp;countries=8&amp;highlights=all&amp;discounted=0&amp;topSeller=0&amp;new=0&amp;duration=3,58\"><strong> tours<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;visiting the Victoria Falls, Hwange National Park (the Big Five haunt said to rival the Kruger), and Bulawayo, the gateway to Matobo National Park (home to the Matobo Hills rock formations and Stone Age cave art), where you can enjoy heart-pumping rhino walking safaris.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6033\" src=\"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Carlos-Eduardo_tour-8.jpg\" alt=\"Carlos Eduardo_tour (8)\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Carlos-Eduardo_tour-8.jpg 560w, https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Carlos-Eduardo_tour-8-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/>Book one of our Camping Overland or Accommodated Overland Tours, Small Group Safaris or head out on our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/search?tourStyles=1,2,3,4,5&amp;countries=8&amp;highlights=all&amp;discounted=0&amp;topSeller=0&amp;new=0&amp;duration=3,58\"><b>5-day Hwange &amp; Victoria Falls<\/b><\/a>, a new addition to our Short Safaris &amp; Treks collection, the itinerary focusing solely on Zimbabwe. The tour includes game drives in Hwange National Park, guided visits to the Painted Dog Project and the Victoria Falls and a Zambezi Sunset Cruise. Daily departures available from 02 January 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6034\" src=\"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Carlos-Eduardo_tour-6.jpg\" alt=\"Carlos Eduardo_tour (6)\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Carlos-Eduardo_tour-6.jpg 560w, https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Carlos-Eduardo_tour-6-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/>You can also enjoy a taster of Zimbabwe and the Acacia Africa experience online, by following Mik &amp; Valerie, the bloggers behind <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.suitcasestories.be\/\">SuitcaseStories<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;The couple will be visiting Zimbabwe on our <a href=\"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/tour-styles\/camping-overland-1\"><strong>40-day Southern African Adventure<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, their camping overland tour departing this Saturday the 03rd of November.<\/p>\n<p>Images by Carlos Eduardo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe has secured third place on Lonely Planet\u2019s top 10 list of the Best Countries To Visit In 2019.&nbsp;&nbsp;Aside from being one of Africa\u2019s safest destinations, its &#8220;ultra-friendly locals, Big&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6035,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,29,32,458,33,28],"tags":[50,52,60,75,88,94,95,124,128,188,214,249,497,297,301,305,319,378,578,619,421,433],"class_list":["post-6030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-acacia","category-accommodated-overlanding","category-overland","category-short-safaris-and-treks","category-small-group-safari","category-zimbabwe","tag-africa","tag-africa-overland-tour","tag-african-overlanding","tag-big-five","tag-budget","tag-camping","tag-camping-safari","tag-conservation","tag-culture","tag-game-viewing","tag-hwange-national-park","tag-local-responsible-travel","tag-matobo-national-park","tag-overland-africa","tag-overlanding","tag-photography","tag-responsible-tourism","tag-travel","tag-victoria-falls-activities","tag-victoria-falls-national-park","tag-wildlife","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zimbabwe Makes Lonely Planet&#039;s \u201cBest In Travel\u201d List!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Visiting Zimbabwe? 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