Namibia: National Heritage Sites are still closed! [update]

update (22 May 2020): The Heritage Sites in Namibia are still closed, but the National Heritage Council of Namibia (NHC) hopes that it will soon change. We'll keep you posted!

The National Heritage Council of Namibia (NHC), the national administrative body responsible for the protection of Namibia's natural and cultural heritage, has announced that all heritage sites in the country are still closed until further directives are given by Namibia's Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture. However, the Head Office and Technical Office of the NHC in Windhoek are operational. The closed heritage sites in Namibia are:

• Twyfelfontein World Heritage Site
• Petrified Forest National Heritage Site
• Hoba Meteorite National Heritage Site
• Heroes Acre National Heritage Site
• Burnt Mountain National Heritage Site
• Zieben Platten National Heritage Site
• Brandberg Mountain National Heritage Site
• Lake Otjikoto National Heritage Site
• Eenhana Shire National Heritage Site
• Ondeshifilwa National Heritage Site
• Organ Pipes National Heritage Site
• Omugulugwoombashe National Heritage Site