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Odzala is a piece of paradise and one that is colorfully populated.

Odzala National Park covers an incredible 13 600km2 (1.36 million hectares/3.36 million acres) and represents an essential part of both the greater Congo Basin system and the groundbreaking TRIDOM Transfrontier Park which combines adjacent national parks in Gabon and Cameroon, as well as Congo. Famed for its biodiversity, Odzala is renowned as one of the last refuges of the African forest elephant (listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN). Forest elephants are threatened by poaching for ivory, and by habitat loss due to deforestation. Elephant poaching was historically a significant issue in Odzala, but since African Parks (APN) took over management of the Park in 2010, a more effective approach to law enforcement has seen a number of poachers arrested. Forest elephants are now moving back into the Park – a sure sign that it is offering them sanctuary. The TRIDOM Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (TFCA) of which Odzala is part, now supports the largest forest elephant population in Central Africa.