Cilento National Park - Vallivona Sinkhole
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 1.55 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 381 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,057 ft
- TrailRank
- 39
- Min elevation
- 3,654 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 99
- Uploaded
- July 6, 2010
- Recorded
- July 2010
near Sanza, Campania (Italia)
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Itinerary description
The Vallivona sinkhole is a more than 100-m deep karst cenote collecting rainwater from the Vallivona basin on the Cervati mount. It provided also access to the Vallivona karst cave system. Now the cave main entrance is blocked by a wall for safety concerns.
The pit bottom can be easily visited through a 500-length tunnel (a water duct dug into the rock now dismissed) during the summer, when the tunnel and the pit are is nearly dry, excepting for some little pods.
The pit bottom can be easily visited through a 500-length tunnel (a water duct dug into the rock now dismissed) during the summer, when the tunnel and the pit are is nearly dry, excepting for some little pods.
Waypoints
Spelunking
Alpine Climbing
3,934 ft
Vallivona Sinkhole
The bottom of the sinkhole. It is not accessible unless during the dry season. There are some little pods, eventually a little waterfall and several hygrophila plants.
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3,945 ft
Panoramic point
In this point is possible to observe the sinkhole from above the south edge
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