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The Bussento cave oasis – Morigerati is located inside a Site of Community Importance in the municipality of Morigerati, National Park of Cilento and Vallo di Diano. Its extension is of 607 hectares, along a canyon, which is possible to reach through a path starting in the old town, which coasts a river with springs and waterfalls with an ancient mill, till arriving to the cave where there is the spring of the karstic river Bussento.

There is a lush vegetation with moss, ferns and trees like willows (Salix spp.), alders (Alnus spp.), holm oaks (Quercus ilex), downy oaks (Quercus pubescens), ash trees (Fraxinus excelsior), horn beams(Carpinus betulus), tree spurges (Euphorbia dendroides) and Pistacia lentiscus.
The fauna includes trouts, crayfishes, crabs, wild cats and wolfs. There are also predatory birds, common kestrels and kites.

The Oasis is equipped with a natural trail and an area for the visit of the caves

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