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The upper Vallone Porto is made of two branches that join 100 m above Nocelle bridge. Main branch is the left one, a deep majestic canyon, grand and beautiful. But the right branch is majestic and beautiful too, with dark narrows reminding the lower Porto, and a very deep and dangerous cascade at the junction with left branch.

You can descend the right branch alone, exiting at Nocelle bridge, or continue through lower Porto narrows.

Name	Vallone Porto - Ramo destro
Area	Campania, Costiera Amalfitana
Nearest village	Positano
Elevation loss	430 m
Length	800 m
Highest cascade	150 m
Rock	Limestone
Rating	7
Shuttle	No
Explored by	G. Sessa, A. Fiore, D. Napoli; 2002

I remember ...

During the re-exploration of the upper Porto's main branch I noticed the very high dryfall with which right branch joins to main one. It looked like a fossil cascade, covered by bushes and vegetation, so I thought right branch was not interesting for canyoning: simply another fossil open valley ending on the edge of a rock wall, I thought.

Some time later Giuseppe Antonini had a different impression of cascade and the valley above. So one day of winter 2012 he went descending it, alone. And he was right: there were beautiful narrows but, surprise!, canyon was heavily bolted.
Once at home Giuseppe looked for news on the former exploration. At last he found who were the explorers: 3 local climbers. Their intention was not canyoning, they were searching for a new climbing route, but they realized there was something strange in that valley, so they descended it. Probably they were not completely aware of what they might have found, but they brought many bolts with them, so they could get to the bottom of c150.