Within the spectacular Paracas National Reserve, the cathedral cave (La Catedral), is home to a large colony of bats. A family of sea otters (known in Peru as Gatos Marinos, or "Sea Cats") lives under the cave's floor. The cave lies at the end of a vast, curved gravelly beach whose waves are so strong that local fishermen call it Playa Supay (or "Devil's Beach").

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