Both Andy and Caragh have long a long family history of life in Kenya, and today they live on Kenya's north coast running Manda Bay. Caragh met Andy whilst he was farming in the Mara with his brother Willy. Her mother was guiding horseback safaris at the time and based her horses on Willy's farm.

Caragh’s grandparents had moved to Kenya after 1st World War. An officer in the British Army, her grandfather put in a bid for a farm in Kenya under the Soldier Settlement Scheme and was allocated a patch of land on the slopes of Mount Kenya close to the Dyer's Farm – Kisima. He later decided to go into dairy farming and move closer to Nairobi to a farm called Broomhill. His wife and young family soon followed. Caragh’s father, Peter, grew up in Kenya and was shipped off to England for his senior school years, later to go to Cambridge University. He later joined the Army and met Caragh’s mother in Ireland. They were married and lived in Southern England until the outbreak of the War. After the war they bought their own farm in Kenya in a small farming area on the western side of the Great Rift Valley. Caragh’s Mother Liza, and Bimbi’s mother Chou, were best of friends. Both families sold their farms a few years after Kenyan Independence (1963). Bimbi’s family moved to Spain and Caragh’s parents moved to Broomhill. Caragh was brought up on Broomhill in her Grandparents house, spending all her childhood years in Kenya and then to England for senior school education and a stint living in London before returning home to work.

Andy & Caragh got married in December 1990 and moved to Borana Ranch, Mount Kenya, to build Laragai. Having completed the house, Andy then moved to Southern Sudan for 4 years to build roads. In 1997 Andy moved his family to join him in Uganda, where he continued with the construction business until 2000 when he sold his shares in the company and moved back to Kenya. Andy worked with Willy for another couple of years, helping with flying guests into Rusinga Island and basing the family in the Masai Mara. In 2002, Andy & Caragh moved to the coast – to a family home in Watamu on the North Coast. The Roberts and Dyers (Fuzz & Bimbi) spent many days fishing together at Watamu as both their children are all of the same age and very close. Fuzz and Andy bought a fishing boat – later called Cheza, and over the next year, they actively decided to look for a new venture on the Northern Kenyan coast. This was Manda of course, and they have successfully been running this small 16-bed lodge since December 2003.