Caroline, Willie & Sue's daughter, has built a small twelve-bed lodge with her husband Ross Withey on Samatian Island, Lake Baringo in the Rift Valley in south-west Kenya.  This six room private island lodge is owned and hosted by Caroline and Ross and their two little boys. Caroline has always lived in unusual, out-of-the-way places: whilst growing up, she lived on Samatian Island and in the Masai Mara, her parents being great adventurers and pioneers of new areas for tourism ventures. Ross was brought up in Limuru, a tea-growing area outside Nairobi. He was educated in Kenya before going to Seal Hayne, University of Plymouth in South England and Ball State University in Indiana USA, where he qualified in Hotel Management. Caroline and Ross took over the management of Samatian Island in 2000 and have developed it into a delightful, eco-friendly lodge. Ross also organizes safaris around Kenya and Tanzania, and has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro over 20 times. Caroline and Ross were married in June 2004 at Lewa Downs in Northern Kenya. In January 2006 their son Charlie was born, followed by Danny in August 2007. Caroline and Ross are very involved in the Ruko Community Wildlife Trust (RCWT), which was formed to unite the two tribes of Rugus and Komolion area to bring peace and prosperity to their environment and communities. The Njemps and Pokot people of the eastern shores of Lake Baringo are now working hand in hand to create a sustainable future for their people, livestock, environment and wildlife.

Samatian is a million miles from the hustle and bustle of traffic. It exudes a feeling of wellness and relaxation, turning the days into a myriad of changing colours and moods from the cool mornings into hot dry days with reflective stillness, whipping up into refreshing winds and stormy clouds, only to retreat back into the depth of falling shadows and calm waters by nightfall.