Mawe Mbili
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Mawe Mbili is a volcanic rock formation on the northern edge of the Elmenteita Badlands and within the Soysambu Conservancy, in Nakuru County of Rift Valley Province, southern Kenya[citation needed]. The rock formation is located at the base of Scout Hat Hill, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Lake Elmenteita and northwest of Nairobi.
In Swahili the name Mawe Mbili means 2 stones, referring to two lava ash monoliths, about 2 metres (6.6 ft) in height, which rise from a small grassland clearing in the lava badlands. The Elmenteita Badlands are a Holocene Epoch volcanic lava flow [citation needed]. One of the stones has a cavity at the base of it, large enough to sit in and used in times past as a shelter in bad weather for herdsmen looking after cattle in the area.
The monoliths are in a natural clearing in the lleleshwa (Tarchonanthus camphoratus) shrublands. In the area there are occasional Elephant's toothbrush (Cussonia spicata) and Fig trees (Ficus spp.).
