In time the inner lagoon lost its saltiness and all that remains today are two small lakes, wetlands and marshy taro fields.

He moved between the houses, vacant now in the early morning, the women working in the taro field, the men lounging in various patches of shade.

There are small lakes, wetlands, and marshy taro fields in the islands that are unique.

In pre-contact Moloka'i the valley had a population of more than 1000 and a complex irrigation system watering extensive taro fields, but today is nearly uninhabited.

The grounds of the Lahaina Public Library were once the site of a royal taro field; Kamehameha III occasionally toiled in the mud here to instill in his subjects the dignity of labor.

The largest islands have taro fields.

The "conversion of flooded taro fields to dry sugar-cane acreage" destroys parts of this species' habitat.

Plentiful taro fields in the Hanalei Valley on Kauai (Photo Credit: NASS Hawaii Field Office)

Everywhere we go, it's a wild ride on the back of a quad bike zooming over red dirt trails, through forests of tropical fruit trees, past taro fields and the ever-present rock ledges named after people who fell off them.

In the free 90-minute tour, you'll learn where the springs, taro fields and royal residences were before hotels moved in.