Things to do in Rotorua

We are going to rotorua at the end of the year with our 1 year old. does anyone have any ideas of what would be suitable activities

There is a nice walk up the Hamurana spring that you can see the trout in the water etc, took DH's 3yo cousin and he loved it

There is also a walk up the Ngongotaha Stream which according to my neighbour is lovely.

On weekends at the lake front there is usually a market, mini fire engine rides, and a couple of playgrounds that are neat for kids.

HTH - Tauranga or the Mount are only 40mins away so you could always spend a day at the beach if you are not keen on the lakes?

my 18month old loved patting the lion, he also loved the luge. But 1 year old probably not so suited!

Theres a neat playground on the lake edge, and the site seeing helicopters and boats go from there too, so DS loved watching them come and go.

poly pools were ok, but overpriced for what they were, I reckon a heated pool in a hotel would be better (and cheaper)

We stayed at a rotorua hideaway lodge, was cheap and not too fancy but they had llamas, pigs, dogs cows sheep and ducks on site so every morning while DH slept in DS and I went farming. It was neat fun for him being a city boy!

The soundshell market is on every other weekends.