Calistoga’s OriginalMud Baths

Getting good and dirty is cleansing when you do it right. We show you how with Dr. Wilkinson’s volcanic mud, so you come away with a radiant complexion and a revitalized sense of well-being. Our six-step process uses mineral-rich properties to exfoliate and cleanse your skin, promote circulation, sooth inflammation, and even relieve pain.

Benefits of Mud

Draws out impurities from the skin
Exfoliates dead skin cells
Relaxes sore muscles and joints
Improves skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis
Relieves pain from rheumatoid arthritis
Rapidly increases body temperature, blood flow, metabolic rate, and tissue extensibility
Increases oxygen uptake
Accelerates tissue healing

Our Services

"The Works" Treatment

Doc and Edy's treatments have been continually enhanced for nearly 70 years for a timeless, world-renowned experience.

1Preparation

Start with a steamy, cleansing mineral shower as you prepare to sink into your one-of-a-kind mud bath experience.

2Thermotherapy

As our secret formula of volcanic ash, peat moss, and mineral water envelops you, you feel open, energetic, alive…and hot!

3Hydrotherapy

Be still in your private whirlpool filled with our famous underground spring-fed mineral waters and let your body absorb critical minerals like zinc, sulfur, magnesium, calcium and bromine.

4Geothermal Steam

Step into our steam room where our special Calistoga mineral water is transformed into geothermal steam to rid the body of toxins and continue your relaxation journey.

5Blanket Wrap

You’re sealing in the minerals. Oh wait, you’re…falling…asleep.

6Massage Therapy

But wait - there’s more? Yes. A soothing massage leaves you dazed and amused. You’ve never felt like this before.

Ahhh…!

For your final step in your treatment, we invite you to soak in our hot mineral pools and relax in our spa garden - Doc’s orders. Welcome to the new you, and oh, the new you feels good!

Mud Bathing the Doc Wilkinson’s Way

Feel good. Have fun. Our reimagined spa offers four mud baths, a geothermal mineral pool, and eight new mineral baths, along with falling water treatments, CBD and aromatherapy experiences, and new outdoor treatment rooms.

Choose the best therapeutic mud treatment for your specific needs. We offer single and couples’ versions of our famous package, The Works, which includes mud bath treatment, mineral whirlpool bath infused with Epsom salts, a facial mask, and massage. And don’t forget The Mudslinger, a 60-minute treatment with mud bath, mineral whirlpool bath infused with Epsom salts, geo-steam room time, facial mask, and a blanket wrap.

Our Treatments