Cloud hunting in Ta Xua (Son La Province).

About 14 km from Bac Yen town, Ta Xua is known to tourists for its steep roads and dangerous hairpin bends, but this is what creates a special attraction for tourists who love cloud hunting.

From about April to October of the year, Ta Xua converges with all the ideal factors of humidity, high temperature difference between day and night, lots of warm sunshine and fog to prepare visitors for the most beautiful cloud-hunting trip.

At this time, when coming to Ta Xua, visitors will admire the rolling waterfalls of clouds covering the majestic high mountains running along the horizon and pouring down to the sea of ​​white clouds floating in the valley, covering the simple houses nestled under the green plum and peach trees.

According to the experience of local people and backpackers, to get the most ideal cloud-hunting photos, visitors should choose to go at dawn or dusk. These are the two most reasonable time frames to immerse yourself in the fairyland of Ta Xua cloud paradise. Visitors can gather with loved ones and friends to enjoy the warm flavor of Ta Xua tea - a famous specialty of the Mong ethnic group and immerse themselves in the cool, fresh air.

In addition to the cloud valley right in the center of Ta Xua commune, Dinh Gio cloud valley, the cloud valley in Mong Vang area of ​​Ta Xua village..., visitors can also choose a cloud hunting spot on Hang Dong Dinosaur's Spine. This is a nearly 2 km long dirt road located on a mountain top more than 2,000m above sea level in the majestic Ta Xua range.

Here, visitors can experience the extremely adventurous feeling when moving on the trail with two vertical cliffs on both sides. Many sections are only wide enough for a motorbike wheel. But when reaching the end of the dinosaur's spine, visitors will be overwhelmed when seeing the towering mountains, terraced fields hidden among the magical floating clouds.

Ta Xua also has ancient Shan Tuyet tea hills hundreds of years old, closely associated with the life and culture of the Mong ethnic group. One of the most mentioned natural ancient tea forests is located in Be village, Ta Xua commune. This is a natural tea forest with more than 200 ancient tea trees over 300 years old, many tea trunks covered with lichen, mistletoe, and moss. 

Coming to Be village, in addition to exploring the natural ancient tea forest, visitors can learn about the process of harvesting and manually drying tea of ​​the Mong ethnic group and choose tea products as gifts.

During the cloud-hunting journey in Ta Xua, to make the trip more interesting, visitors can choose to explore some other attractive destinations such as terraced fields (Xim Vang commune), Khe Ho ancient stone carvings (Hang Chu commune), lotus lake (Hua Nhan commune), Pu Nhi pine hill…