Ta Xua flying white clouds

Located in Bac Yen district (Son La), upland commune Ta Xua is favored by tourists called ‘Cloud Heaven’. Not only a bright spot on the provincial tourist map, Ta Xua is also attractive with two famous specialties: ancient Shan Tuyet tea and cat apple.

A corner of Ta Xua, a favorite “cloud hunting” destination of many tourists. Located in Bac Yen district (Son La), highland commune Ta Xua is favored by tourists called “Heaven of clouds”. Not only a bright spot on the provincial tourist map, Ta Xua is also attractive with two famous specialties: ancient Shan Tuyet tea and cat apple. Cloud hunting is a phrase that young people love to travel referring to when they come to Ta Xua. Located adjacent to Tram Tau (Yen Bai) and Bac Yen (Son La), at an altitude of nearly 2,000 m, cool year-round climate, fresh air, Ta Xua is a small mountain range surrounded by layers of hills. majestic mountains, cloud cover year round. The tourism potential of Ta Xua in recent years has been strongly exploited when many people choose this upland commune to establish a career, build homestay, develop accommodation services and other convenient services. More than 200 km from Hanoi, it takes more than four hours to travel along Highway 32 – Trung Ha bridge – Thanh Son – Thu Cuc – Phu Yen – Bac Yen. From the center of Bac Yen district, crossing the winding road, the two sides of jagged rock about 13 km, tourists have arrived in Ta Xua and started the journey to explore the dinosaur spine hill, dolphin’s head. lonely cat apple tree or explore the winding terraced fields on the hillside in Xím Vang commune … The right time to come to Ta Xua to explore the cloudy paradise from October to April every year. However, whether you are lucky enough to hunt clouds or not, it depends a lot on the weather factors. The difference in temperature between day and night is the factor that makes you successful in cloud hunting. The occurrence of light rain the night before can help visitors admire the sea of ​​clouds. When the sun shines brightly down the cloudy valley, the whole space is lit up with the same majestic mountains, majestic mountains, foggy tables … people suddenly feel overwhelmed by the natural scenery. The attractions when coming to Ta Xua can not help but come to the dinosaur spine hill, dolphin’s head, lonely tree, hydropower … Dinosaur spine is about 12 km from Ta Xua center, located at an altitude of about 1,400 m above sea level, is an interesting sunrise spot. Groups of young people pass each other on motorbikes over the winding mountain pass roads, one side is a cliff, one side of the valley is full of white, watching the terraced fields in the water pouring season, promising Golden season appointment. Not only exploring the unspoiled natural landscape, visitors also experience life and enjoy typical dishes such as sturgeon soup, banana flower salad, pickled bamboo shoots in chilli, black chicken, grilled fish of the people. H’mong here. Coming to Ta Xua, visitors can also explore the snowy Shan tea hills with ancient tea trees that are hundreds of years old, experience tea picking and tea stars with H’Mong boys and girls and enjoy Shan tea cups. sweet snow, fragrant smoke. Located at a year-round altitude of cloud cover and high humidity, Shan Tuyet Ta Xua tea has a sweet taste unlike other types of tea. Making a new teapot to welcome us, Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Oanh, homestay owner of the Apple House (No. 5 Ban May Street, Ta Xua center) said: With rich natural resources, diverse, with elements special characteristics, indigenous culture, tourism development is creating jobs for local people at the same time developing the local economy. Despite being favored by nature, having potentials and strengths, Ta Xua is still quite untouched due to unfavorable travel roads, difficult infrastructure and traffic. Compared to 2015, when emerging as a favorite cloud hunting spot for adventure travelers, Ta Xua today is more crowded and bustling, however tourism activities are still primitive, spontaneous, and basic. material and tourism services are still limited. With the advantages of nature, tourism development is the right direction, but it is necessary to have a well-planned plan so that Ta Xua can develop sustainably both economic and cultural life and maintain its own traditional identity. ethnic minorities.