The Great Northern Road Trip will not only allow you to get off the beaten path and see the actual natural wonders and indigenous communities and also offers an opportunity to capture the best part of stunning Northwest autumn with a magical sea of clouds and golden rice terraces. When fall comes, Sapa and Mu Cang Chai are painted with yellow from ripe rice terraces which is an agricultural feat of precision- rugged mountains blanketed with golden stairways that, seemingly, ascend to the heavens above while Ta Xua mountain is a coved by an unparalleled elegance of cloud.