Day 3 : Trek Lago-la Base Camp over Lago-la to Rakuruk Doksa, 9 hrs.

Getting higher and higher towards the North, one comes across the lake Tso Chiang Gongma at 5.180 m and reaches the pass Lago-la on 5400 m after 2.5 – 3 hrs of trek post departure. From here you’ll get a great view over the Zanskar range to the South and the Saltoro Range to the North. On descending towards lower plains, one first has to cross a little glacier/snowfield, depending on time of the year and snowfall. At the end the snow melts into water and gurgles down the valley and joins a river named Rhakura. At 5.100 m one comes across a huge valley filled with violet colored flowers. To get down towards lower altitude, one has to walk across several camping possibilities and eventually reach an old shepherd's place called Rakuruk. Doksa is located at the junction between two valleys.In the last few decades, some landslides had brought down huge boulders and covered the old tracks and hence became dangerous for the horses. But there has been a lot of work since then in making the track easier for the horses and also putting up stone piles to navigate following trekking groups. Camp will be set at 4.720 m after the last river-crossing (there have been 2-3 river crossings so far).