Eleven new teams of 2 travel from Los Angeles, California to Bora Bora, French Polynesia. The game changes when it is revealed that the first team to check in at the Pit Stop will receive two Express Passes, one that they can use themselves and the other that they must give to another team of their choice before the fourth leg.
The ten remaining teams stay in Bora Bora, French Polynesia, where they have to choose between setting up for an underwater picnic or diving for pearls at the Detour.
The nine remaining teams travel from Bora Bora, French Polynesia to Windwhistle, New Zealand. One team has to undergo medical treatment that will decide whether or not they can continue in the race.
The nine teams continue racing as they travel from Windwhistle, New Zealand to Uluwatu, Indonesia. Several teams face the prospect of unravelling at a detail-oriented Detour choice.
The seven teams stay in Botswana as they travel from Xhumaga to Maun. The teams have to transport two small goats up a river by canoe at the Road Block.
The six remaining teams travel from Maun, Botswana to Grindelwald, Switzerland, where at the Switchback, they revisit a classic challenge when they grapple with giant wheels of cheese.
The five remaining teams travel from Grindelwald, Switzerland to Berlin, Germany, where they have to take a 37-storey plunge. At the Road Block, one person from each team takes a twisted journey through a psychedelic labyrinth.