 In Central Park in New York City, eleven teams begin the Amazing Race. The teams are as follows: Rob and Brennan: lawyers and friends, Frank and Margarita: separated parents, Joe and Bill: a gay couple also known as Team Guido, Kevin and Drew: fraternity brothers and friends, Nancy and Emily: mother and daughter, Lenny and Karyn: dating, Paul and Amie: engaged couple, Dave and Margaretta: older, married couple, Pat and Brenda: working moms, Kim and Leslie: single teachers and friends, Matt and Ana: married. Upon host Phil Keoghan s signal, the teams race to John F. Kennedy airport to take flights to Johannesburg, South Africa. Traveling by taxi and subway, all of the teams eventually arrive at the airport and board flights. Upon arrival in Johannesburg, teams must find a local airport and book charter flights to Zambia leaving the next morning. Once they are in Zambia, they can either hire a driver or drive themselves--some teams chose to use a local driver. The first stop of the morning is Victoria Falls, specifically to a location named the Knife s Edge. The teams receive a clue telling them to make their way to Batoka Gorge. Hiking down to Boiling Point, Rob and Brennan snag the fast-forward which allows them to skip ahead to the first pit stop of the race. The other teams face the detour named air or land, where they either zip line, and then bungee to the bottom of the gorge (air) or hike to the bottom of the gorge (land). All of the teams choose the air option. After the task is complete, teams receive a clue sending them to pit stop at Songwe Village. The teams arrive at the pit stop in the following order, 1. Rob and Brennan (due to the fast-forward), 2. Joe and Bill, 3. Frank and Margarita, 4. Lenny and Karyn, 5. Pat and Brenda, 6. Kim and Leslie, 7. Dave and Margaretta, 8. Paul and Amie, 9. Kevin and Drew, 10. Nancy and Emily, 11. Matt and Ana. Matt and Ana are the least team to arrive and are eliminated from the race.