The Amazing Race 2

Hosted by Phil Keoghan, it featured eleven teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, competing in a race around the world to win US$1,000,000.

Starting in Pahrump, Nevada, racers traveled through Brazil, South Africa, Namibia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand before returning to the United States, traveling through Hawaii and Alaska, and finishing in the San Francisco Bay Area.

[1] The Amazing Race 2 featured first-time visits to Brazil, Namibia, Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong, and was the first season to travel to the continents of South America and Oceania.

[3] In addition, host Phil Keoghan and a local greeter welcomed all teams arriving at the Pit Stops at the end of each leg.

The Amazing Race 2 received positive reviews with the final footrace to the finish often regarded as one of the show's best moments.

[14][15][16] Linda Holmes of Television Without Pity wrote that "the teams weren't as compelling as personalities this go-round" compared to the previous season but it was "still just a really good show.

[18] Kareem Gantt of Screen Rant wrote that this season was "where the show finally gained its sea legs.

The overview of Pahrump, Nevada , from Pahrump Valley was the starting line of The Amazing Race 2 .
Oswald Mendez and Danny Jimenez
Blake Mycoskie
The route of The Amazing Race 2.
In Rio de Janeiro , teams traveled to Sugarloaf Mountain where they found the season's first Detour.
Teams visited Iguaçu Falls in Brazil during the second half of this leg.
In Cape Town , teams traveled to Robben Island , where former President Nelson Mandela was once imprisoned.
Teams found the Fast Forward clue at the Swakopmund Lighthouse in Namibia .
After arriving in Bangkok , teams traveled to the Erawan Shrine , where they had to perform a Detour.
The Asian elephants of Northern Thailand were featured on this leg.
In Hong Kong , teams traveled to Central Plaza , where they had to search the skyline for the Star Ferry .
While in Sydney , teams visited the Sydney Opera House for the start of the Roadblock.
Teams began this leg by climbing to the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge .
In the Quick Jump Detour task, teams had to bungee jump 450 feet (140 m) off the Nevis Highwire Platform .
The Fast Forward in this leg required one team to do a scree run down Mount Tarawera , New Zealand's North Island dormant volcano.
Teams traveled to the island of Molokini in Hawaii to perform a Roadblock.
Fort Baker in Sausalito, California , overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge , hosted the finish line of The Amazing Race 2 .