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The second series of Celebrity Race Across The World sprinted into action on BBC One on 14 August – and this time contestants are navigating the Amazon and the Andes in South America.
Four new famous faces are competing to make their way across countries without the aid of transport, smartphones and bank cards.
TV personality Jeff Brazier and his son Freddy, actor Kola Bokinni and his cousin Mary, former glamour model Kelly Brook and her husband Jeremy, and Radio 2 host Scott Mills and his husband Sam are relying on their wits to make it to the other side of the continent.
The 12,500km race began in Belem, northern Brazil, before passing through five checkpoints across the length of South America, with the finish line in Frutillar in southern Chile.
Tim Harcourt, chief creative officer of Studio Lambert said: “After the phenomenally successful run of the first celebrity series, and more recently the fourth series of the regular series - we can’t wait to bring audiences along with us to the huge South American continent and its jaw-dropping scenery, in a race which will push our celebrities and their loved ones to their absolute limits.”
With the final stretch streaming tonight, here are the corners of South America where the cameras rolled for the second series of Celebrity Race Across The World.
The start
Belem, Northern Brazil
Otherwise known as “the gateway to the Amazon”, Belem in north Brazil is a riverfront city of churches, colourful azulejo tiled houses and remnants of Portuguese colonial architecture from its time as the first European colony on the river. From here, the Amazon rainforest stretches across much of northwestern Brazil into Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname.
Checkpoint one
Canoa Quebrada, Brazil
For the first leg of the journey, the pairs made their way to Canoa Quebrada – an east-coast beach resort in Brazil. Beyond the white swathes of sand, horse riding, sailing in a traditional jangada boat and windsurfing attract tourists to this area of the Aracati municipality.
Checkpoint two
Lençóis, Brazil
The teams left Canoa Quebrada for the cobbles of Lençóis to reach checkpoint two. Lençóis in Bahia is considered the gateway to the Chapada Diamantina National Park – a nature reserve of waterfalls, quartz caves and old diamond-mining towns.
Checkpoint three
São Paulo, Brazil
Brazil’s most populous city, the São Paulo metropolis set the halfway mark for the teams leaving Lençóis as they raced through Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília. The economic giant of Brazil has a skyline scattered with skyscrapers, neo-Gothic cathedrals and colonial-style architecture and is a cultural hub for music and fashion.
Checkpoint four
Tigre, Argentina
Next up, the teams raced 2,250km to Tigre in Argentina – a city on the outskirts of Buenos Aires and the banks of the Paraná Delta. The checkpoint four city is the gateway to a network of rivers and wetlands with craft markets, riverside bars and rowing clubs among offerings for tourists.
Checkpoint five
Tilcara, Argentina
The penultimate checkpoint for the famous faces is high in north Argentina – 2,500m above sea level – in the mountain town of Tilcara. The 10,000-year-old town in the Jujuy province sits under the rust-toned layers of the Quebrada de Humahuaca valley and is scattered with Inca-era relics.
The end
Frutillar, Southern Chile
On Llanquihue Lake in southern Chile’s Lake District, Frutillar is a “city of music” in the Unesco Creative Cities Network, with views of the volcano Osorno. attractions include a blend of Chilean and German cultural traditions in the German Museum, the Teatro del Lago acoustic concert hall and a yacht club for sailing on the lake.
The Celebrity Race Across the World finale streams today at 9pm on iPlayer and BBC One
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