Leg 5 (Thailand → Vietnam)
Teams ended this leg at the Quách Thị Trang roundabout overlooking the famous landmark of Ho Chi Minh City, Chợ Bến Thành.
Airdate: 10 November 2016
Sirinat National Park (Nai Yang Beach Resort) (Pit Start)
Phuket (Phuket International Airport) to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Tan Son Nhat International Airport)
Ho Chi Minh City (Hồ Câu Tôm Giải Trí Thanh Đa)
Ho Chi Minh City (Khu Du Lịch Bình Quới 1)
Ho Chi Minh City (Đường Nguyễn Văn Cừ - Photocopy Ngọc Yến)
Ho Chi Minh City (Công Viên Tao Đàn (in Vietnamese) or Hồ Thị Kỷ Flower Market)
Ho Chi Minh City (Quán Bụi Restaurant)
Ho Chi Minh City (Công Viên Quách Thị Trang (in Vietnamese) overlooking Chợ Bến Thành)
This season's only Fast Forward told teams to go to Khu du lịch Bình Quới 1 in Bình Thạnh District and eat rice inside clay pots in an attempt to find a Vietnamese gold coin in one of the rice patties. For every clay pot they selected, they had break the clay pot and eat the contents before making another choice. The first team to find the coin would receive the Fast Forward award. Anita & Tom and Will & Alex both attempted to do the Fast Forward in Leg 5, but neither team found the coin to complete the task. As a result, no team claimed the Fast Forward.
This leg's Detour was a choice between Badminton Bash or Flower Power. In Badminton Bash, teams travelled to Công Viên Tao Đàn, where they had to play badminton. If teams could score 10 points before their opponent scored 21 points, they would receive their next clue. In Flower Power, teams travelled to Hồ Thị Kỷ Flower Market. Then, they had to carry two empty baskets and find some flower stalls inside the flower market to gather some flowers. After they gathered all the flowers, they had to deliver the flowers to the flower retailer, H2 Flower Shop to receive their next clue.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to eat five courses of Vietnamese exotic delicacies, rats, bats, centipedes, scorpions and lizards, to receive their next clue.
Additional tasks
At Hồ Câu Tôm Giải Trí Thanh Đa, teams had to catch four prawns from the prawns’ pool inside the restaurant to receive their next clue.
At Đường Nguyễn Văn Cừ, teams had to search for Mr. Ngọc at the Photocopy Ngọc Yến, where he would photocopy and stamp their next clue.