Survivor: Guatemala · Season 11
In the Arena
Every challenge Survivor: Guatemala staged — who took immunity, who won reward, week by week.
25 challenges ran this season — 15 with immunity on the line and 10 for reward.
- Episode1
- Reward
11-Mile Hike
The format: Nakúm
While bringing all their supplies, the tribes must race through the Guatemalan jungle to reach a Mayan pyramid. First to reach the ruins wins reward.
Reward: The winning tribe will live at the ruins and will also receive a piece of flint.
Nakum wins
- Immunity
Paddle Battle
Using their canoes, the tribes would paddle out to buoys in the lake to retrieve a torch hung from each buoy. Racing back to shore, four members would run to the top of the hill and begin hauling up the canoe with a rope. The remaining tribe members would rotate logs underneath the canoe, allowing it to roll up the hill, much like the technique the Maya used to move large items. Once the canoe passed a finish line, each tribe's remaining member would run to the top of the hill with the torch and light the victory cauldron. First tribe to light the cauldron wins Immunity.
Yaxha wins
- Episode2
- Reward
Web over Water
The format: Caught in the Web
The tribes race one member at a time up a ramp and onto a rope spider web where there are eight bags for each tribe. Crawling underneath the web, they need to retrieve a bag. Once they have one, they must jump into the water below the net and make their way back to the start. The first tribe to retrieve all eight bags wins reward.
Reward: Fishing supplies
Nakum wins
- Immunity
Dragged Through Mud
Both tribes are attached to each other by a rope and must pull their way to the edge of the field to claim a tribe flag. Tribe members are free to stop pulling themselves at any time to physically interfere with their opponents' progress. If after 15 minutes neither tribe has retrieved a flag, the challenge will change to one-on-one showdowns between each tribe; each showdown will last 5 minutes, with the person closer to the flag by the end of each match scoring a point for their tribe. The first tribe to score three points wins.
Nakum wins
- Episode3
- Reward
Blind Build
The format: Blind Leading the Blind
Scattered around the jungle are nine bundles of materials. One person would guide three groups of blindfolded players (each tied together, in two pairs and one group of three) to collect the bundles. After collecting the bundles, they must construct an archeological tent. The first tribe to complete the tent and get on their tribe mat wins.
Reward: Pillows, blankets, and tarp
Nakum wins
- Immunity
Holding Court
The format: Nakúm
Tribes would compete on an elevated court playing Mayan Courtball. They would compete in threesomes to pass the ball to each other to shoot at a target on the other side of the court. If a competitor caught the ball, they couldn't walk; they had to pass. If they did walk, they had to give the ball to the other tribe. First tribe to five points wins.
Nakum wins
- Episode4
- Immunity
Rows and Throws
The format: Yaxhá
Both tribes must paddle out and retrieve three of their tribe-colored bags, then race back to shore. Once back, they must untie the bags and dump them into a basket. Inside each bag are Mayan war clubs, which they must then throw at three different tiles. The first tribe to break all three tiles wins immunity.
Yaxha wins
- Episode5
- Reward
Slave to the Grind
The format: Yaxhá
Both tribes race to station 1, where one tribe member cuts a rope with a sharp stone. Once they cut through the rope, they will release two handles that they will take with them to the second station. At station 2, a different tribe member will chop through a log to a second rope, and once both the log and rope are cut, they will release two more handles. They take the four handles with them, then four different tribe members will race up a platform and put them into a turnstile and begin cranking it, bringing a cart up the hill. The six tribe members that have competed get into the cart, and the final tribe member cuts the final rope, releasing the cart down the hill. The first tribe to the finish wins reward.
Reward: Chips, drinks, and a croc-proof swimming cage
Yaxha wins
- Immunity
What's for Launch?
The format: Beach Balls
?Each tribe divides themselves into two groups of three. Each group spreads out into the field, holding a Mayan catch net. The last member from each tribe will alternate launching balls for the groups in the field to try to catch. The first tribe with five catches wins immunity.
Nakum wins
- Episode6
- Reward
Boulder Smash
Each tribe has two members on opposite sides of a giant ball. Both teams push the ball and try to get it past their own goal line. The first tribe to make three goals wins reward and a shot at Individual Immunity.
Reward: Barbecue items, including a grill, burgers, beer, and root beer, as well as the right to compete in an individual Immunity Challenge.
Nakum wins
- Immunity
Sudden Death
The format: Letter Hunt
The castaways would race into a field to collect three bags containing letter tiles. Each time they untie a bag, they must bring it back to their station. Once they have collected all three bags they would untie them and start working on the two-word phrase. The first person to solve the phrase correctly wins immunity.
Won by Rafe
- Episode7
- Reward
Spooling Around
The format: Yaxhá
Four tribe members will wrap thirty feet of cloth around their bodies, then unwrap themselves as they make their way toward the finish. The first person moves around a pole, unspooling the material around them. The first person then clips themselves to the second person, and together they run around the second pole, unspooling it around the both of them. They continue this pattern for the third and fourth person. When they make their way down, each person will get unspooled at different times, and when they do, they will make their way to the finish mat. The first team to make it to the finish mat wins reward.
Reward: A chocolate feast and a zipline canopy tour of the Guatemalan jungles.
Yaxha wins
- Immunity
Tomb Raider
Three members from each tribe race out one at a time to retrieve large puzzle pieces buried in the sand pit. Once they find one they run back and place it on their mat. Once all twelve pieces are found, two other tribe members will assemble the puzzle. The first tribe to correctly put it together wins immunity.
Nakum wins
- Episode8
- Immunity
Pot Head
Each castaway would stand on a wooden cube with a pottery pot on their head. If they dropped their pot, they would be out. If there is no winner after an hour, the remaining castaways would race up the ruins to the top. If they dropped their pot during the race, they would be out. The first one to the top without breaking their pot wins.
Won by Gary
- Episode9
- Reward
Atlatl
The format: Hidden Immunity Idol
Each person will use an atlatl to throw a spear towards a target. The goal is to get the closest to the center of the target.
Reward: Food at a lodge. Each castaway will receive a different meal depending on their placement in the challenge.
Won by Judd
- Immunity
Bridge It
The castaways will make their way across a balance beam and untie two wooden planks. The first four contestants to make it successfully across move on to round two. In round two, the remaining castaways will use the wooden planks to make their way across a knotted rope bridge. The first two to finish make it to the final round. In the final round, the two remaining castaways will navigate through a two-line balance bridge. The first person to make it across wins immunity.
Won by Jamie
- Episode10
- Reward
Mud Slide
The castaways would be divided into two groups with one pair or men and women on each team. Each pair will be attached by rope and race through a series of obstacles and through a deep mud pit to get a pot of corn which they will make their way back with to empty into their finish pot. The first team to fill their pot would win reward.
Reward: A helicopter ride to a private home where they can take showers, eat plenty of food, spend the night, and watch videos from home.
- Immunity
Around the Bend
The castaways will be attached to a rope that is tangled around three obstacles that they will have to jump and climb through in order to untangle it and make their way to the finish. The first four to finish move on to the final round, where the rope is attached to a three-level high obstacle that they will have to make their way through. The first person to finish wins immunity.
Won by Rafe
- Episode11
- Reward
Shattered Dreams
The format: Survivor Quiz Show
Each castaway has three pots filled with corn. The contestants will be asked questions about the Maya culture and about Guatemala. Each time a contestant answers a question correctly, they will break somebody else's pot. The last person with a pot left hanging wins.
Reward: A trip to a hot springs waterfall into a cool pit of water where they will get a feast of mojitos, shrimp, beef, and chicken along with a massage.
Won by Cindy
- Immunity
Maya Folklore
The format: Witch Hunt
The castaways will listen to a story about the moon goddess Ixchel and her life, then run to one of seven stations, assemble six puzzle blocks to reveal a question about the story, and answer it. If they answer correctly, they will find a flag for their flag station. If they answer incorrectly, they will find a stick, which they must burn in a fire before resuming the challenge. The first person to get all seven flags wins.
Won by Rafe
- Episode12
- Immunity
Watch Your Step
The format: Squared Off
One at a time, players make a move on the giant multi-level playing board. Flip a tile to the red side, and step onto it. Once a tile has been flipped and stepped on, it cannot be used again. In addition, the top level is a spinning platform to be used for strategic repositioning on the board. If a player is completely surrounded by flipped tiles, they are eliminated from the challenge. The last person standing wins.
Won by Danni
- Episode13
- Reward
Second Chance
The format: Survivor Pentathlon
The castaways will race across a balance beam, untying three sets of macanas as they go. The first three castaways to cross the finish line win. In round two, they would use the macanas to break a tile thirty feet away. The first two move on to the final round, where they will solve a puzzle based on the Mayan calendar. Once it is solved, they hop into a cart and chop a rope with a machete, sending them down a ramp.
Reward: 2006 Pontiac Torrent; a night at an archaeologist camp, where the winner will enjoy a feast. (car)
Won by Cindy
- Immunity
Pole Dancing
Each castaway begins attached to a long piece of rope wound around a series of pole. They would need to get enough rope unwound to reach the finish. Also, their hands and feet are shackled. They would reach for ten keys, using one key to unshackle their hands. At the next pole, they unlock their rope and unwind it. When they reach the last key, they will use it to unshackle their hands. The first person to cross the finish line wins.
Won by Stephenie
- Episode14
- Immunity
Maya Maze
The format: The Maze
The Final Four castaways must move through a giant macaw-shaped maze to find one of six stations, grab a three-sided color-coded puzzle piece (or pieces), then get to the end of the pool, cross pontoons to the other side, climb a ladder to the solving stations, cross a bridge, and climb down a ladder to re-enter the maze. First to get all eight of their pieces to their solving station and form one of three possible images (jaguar, crocodile, or monkey) wins.
Won by Rafe
- Immunity
Wobbly Boots
The castaways must use two thin ropes to help them get onto a board sitting on a very tiny fulcrum joint, making it hard to balance, then last as long as they can without touching the platform beneath the board. After one hour, they must let go of one of the ropes, then let go of the second 30 minutes later, at which point neither hand can touch any part of the challenge setup. The last person left wins.
Won by Danni