About this season
Passport to Latin America is a television show on the Travel Channel hosted by television host Samantha Brown and includes tours of Latin America. A successor to Brown's Passport to Europe series, in Passport to Latin America she tours cities of Latin America such as Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, and Buenos Aires and interacts with the town's locals. She also visits local landmarks, including popular restaurants and shopping locales, and educates viewers on events in the city's history.
Episodes (20)
1. Buenos Aires, Argentina
Aired 8 June 2007 • 30 min
Samantha visits the beautiful city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Included: bikini shopping; sightseeing; samba dancing.
2. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Aired 8 June 2007 • 30 min
Sam goes to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and learns to tango, eats a steak and goes shopping.
3. Santiago, Chile
Aired 13 June 2007 • 30 min
Samantha travels to Chile, where she tours Santiago and zooms through the Andes on a zipline.
4. Montevideo, Uruguay
Aired 13 June 2007 • 30 min
Samantha Brown travels to Montevideo, Uruguay, where she checks the coastal town of Punta del Este, visits outdoor markets and rides with gauchos. Also: a ritual drum celebration.
5. Sao Paulo, Brazil
Aired 20 June 2007 • 30 min
Samantha visits Honduras, in Central America, and checks out tunnels beneath a Mayan temple; hikes through a tropical rain forest; and dances barefoot on the beach.
6. Honduras
Aired 20 June 2007 • 30 min
Samantha travels to Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, where she has a bologna sandwich at the city market, hovers in a helicopter over skyscrapers and buys fashion accessories.
7. Belize
Aired 27 June 2007 • 30 min
Samantha heads to Belize, where she samples local dishes, including cow-foot soup; floats down a river; and swims in the Caribbean accompanied by sharks.
8. Quito, Equador
Aired 27 June 2007 • 30 min
Sam travels to Cusco, Peru, where she visits amazing archaeological ruins, including Machu Picchu. As part of her adventure in Cusco she spends the night in a 16th-century monastery and explores the neighborhood of San Blas, and Pisac, a small town outsid
9. Cusco, Peru
Aired 11 July 2007 • 30 min
Samantha travels to the mysterious mountaintop city of Machu Picchu, Peru.
10. Punta Arenas, Chile
Aired 4 July 2007 • 30 min
Sam hits the southern tip of South America, Punta Arenas, Chile, where she meets the indigenous people, flies over Cape Horn, samples cooked beaver and hangs out with penguins.
11. Central Valley, Costa Rica
Aired 18 July 2007 • 30 min
Samantha tries traditional tamale from the women of Granada.
12. Quito, Ecuador
Aired 11 July 2007 • 30 min
Samantha visits Quito, Ecuador, at 9000 feet above sea level, where her breath is taken away, literally.
13. Zihuatanejo & Ixtapa, Mexico
Aired 1 August 2007 • 30 min
Samantha explores the valleys and mountains of Costa Rica's Central Valley.
14. Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa, Mexico
Aired 1 August 2007 • 30 min
Samantha Brown vacations on the Pacific coast of Mexico in the beachside towns of Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa.
15. Mexico City, Mexico
Aired 15 August 2007 • 30 min
Eco-adventures are really hot, and the province of Guanacaste in Northwest Costa Rica is a thrill-seekers paradise. Here in Costa Rica she finds life is not only pure but it's incredibly friendly, beautiful and full of thrills.
16. Mexico City, Mexico
Aired 15 August 2007 • 30 min
Samantha visits Mexico City and goes ringside for the action of Lucha Libre (a wrestling match); and later joins the locals for a traditional Sunday cruise.
17. Panama City, Panama
Aired 19 August 2007 • 30 min
Samantha cruises through one of the world's greatest engineering marvels - the Panama Canal - and uncovers that there's a lot to discover of a country when you are doing more than just passing through.
18. Coastal Chile
Aired 26 August 2007 • 30 min
Samantha Brown visits coastal Chile and checks out the beaches, lunches on clams and Parmesan cheese, hangs with cowboys and explores the nightlife.
19. Guadalajara, Mexico
Aired 5 September 2007 • 30 min
Known as the home of mariachi and tequila, it's the Mexican state of Jalisco, where Samantha finds Mexico's second largest city - Guadalajara!
20. Best of Latin America
Aired 12 September 2007 • 30 min
Samantha shares her favorite moments during her adventures in Latin America.