human safari

American  

noun

1. an organized tour that takes tourists to unfamiliar places where they can observe the lifestyle of Indigenous or other local people.

   human safaris to remote tribal communities;

   a human safari through the slums of Mumbai.

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Etymology

Origin of human safari

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Most of what residents dub “human safari” videos appear on Telegram channels dedicated to celebrating them.

From The Wall Street Journal

After the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, the studio stopped marketing the film, whose trailer featured well-heeled travelers embarking on a creepy human safari.

From Washington Post

One of the ads features the supermodel Adwoa Aboah driving through Brixton, staring at the interesting street life as if on a human safari and talking about its “amazing soul and rhythm … People here are real”.

From The Guardian