human safari

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of human safari¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

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