当游客旅程，塞皮克河巴布亚新几内亚最远到达，是土著部落或白色的游客谁是文化的怪胎？这部影片探讨了出现在“文明”和“原始”的人相遇的差异（和惊人的相似）。用干燥的幽默和敏锐的观察力CANNIBAL TOURS爆炸文化的假设，因为它提供了在一个神话般的现象尖的样子。无名氏

The film follows a number of European and American ecotourists as they travel from village to village throughout the Sepik River area in Papua New Guinea, driving hard bargains for local handcrafted items, paying to view formerly sacred ceremonies and taking photographs of every aspect of "primitive" life. With some prodding, the tourists unwittingly reveal an unattractive and pervasive ethnocentrism to O'Rourke's cameras. The tourists thus become somewhat dehumanized by the camera, even as the tourists themselves are busy exoticizing even the most mundane aspects of Sepik River life.