Hout Bay community
Chapman's Peak Drive is open
Clear skies · sunset 19:42
Broadcast
The local network 70,000+ South Africans use. Now open to visitors.
Explore with Confidence · CPT · 30 days
Travel like a local. Connected like one.
Get the inside track the neighbours have: live local updates, a ping home whenever you arrive, and local responders one tap away for the day that doesn't quite go to plan.
One-time payment · Works with your home number · Ready in 2 minutes
Hout Bay · pass day 3 of 30
Morning, Sarah
Bay Harbour Market
The market is on today
From 09:30 · go hungry
Broadcast
SafeTrack
Arrived at Lion's Head car park
Shared with Mum · 07:12
Arrived
Sarah arrived at Lion's Head
SafeTrack · to Mum · 07:12 SAST
70,000+South Africans on Buzzer
13,000+neighbours in Hout Bay alone
20+communities, Cape Town to Gauteng
2023Table Mountain National Park partner since
What you get
Three things locals have that visitors usually don't.
All in one $10 pass. Total weight in your luggage: zero grams.
01
The inside track
Community Broadcasts from the neighbourhoods you're exploring: which roads are open, how the trails are looking, where the market moved to.
Guidebooks were printed last year. Neighbours posted this morning.
02
Home, in the loop
SafeTrack pings your people when you arrive somewhere you've chosen. They don't need the app, and they don't get a live map of your every move.
Mum gets “arrived at the hotel”. You get to stay out for sundowners.
03
A local on speed dial
Rolled an ankle on Lion's Head? Flat tyre on the coast road? Emergency SOS sends your location to a partner control room and responders nearby, where coverage applies.
“Just now” can mean next Tuesday here.
Also in the pass: Incident Reporting, and a Visitor Briefing on car guards, braais and what “now now” means.
How it works
Two minutes to set up. Thirty days of feeling like a local.
Get the pass
$10, one-time. Before you fly, at the gate, or over your first flat white.
Download Buzzer
Activate with the number you travel with. You don't need a local SIM.
Go and explore
Follow the local updates, let the pings go home, and keep the button for a rainy day.
Made for how you travel
What kind of traveller are you?
For planners
You've planned every day. Here's the bit you can't book.
Flights, stays, the wine-farm lunch with the two-month waiting list: sorted. The pass adds the local layer, so you land at CPT already knowing what the neighbours know, and an “arrived” goes home without you lifting a finger.
Get the Traveller Pass · $10Your trip checklist
Flightssorted
Stayssorted
Safarisorted
Local knowledge$10
Meet the network
You're not downloading an app. You're borrowing a neighbourhood.
Buzzer started in Hout Bay as the way neighbours keep each other posted. The pass lets you in on the group chat that actually works.
Photo · Hout Bay harbour market, Saturday morning · community documentary
Photo · TMNP ranger with hikers on the Lion's Head trail · community documentary
Photo · Camps Bay locals at their favourite lookout · golden-hour lifestyle
The pass
Ten dollars. Thirty days. Zero subscriptions.
About 33 cents a day, or roughly what you'll tip car guards in your first week. You'll meet them. The briefing explains.
Not insurance, and not a replacement for 112. Emergency response comes from Buzzer's partner control rooms and responders where coverage applies, strongest across Cape Town and the Western Cape. See the coverage map
Hout BayCamps BayChapman's PeakTable Mountain National ParkStellenbosch
Coverage map · supplied by Buzzer before launch
Not ready yet? Take the free guide.
How locals do Cape Town: your first two hours at CPT, which hikes and when, driving the coast, and what “now now” means.
Questions visitors ask
Fair questions. Short answers.
Is this a safety app or a travel app?
A local's toolkit. Community Broadcasts for the inside track, SafeTrack pings for the people at home, and Emergency SOS if a day goes sideways. With any luck, you'll only use the first two.
Will it work with my home number?
Yes. Activate with the number you travel with, wherever it's from. You'll need data or signal, not a local SIM.
Who comes if I tap SOS?
Buzzer is the platform. Your alert goes to a partner control room and vetted responders nearby, and they do the responding, where coverage applies.
Am I being tracked the whole time?
No. Your location is shared during an alert, and SafeTrack sends arrival pings for places you choose. Buzzer is POPIA compliant and encrypts location data.
What if I never press the button?
Then you had a cracking holiday, and you still got the local updates and the pings home. The pass ends after 30 days, or renew it if you're staying on.
I live in South Africa. Is this for me?
Buzzer Community is free for residents. Find your neighbourhood on buzzer.co.za.
Something else? hello@buzzer.co.za is read by a person.
Explore with Confidence
Come for the view. Stay in the loop.
$10, one-time, and thirty days of travelling like you live here.
One-time payment · Works with your home number · Ready in 2 minutes