The village is served by the main road from Pante Macassar, the capital of Oecusse which is located 15 km to the east.
From Sacato, the distance to the main part of Timor-Leste via the Mota'ain/Batugade border crossing is about 75 km along the northern coastal road which traverses North Central Timor Regency and Belu Regency of Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia.
The Sacato integrated frontier checkpoint (Portuguese: Posto Fronteirico Integrado) is located 15 km east of Pante Makassar and just west of the bridge over the Noel Meto which forms the Indonesia–Timor-Leste border.
The checkpoint was newly built to cater to immigration, customs, quarantine and security procedures after Timor-Leste became independent.
The facility was opened by Vice Prime Minister Jose Luis Guterres on 28 June 2012.