Aroab is only reachable on land via gravel road - the C16 170 km from Keetmanshoop and 35 km from Klein Menasse / Rietfontein borderpost, the C11 182 km from Karasburg and 142 km from Koës.
It functions as the Rietfontein Borderpost with Namibia during the day hours of 08:00-16:30, that gives access to and from south-east Namibia via Aroab on the C16 main road.
Elsie Vaalbooi (born c. 1901) of Rietfontein in the Northern Cape was a South African woman who was a member of the ǂKhomani (Nǁnǂe) San or Bushmen and one of the last speakers of the Nǁng language.