Yes, in many contexts you could say uit die kloof, and it would still make sense.
The difference is roughly this:
Vanuit can sound a bit more explicit or slightly more formal, because it emphasizes the starting point inside that place.
This is standard Afrikaans main-clause word order:
Afrikaans is a verb-second language in main clauses. That means the finite verb normally comes early in the sentence, typically in the second position.
So this pattern is very normal:
A rough guide is:
A fuller rough pronunciation of the whole sentence could be:
dee STAH-pur bell fun-AYT dee kloaf
Exact pronunciation varies by accent, but that will get you close.
Yes: Afrikaans nouns do not have grammatical gender the way nouns do in some other languages, and they do not force article changes the way German does.
So in this sentence:
That makes Afrikaans simpler than many European languages in this area.
Yes, it is grammatically natural.
The only thing that depends on context is stapper:
But as a sentence, Die stapper bel vanuit die kloof is perfectly normal Afrikaans.