The Bell River is a river that drains the Drakensberg uplands of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Its drainage basin, a part of the headwaters of the Orange River, is approximately in extent, ranging from an altitude of 1,720 m (a.m.s.l) to 3,001m. The river's source is near the Lesotho border () to the north of the high pass Naudésnek. Downstream it passes the town of Rhodes, to eventually form a tributary of the Kraai River some 40 km (direct) from its source. In fact the Bell River and the Sterkspruit, become the Kraai River northeast of Moshesh's Ford () flowing further west towards Aliwal North, where it joins the Orange River ().