You must pay close attention as you play through this level, since everything is silhouetted. There are no colors to help you locate goodies or enemies. The first Puzzle Piece is right at the start. Just move to the left to find it along with a couple banana bunches.
Make your way to the right. As you approach a DK Barrel, you can see the K KONG letter down in a pit. Pound the ground over the pit and drop down to get the block. Then jump back out and get Diddy Kong from the barrel to help you out.
Keep going to the right, collecting bananas, coins, and hearts. When you come to a wooden bridge, watch out for jumping Frogoons. There are tilted platforms above the bridge. Pound the ground below these platforms to straighten them out so you can jump onto them. You must move quickly before they tilt down again. Pick up the O KONG letter here along with a coin and a heart.
After you pass by the checkpoint, jump up some stone steps, watching out for a Tiki Goon as you go. At the top, stand under the arch and wait for the ground to fall away and drop into an underground chamber. Here you will find a Puzzle Piece and lots of bananas. Collect them all and then jump into a barrel to the right. This will shoot you through the ground to another barrel that then shoots you up to the ground level.
After emerging from the underground chamber, head back to the left. Jump onto the first stone step, knocking out the Tiki Goon there, then jump up and to the right to get the N KONG letter.
Head right and roll-attack your way through enemies along the way. When you find a circle of bananas, collect them all to get a heart. Then move into the alcove underneath the jumping Frogoon. Keep moving right to find a hidden area with a Puzzle Piece inside.
Continue to the right, knocking out Frogoons, Tiki Goons, and Mimics as you go. As you walk out onto a wooden walkway, pound the ground below a couple tilted platforms to level them out. Next, quickly jump to the top one so you can grab a Puzzle Piece before the platforms tilt back again.
As you move along the wooden walkway, look for an arch of bananas with a heart at the top. Collect them all, then drop to the ground. Pound your way into a pit, where you can pick up the G KONG letter.
As you near the level’s end, jump onto a Screaming Pillar of stone blocks. Don’t pound it just yet. Instead, use it to jump onto the head of the stone dragon and then move to the far right. At the level’s far end, jump up into a hidden area and collect the final Puzzle Piece. Now head back and pound the Screaming Pillar to open a cave. Move through it. Pound all the gourds inside for some Banana Coins and other goodies before you reach the Slot-Machine Barrel, completing the level.