The first KONG letter is located near the start. Get past the Snippys and then leap from a rocky ledge up onto a platform to get the K KONG letter.
Continue past a group of bananas and a heart, and then pound a trapdoor to drop into a barrel that will shoot you across to a ship. This bonus area has several moving platforms containing a couple coins and lots of bananas. Clear them all out to get the Puzzle Piece.
The main part of this level requires you to ride on a whale’s back. Jump down onto the whale and pound near the anchor in the whale’s blowhole. This frees the whale so it can start swimming. Dodge Squiddless and deal with Snippys as you go. As the whale swims under platforms, jump up to get the goodies, including this O KONG letter.
The whale will drop you off on an island. Clear out the Snippys and open the treasure chests for bananas and coins. Roll through the bowling birds to get some more coins. Finally, pound the ground near the checkpoint. The nearby palm tree will drop its leaves and a Puzzle Piece. Now head to the right and pick up a DK Barrel before jumping back down onto the whale to continue your cruise.
As you approach the next Puzzle Piece, which is floating high up in the air, lots of Squiddless will come flying past. Jump onto the Squiddless, avoiding the electric ones, so you can get high enough to snag the Puzzle Piece.
The whale will take you right under the N KONG letter. However, you can’t jump high enough to get it on your own. Pound on the whale’s blowhole and the whale will launch you up into the air so you can get this letter.
After you shoot through a series of barrels, you will land on some platforms attached to masts. As the whale swims underneath the platforms, they drop into the sea, so you must keep moving. A Puzzle Piece is floating above one of these platforms, so quickly get it and keep moving. You have only one shot at it, so make it count.
Get back onto the whale. As the last Puzzle Piece comes past, jump onto a Snippys. As soon as you hit it, immediately jump again so you can get enough height to reach the Puzzle Piece. Right afterward, grab the balloon.
The last KONG letter is near the balloon. The G KONG letter moves up and down, so time your jump so you can grab it as it is coming down and you are going up. Once you have it, ride the whale to the last platform. Jump off here and hit the Slot-Machine Barrel to complete the level.