The first Puzzle Piece is right near the start. However, to get it, you need a barrel for breaking down a door. Head to the right and pound a double piling to make another one rise out of the sand. Jump up and grab the DK Barrel, but do not throw it yet. Head back to the left and throw the barrel at the bull’s-eye on the door; this breaks open the door, allowing you to get the Puzzle Piece.
After you jump over a Squid Shot, pound a double piling. Another one will appear; use it to jump onto a platform where you can pick up a Puzzle Piece and a heart. Then pound the ground in front of the nearby cannon to get four coins.
After getting the four coins, jump over a Squid Shot and blow on the flower just to the right—avoid the Squiddless coming at you from two different directions. As the flower floats up, grab the Puzzle Piece that comes out of the ground.
This next Puzzle Piece is floating above a platform. It is too high for you to jump and reach. Move to the platform’s right edge and wait for some Squiddless to fly by. You must jump onto a Squiddles and immediately use it to jump up to get the Puzzle Piece. Grab the nearby heart if you need one.
After jumping over two Nibbles, pound a wooden crate to reveal a barrel. Jump into the barrel, and you will be shot off to an island. Roll into a tall sand Screaming Pillar to knock it over, and the K KONG letter will drop down for you to pick up. Pound near the treasure chest to make a barrel appear; this will shoot you back to the main level.
Drop down off the pier at this spot. After avoiding some Snippies, pound near the cannon. This will destroy the pier’s supports, causing it to drop down. Head to the left to pick up the Puzzle Piece.
The O KONG letter is under a pier surrounded by bananas. However, this is tough to get because it is near two Squid Shots. You have to time it just right. Wait until they fire, then rush in to get the block and get out again.
The N KONG letter is floating high up in the sky. To get it, you must use Squiddless. Stand on the pier to the left of the N KONG letter and wait for Squiddless to fly toward you. Jump on one and then jump off of it to get enough height to grab this KONG letter.
After getting the N KONG letter, roll to the left to crash into a piece of shipwreck and enter a bonus area. Here you must jump up from a moving bouncy platform and collect all of the bananas and coins before the timer runs out. You will be rewarded with a Puzzle Piece for your hard work. After you exit, head past the checkpoint and pound on the DK platform to make a barrel appear. Jump inside and it will shoot you across to a tower on an island.
This KONG letter is hanging right in front of a Squid Shot. Jump up to grab on to the grassy wall above it. As soon as some Squiddless fly by, crawl down to get the G KONG letter and then get out of the way before more Squiddless are fired toward you.
The last Puzzle Piece is near the top of the tower. Look for a stack of barrels along the tower’s right side. Move through them to find a hidden area with the Puzzle Piece that completes your collection. Continue to the tower’s top, avoiding lots of Squiddless, and shoot yourself from a barrel into the Slot-Machine Barrel to complete the level.