Get into the first barrel you reach, and shoot yourself at the stone to the right. When it opens, walk right instead of shooting yourself across. Don’t jump into the barrel at the end. Instead, drop down off the right edge and fall into another barrel that will take you to the bonus area. Clear out the balloon, coins, and bananas to get the Puzzle Piece.
You now race along in a cart and must jump up from the cart to get the K KONG letter. Be careful to land back in your cart so you can continue on your wild ride.
In order to get this Puzzle Piece, don’t jump after the bananas up high. Instead, ride the cart off the track’s end and let it carry you to the small platform with the Puzzle Piece. After you get it, jump up and land in the barrel to shoot across to the next cart.
As soon as you land in the cart, jump up to a higher cart. Ride to the end of this upper track to get the Puzzle Piece. Next, jump off before the cart crashes so that you land in another cart down and to the right.
After riding down a slope, jump across some small sections of track, and then ride the cart down toward the lava to get the O KONG letter. When you have this letter, jump up to the right to get into another cart before the one you are in sinks into the lava.
Keep riding the cart and jumping across broken sections of track. As the lava pushes the track up, look for a path of bananas. Jump off the cart and follow the bananas through the N KONG letter and down to another cart.
After moving past the checkpoint, ride a cart to a platform where you are on foot again. These platforms are sinking into the lava, so you must move quick. Pound a container on this platform to get a Puzzle Piece, and then quickly run and jump right to the next platform. Keep going until you get into another cart.
At the end of the track section, jump up and hold on to the grassy layer above. Quickly climb to the right before these ceiling sections fall into the lava. As you approach one section, it drops before you get to it. Drop to this platform and then quickly jump to the left to get the Puzzle Piece that is now exposed. Now jump up to the grassy layer on the right, and climb in that direction to the next cart.
A lava wave comes behind you as you race along in the cart. When you reach the G KONG letter, quickly tap the jump button to make a low jump, grab the letter, and drop back into your cart. Continue to the Slot-Machine Barrel to complete the level.