Crystal Caves has 500 coloured bananas: 100 for each Kong. The table gives the amount at each route stop. Singles count as one, bunches as five and balloons as ten. Seventy-five earns a medal; collect all one hundred for the optional complete banana total.
Donkey Kong — 100 bananas
| Route stop | Bananas | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Chunky-opened entrance cave balloon | 1 balloons | 10 |
| Entrance warp 1 | 1 bunches | 5 |
| Cranky-opposite ice-cave trail | 3 singles | 3 |
| Cranky-opposite ice-cave balloon | 1 balloons | 10 |
| Igloo warp 1 | 1 bunches | 5 |
| Igloo outside bunch | 5 singles | 5 |
| Narrow Baboon Blast pad route | 5 singles | 5 |
| Cannon-course bunches | 4 bunches | 20 |
| DK igloo entry bunch | 1 bunches | 5 |
| Rotating ice-maze trail | 7 singles | 7 |
| Balloon over the ice maze | 1 balloons | 10 |
| Multi-door cabin bongo pad | 1 bunches | 5 |
| DK multi-door cabin bunch | 1 bunches | 5 |
| DK separate memory-cabin bunch | 1 bunches | 5 |
| Donkey Kong total | 100 | |
Diddy Kong — 100 bananas
| Route stop | Bananas | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Funky-to-jetpack trail | 5 singles | 5 |
| Warp 4 rock-pillar route and balloon | 1 bunches, 1 balloons | 15 |
| Miniature cave warp 4 bunch | 1 bunches | 5 |
| Miniature cave Monkeyport bunch | 5 singles | 5 |
| Star above the large igloo | 1 bunches | 5 |
| High Monkeyport airspace near the igloo | 1 bunches | 5 |
| Roof of the miniature igloo | 1 bunches | 5 |
| Rock pillar beside the bongo pad | 1 bunches | 5 |
| Diddy igloo balloon | 1 balloons | 10 |
| Waterfall barrel bunch | 1 bunches | 5 |
| First-floor cabin trail and bunch | 5 singles, 1 bunches | 10 |
| Upper cabin candle bunches | 3 bunches | 15 |
| Airspace above the cabin block | 1 balloons | 10 |
| Diddy Kong total | 100 | |
Lanky Kong — 100 bananas
| Route stop | Bananas | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Entrance-to-river trail | 5 singles | 5 |
| Cranky’s narrow route airspace | 3 bunches | 15 |
| Ice Creature room balloon | 1 balloons | 10 |
| Ice castle top opening | 1 bunches | 5 |
| Igloo crystal bunch | 5 singles | 5 |
| Igloo crystal balloon | 1 balloons | 10 |
| Water between Candy’s waterfalls | 1 balloons | 10 |
| Warp 5 blue Kasplat ledge | 4 bunches | 20 |
| Candy waterfall balloon | 1 balloons | 10 |
| Separate cabin roof trombone pad | 1 bunches | 5 |
| Separate cabin sprint switch | 1 bunches | 5 |
| Lanky Kong total | 100 | |
Tiny Kong — 100 bananas
| Route stop | Bananas | Count |
|---|---|---|
| River trail into the igloo area | 10 singles | 10 |
| Miniature Cranky cave warp 3 | 1 bunches | 5 |
| Miniature Funky cave balloon | 1 balloons | 10 |
| Monkeyport miniature-igloo bunch | 1 bunches | 5 |
| Large-igloo warp 3 | 1 bunches | 5 |
| Tiny igloo target room | 1 bunches, 1 balloons | 15 |
| Giant Kosha cave bunches | 4 bunches | 20 |
| Tiny cabin bunches and intermittent balloon | 2 bunches, 1 balloons | 20 |
| Purple Kasplat platform balloon | 1 balloons | 10 |
| Tiny Kong total | 100 | |
Chunky Kong — 100 bananas
| Route stop | Bananas | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Entrance cave green trail | 3 singles, 1 bunches | 8 |
| Entrance warp 2 | 1 bunches | 5 |
| Snide’s ice-wall approach and balloon | 3 singles, 1 balloons | 13 |
| Small-boulder switch approach and bunch | 3 singles, 2 bunches | 13 |
| Large-boulder cave loop | 6 singles | 6 |
| Bunch under the large boulder | 1 bunches | 5 |
| Destroyed miniature igloo floor | 5 singles | 5 |
| Tiny-opened warp 3 cave balloon | 1 balloons | 10 |
| Chunky igloo balloon | 1 balloons | 10 |
| Invisible cabin-centre bunches | 4 bunches | 20 |
| Candy-area warp 2 | 1 bunches | 5 |
| Chunky Kong total | 100 | |
Access requirements and Golden Bananas
Some interiors and high ledges require switches or moves used in the world’s Golden Banana route. Open those routes first, then return with the Kong whose colour is missing. Balloons can travel above the normal camera angle; stop and look up before leaving an apparently empty room.
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