INDIA

River Ganges

I'm trying to work out how to join both halves together. Because of the complexity of the right half it's hardly a shortcut!

You start the level facing into a large cave area with a quad bike on the right. Run up past the quad bike and you will find a hole in the wall that you can jump up to (behind and to the right). Pull yourself up and crawl in to find some flares and MP5 clips.

Drop back down and get on the bike. Drive around to the left until you see a ramp that you can use to jump across to the other side of the river. Get off the bike here.

On the right hand side of the ramp is a ledge. If you drop off backwards and hang you will find a ladder. Climb down and to the left onto a ledge. You now have to jump at an angle to reach the next ledge on the right.

Next do a running jump across to the along the wall. If you find this difficult, line up at the left of the edge; walk back 3 paces; then press the action key and the jump key as you run to the edge. You should just make it!

Again line up on the left edge to jump across to the next ledge. Get right back against the wall before you start to run up. If you are getting a head on view and you want a side view make Lara turn to her right. When the view shifts turn her back.

Repeat again but line up on the right hand edge. Follow this ledge around to the left. The next jump is small but you need to line up on the left or you will hit the ceiling and miss the jump. A standing jump will do nicely.

You now have another angled jump to the right. Line up on the edge facing the next ledge. Walk three paces back. Now run and jump across to this next ledge. Step back against the wall, then run and jump across to the next ledge.

You are now at the entrance to Secret 1. Go in and left. There is a ledge that slopes away from you. When you climb it you will need to jump as you slide to avoid the razor spikes. You will land on another slope so jump straight away and again, for a third time, to grab a central pillar. (You may end up back flipping onto the pillar.)

There are some shotgun shells on a high side ledge which you can jump up to. Drop back to the central pillar and then jump across to the ledge with the flaming statues. There is an energy/save gem and a large medi pack here.

Now make your way back to the bike. Be careful to line up where you have the most headroom for the jumps.

Line the bike up and jump across. Don't try and speed around to the right. Let yourself stop against the wall - there's a big pit waiting for you, just around the corner. Ease the bike slowly past the first pit keeping to your right.

Stop in front of the next pit and dismount from the bike. If you step back and hang from the edge of the pit you will find that there are ladders on the wall. Climb down and collect some shotgun shells, some flares and a large medi pack Secret 2.

Climb back up get on the bike and jump across the pit. Again use the far wall to bring you to a halt. Follow the track on round until you come to the next jump. This is an easy jump and if you miss you fall harmlessly into a low pit so you can keep trying until you get it right.

As you turn around to line up for the next jump you can see the entrance to a tunnel in the left-hand wall. Get off the bike and walk up to the edge of the next pit. Run and jump across to the tunnel. Pull yourself up. There is a snake waiting around the corner on the right hand side.

Stand with your back against the left wall. Draw your pistols and jump sideways keeping against the wall. Kill the snake and carry on around the tunnel. Pull yourself up onto the next ledge. Crawl along until you can stand.

Climb up onto the next ledge. Follow along jumping over the hole in the path. Draw your pistol and edge along, keeping to the left, until your guns target on the rising snake. Kill it.

Follow around to the end and you will find another hole in the floor. Look down and you will see a switch on the wall to open a gate you need to get through. Drop down. When you open the gate two monkeys will appear and attack you.

As soon as you press the switch, roll and draw your pistols. You will lock onto the first monkey. If you use the look button you will be able to see when to release the action button so that you target the second monkey.

If you time it wrong and they attack you, running away will not work and, it is difficult to get an aim on them. The most effective way to kill them is to keep rolling back and forth. If you press and release the action button you will target both monkeys rather than just one of them.

You can now go out of the gate and retrieve the bike. You can run and jump across the gap. Get back on the bike and line up against the back wall. Apply the handbrake and the accelerator (/ + ctrl). Release the handbrake and the bike should clear the gap nicely.

You now come to a fork in the tunnel.

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Option left is the main route enabling you to get all five of the secrets.

Collect the energy/save gem.

The first pit you come to has no secrets and needs to be jumped from the right-hand side. There is another pit straight after so you need to steer right, into the sidewall, to stop yourself. Follow the track carefully around to the right. Go either side of the pit with the water at the bottom.

At the end of this tunnel is an opening to the left. You have to drive out onto the stone wide stone ledge. To ensure that you don't fall off the side it's easiest to jump out of the opening at speed and then apply the brakes when you land. Now get off of the bike.

You can jump across to a ledge on the right to retrieve some desert eagle clips. If you climb back up the first step towards the opening you can do a standing jump across. There is also an entrance to a tunnel high in the wall of this ledge.

Jump up and crawl in Secret 3. There are some harpoons and an energy/save gem, as well as some uzi clips. A standing jump from the edge is all you need to jump back to the middle ledge. Now get back on the bike, drive to the end, and jump across the gap, to the next area.

Go round to the right and then left, where the path will fork. Follow the right hand track around to the right and you will come out by the trunk of a tree. Dismount and go over to the tree. Across the river to the left you can see a cave and a ladder that you will use later. To the right is a ledge above the river archway, which is where you are headed now.

In the roots there is a triangle shaped ledge that you can walk on to, but not if you have the walk button pressed. You can now do a standing jump onto the longer ledge along the wall. Stand on the left corner of this ledge. Walk back three paces., then do a running jump and grab the next ledge.

Draw your weapons before you pick up the Uzi clips, as two vultures will attack you. After you have killed them, pick up the clips and jump back to the long ledge. You will find it easier if you climb into the corner onto the small slope before you try to jump across.

Walk across at the point where the roots join and then jump back to the area with the bike. Turn back the way you came. As you turn the corner left, away from the tree you can go straight ahead instead of going back up to the fork. This takes you beside a stone ramp you are going to drive up. Drive carefully on here so that you don't fall off of the ledge.

To make tight turns you need to edge forward a little and use the arrow key. This allows you to spin the bike around if you do it properly. Don't try and drive onto the branches of the tree. Although you can jump onto the woody part, there doesn't seem to be any point.

Carry on around the ledge until you come to a small gap. Use the handbrake to build up the revs and then shoot forward. You will pass over the small gap and make a jump across the river. The wall will help to stop you. Get off the bike and collect the energy/save gem.

Past the energy/save gem on the left you will find a ladder to climb down. Stand in front of the ladder and press the action and up button. Lara will climb onto the ladder so that she can shimmy across to the left and down. On the right you will find a cave with a snake and some Desert Eagle clips.

Climb back up the ladder. Look across the river to see a gap in the wall, which is where you are going to jump next. Get on the bike and line it up in the corner. Use the handbrake to build up your speed. Then jump across. The wall will stop you on the other side.

Turn round to the right and keep against the left wall. Drive forward slowly until you are heading downwards. If you leave the bike to it's own devices it will crawl down the slope onto a ledge. You can then drive forward off of this ledge onto the ground. Turn right and drive into the clearing in front of the rocks.

This is where the two routes join up.

If you have reached here from the "short Cut" route you will be on foot and have to kill the vultures with your pistols.

You will hear the vultures before you see them. If you stay on the bike they cannot harm you. You can run them over or they will die if they come into contact with the back of the bike. Get off the bike and climb up the pillars that you have just driven over. You will be able to reach a high ledge along the wall. Jump and pull yourself up. Follow along to the end and you will see a gap between the rocks.

Jump across to the gap, then line yourself up to run and jump to a ledge across the gorge. Walk along this ledge and turn to face the rocks you just jumped from. You can see a slope, which you need to jump across to. When you land you need to hang onto the bottom as you slide down. (If you find you are facing the wrong way when you slide you need to hit the roll button to flip around in mid-air.)

Pull yourself up while holding the jump key + roll key. You will do a spinning leap and grab a ledge to the next secret area Secret 4. Climb up and crawl into the tunnel to collect a small medi pack and some Desert Eagle clips. Crawl back out and stand up.

Walk to the right edge of the ledge. (N.B. Don't rely on the walk button to stop you from falling as it doesn't work on slopes. The easiest method is to face the slope, at its highest, and walk up against it. Then side step, using the walk key, to the edge.

Look to your right and you can see a slope to the side of the ledge you have just come from. Walk back three steps. Jump across to this slope and you will spring back to the ledge. Jump back to the gap between the rocks and then make your way back to the bike.

Jump the bike over the next ledge and follow around to the right. You enter a tunnel with an energy/save gem and two monkeys. The two monkeys will stand still so you can drive over them to kill them! After you get the energy/save gem, get off the bike and go through the archway into an area by the river.

Climb up on the rocks on the left and follow along to the end where you will have to jump across and grab onto the next ledge. Three vultures immediately attack you, so step back against the wall to avoid being knocked off. As before, you need to keep releasing and pressing the action key so that you are able to target the one you want.

There is another ledge, on the left, you can jump down to. From here hang and drop down to the ledge below for MP5 clips and harpoons. To make the jump from here across to the crevice you need to jump from against the wall, as this side of the ledge is higher.

Shimmy right until you can pull yourself up. Crawl into an area with an energy/save gem, harpoons and some shells Secret 5. Back out and drop into the water. There is a small medi pack by the wooden crates in front of the waterfall. Walk up into the waterfall.

Climb up the rocks and find a tunnel entrance. Walk through here to finish the level.

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Option right drive through the energy/save gem. Jump across the river and you will fall through a hole into a tunnel. Get of the bike and draw your pistols. There are two monkeys here. One of them has a small medi pack. Kill them both. A soon as you start shooting at them they will attack you.

Next follow the tunnel round to the left. On the slope upward there is the entrance to another passageway on the right side. Pull yourself up and crawl in. Turn around and drop to the other side. You can now climb into a room with lots of ledges and a monkey in a window to the left carrying a medi pack.

Shoot this monkey and it's partner, as they will attack you. Follow the room around to the left and you will come into a small tunnel, which you can climb out of. Pull yourself up and draw your pistols, as a monkey will appear from the left to attack you.

The open area has quicksand to the right side. Staying on the left (watch for a small drop into the quicksand near the middle), shoot the second monkey that comes at you from the green steps. Climb up the green steps to get to the energy/save gem. From the energy/save gem look across to the left and you can see a gap in the wall above the tree line. This is where you are headed.

Go back to the hole you came through. Face the quicksand and side step to the edge of the hole. You are going to do a back flip and then a forward jump and grab the high ledge. (If you keep your finger on the jump button and press the down/back button followed by the up/forward button + the action button it should be easy!)

Run and jump across to the tree branch and then do a standing jump onto the wall. Jump onto the next branch and kill the monkey that appears on the stone ledge. Jump across to the branch on the left and follow the ledge around to the right.

There is an opening at the end. Walk into a room with a hole in the floor where you can see flaming statues. Draw your pistols and go round to the left. Kill the two monkeys that attack you. One tries to come at you from the side, while you are shooting the second in the distance. You will need to let go and repress the action key so that you can aim at the second monkey.

There is a block at the end with a gate key on it. Stepping on the block will release two more monkeys. (If you want to have fun with the roll + shoot combination run past the first two monkeys to the key. This will release the second two monkeys so that you have four chasing you!)

There are Uzi clips to the left of the key and a rocket to the right of the key. When you have everything go back to the hole above the fiery statues. Drop down into the next room away from the flames. Draw your pistols and kill the monkey. As you head past the flames you have to kill a second monkey (make sure you don't back into the flames whilst you are killing it).

Head into the next room and down to the left. There is an alcove with a switch, which opens the gate into this room. As soon as you press this switch, another monkey will attack you. A further 3 monkeys lie in wait as you go through the gate.

Make your way to the other side of the tree. Climb up on the blocks so you can jump across to the branch, then back to the wall. Go back to the hole and drop down. As you head back into the room there is a window ledge on your right. Jump up and put your key in the lock here.

Jump down and go round to your. Watch out for yet another monkey, that is released when you use the key. Also don't miss the shotgun shells in an alcove on the right. Now go to the exit in the left corner and head back to the area where the bike is.

The gate no longer blocks the corridor. Before you go through you need to search an area on the left wall. As you jump up the slope two more monkeys appear (Surprise! Surprise!). Kill them and then pull yourself up to the ledge on the left of the tree. There is a passageway to the left of this ledge. Be careful how you drop into the room as there is a snake here.

When you have killed the snake, crawl under a ledge to collect another gate key. Come out and look on the right side of the tree and another ledge. Climb in here and you will find some flares and some Uzi clips.

After the two locks get back on the bike and follow the tunnel around to the right. Come out into the area with quicksand and drive around until you can line up on a ramp opposite the gates. Jump across and go round to the right. Follow the outside of the building until you see another tunnel on your right.

Follow this tunnel into another area by the river. Kill the two monkeys - don't forget you can run them over :-)! Before you jump across to the other side there are some Uzi clips and harpoons to collect. Jump of the bike and go to the tree. On the left of the tree is a small root ledge you can jump to.

To get to the next small ledge requires you to walk across at the point where the two roots meet. If you use the walk key it won't work. You can now do a running jump and grab the ledge with the ammo on it. You are now going to retrace your route. You need to get right against the side wall when you are lining up for the jump from where the ammo was - this is slightly raised and allows you to make the jump and grab.

Walk back across the first two roots and then side-flip across the main root. Be careful to position yourself close to the root so you flip far enough across. Now walk across the roots (you will drop down), and then jump up to the shore. Get back on the bike and jump across the water.

There are two monkeys who will usually stand still so you can run them over. If not get off and shoot them (what a pleasant game he!he!). Collect the energy/save gem. To get the next secret you need to head up to your left and follow the walk thru for the main route from here.