Pangavini Island (Kisiwa cha Pangavini, in Swahili) is a protected, uninhabited island under the Dar es Salaam Marine Reserve with the IUCN category II located within Kinondoni District of Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania.

[1][2] The island protects a variety of vital tropical habitats and biological diversity, including seagrass beds, coral reefs, and several fish species.

The beauty of Pangavini Island is that it is the nightly habitat for the majority of the birds that huddle above Dar es Salaam metropolis during the day.

A variety of rats, birds, and reptiles use Pangavini Island as a breeding, resting, and feeding ground.

Due to the excellent diving and snorkelling conditions and the abundance of sea grass beds within the reserve area, the region is special.